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'20-'21 Food Drive & Volunteer Outreach Coordinator VISTA
 
 
 
For over 45 years, Nourish Pierce County has been dedicated to providing nutritious food to those in need with compassion, dignity and respect. As the largest network of food banks in the county, we operate 7 brick & mortar food banks and have 2 award winning semi-trailers/mobile food banks that serve an additional 19 sites in each corner of the county. Nourish Pierce County and its programs provide support to the 1 in 7 Washingtonians living in food insecure environments where they do not know where their next meal will come from. Food insecurity can affect anyone. Most of our customers are the working poor, homeless & unemployed. Our fastest growing population is seniors & 32% of the customers we serve are children under the age of 18. Walk into any Nourish Food Banks & you’ll see a room organized much like your local grocery store, with one notable exception: at every aisle a kind volunteer helps busy parents and elderly shoppers alike. While our goal is to provide each individual or family with enough food to make 3 meals a day for 3 days, Nourish is so much more. Hugs are as plentiful as the food. Stories are shared, lives touched because we Nourish our clients and each other- with compassion, dignity and respect. At Nourish we believe that no one should go hungry—children & families, the elderly, the working poor and homeless. This is why we exist. We provide more healthy, nutritious food to clients than any other organization in Pierce County. We could not do this work without the more than 1,000 committed volunteers who help us provide these services. The VISTA will be a member of United Way of Thurston County’s VISTA team, made up of 19 other VISTA members and supported by the VISTA Leader, who coordinates professional development opportunities, provides individualized support & resources & supports the program’s success.
 
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Member Duties : The VISTA will build capacity for Nourish by implementing programs that ensure our shelves are stocked year round, developing systems that will make food drives a formal, year round program & recruiting volunteers to sustain the program. Specific activities include: solidifying & enhancing strategies to strengthen community involvement in Food Drives & establishing a work group to advise & assist; developing recruitment & management systems; refining a customer service program that includes how donation barrels/boxes get delivered to & picked up from food drive sites; implementing a training program for volunteers so that food can be sorted efficiently & distributed safely; developing systems to track community food drives to increase food donations & expand awareness about food insecurity in Pierce County; serving as an ambassador for the agency through seeking out volunteers & targeting specific donations; and supporting other volunteer recruitment efforts & projects.
 
Program Benefits : Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Groceries, bus pass, certifications ,  Relocation Allowance ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Living Allowance ,  Health Coverage* ,  Training . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Car recommended . 
 
Service Areas :
Hunger ,  Community Outreach . 
 
Skills :
Public Speaking ,  General Skills ,  Community Organization ,  Communications ,  Team Work ,  Recruitment ,  Leadership . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
'20-'21 Food Drive & Volunteer Outreach Coordinator VISTA
Program Start/End Date
08/17/2020  -   08/16/2021
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
Some college
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations WASHINGTON   Seattle/Tacoma/Bremerton  
Accepting Applications
From  03/01/2020  To  06/30/2020 
Contact Sue Potter
1702 S 72nd St
Tacoma   WA   98408
2535077309
nourishpc.org
Listing ID 93829

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