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Bucknell - CCNYPA

The Growing Change VISTA program will foster healthy futures through building community capacity for initiatives that promote local food security and health in the distressed coal towns of Mount Carmel and Shamokin. Bucknell University’s Coal Region Field Station (CRFS), founded in 2015 and headquartered in Mount Carmel in partnership with the Mother Maria Kaupas Center for volunteerism and community service (MMKC), supports development of collaborative university-community projects. A cluster of collaborative projects have emerged around food access and insecurity; however, community partners often lack capacity to sustain projects. The VISTA will develop effective strategies for building and sustaining community capacity in local food access and education initiatives that involve young people, working with the support of MMKC and Anthracite Region for Progress (ARP). Projects include supporting and growing community gardening, strengthening food pantry networks, and related programming, such as nutrition education in the Mount Carmel and Shamokin areas. The volunteer will work with a range of community stakeholders including local government, business leaders, non-profit organizations, public schools, K-12 students, and residents. Through Growing Change, the VISTA will contribute to positive health and community impacts from specific projects, as well as contributing to long-term poverty reduction by engaging youth in extracurricular activities with adult mentors, known to contribute to positive life-long impacts including reduced poverty. Campus Compact of New York and Pennsylvania VISTAs (CCNYPA*VISTAs) are part of a VISTA cohort of 40 members placed at higher ed. institutions across PA and NY to build campus-community partnerships. Professional development opportunities, including specialized workshops and retreats, and support to the VISTA cohort will be provided throughout the year of service.

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Member Duties : The member will work with community organizations and volunteers to develop and advance initiatives addressing food access and insecurity in Mount Carmel and Shamokin in partnership with university-community projects advanced through Bucknell’s Coal Region Field Station. He or she will become familiar with current and proposed initiatives, build partnerships with community organizations, continue development of the nascent Mount Carmel Community Garden, strengthen local food pantry networks and programming, identify and cultivate synergies between programs and organizations (for example, afterschool programs working with community gardens), develop targeted marketing materials, set up outreach systems in partnership with school district and other organizations to engage youth and young adults in selected activities, work with partners in Shamokin to begin building a community garden system, and complete an assessment of the initiatives undertaken.

Program Benefits : Relocation Allowance , Gym and library access; free parking , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Living Allowance , Health Coverage* , Training , Childcare assistance if eligible .


*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.

Terms : Permits working at another job during off hours , Car recommended .

Service Areas : Environment , Neighborhood Revitalization , Hunger , Children/Youth , Community and Economic Development , Community Outreach .

Skills : Leadership , Environment , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Computers/Technology , Communications , Writing/Editing , Education , Community Organization , Team Work .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Bucknell - CCNYPA

Program Start/End Date
07/22/2019 - 07/21/2020

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	PENNSYLVANIA

Accepting Applications
From 02/28/2019 To 06/12/2019

Contact	Shaunna Barnhart
1 Dent Dr
Lewisburg PA 17837
5705771724
sb060@bucknell.edu
www.bucknell.edu/BCSE

Listing ID	86550


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