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Post date: Feb 24, 2018 10:02:12 PM
To apply: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=78675&fromSearch=true
*Goodwill VISTA* Healthy Acadia, Machias
We are a community health coalition, working since 2001 with hundreds of partners and thousands of community members to address a wide range of local health needs in rural Maine. We build partnerships, coordinate education and public health services, and improve systems and environments to create lasting positive changes to the health of our communities. Healthy Acadia works on a broad range of collaborative community initiatives, with six areas of focus: 1. Strong Beginnings - to support healthy development and resilience from birth to adulthood; 2. Healthy Food for All - to ensure that all people have access to nutritious, affordable food, and to make the healthy choice the easy choice; 3. Active and Healthy Environments - to ensure that our indoor and outdoor spaces are safe, healthy, and promote physical activity and wellness; 4. Healthy Aging - to ensure that all of us can age well - with strength, dignity, comfort and grace; 5. Substance Prevention and Recovery - to support people of all ages to live lives free of substance misuse and substance use disorder, and to support individuals throughout their recovery journey; and 6. Health Promotion & Management - to improve community supports across a wide range of health needs, from cancer patient navigation and stress reduction, to barrier removal for health challenges and chronic disease and pain self-management. https://healthyacadia.org/
Member Duties : The AmeriCorps VISTA member will serve at our Healthy Food for All focus area to increase nutritious food available to low income households by strengthening food systems, volunteer recruitment and management efforts. The VISTA member will implement our educational efforts, and improve organizational capacity through volunteer recruitment, public awareness campaign development, and extensive community partner collaborations. The AmeriCorps VISTA member pursue innovative program development related to food delivery systems by reaching out to schools and colleges to engage student groups in food rescue on farms which will augment badly needed fresh produce to local agencies, as well as coordinating with local food banks and existing state, federal and local food access programs to increase awareness of these services to residents. The AmeriCorps VISTA member will research grants that fit the mission of Healthy Acadia, track submission dates and awards and write and submit them.
Program Benefits : Health Coverage* , Education award upon successful completion of service , Childcare assistance if eligible , Assistance locating housing , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Living Allowance , Training , Stipend , Relocation Allowance .
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit http://www.vistacampus.gov/healthcare
Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours , Permits attendance at school during off hours , Car recommended .
Service Areas :
Community Outreach , Health , Community and Economic Development .
Skills :
Fund raising/Grant Writing , Writing/Editing , Recruitment , General Skills , Leadership , Communications , Public Speaking .
SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
*Goodwill VISTA* Healthy Acadia, Machias
Program Start/End Date
04/26/2018 - 04/21/2019
Work Schedule
Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None
Program Locations
MAINE
Accepting Applications
From 02/23/2018 To 03/19/2018
Contact
Scott Dupee
190 Lancaster St
Portland ME 04101
207-370-3924
scott.dupee@goodwillnne.org
Listing ID
78675
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