AmeriCorps VISTA Member

AmeriCorps VISTA members will be selected for placements to collaboratively support organizations and initiatives fighting food insecurity and food waste in the Athens, GA community as part of the UGA VISTA Network. Hosted by the University of Georgia’s Office of Service-Learning. VISTAs provide year-long, full-time, in-person, capacity-building support for local organizations that help meet food-security needs through a wide range of efforts that include food production and distribution. Applicants with interest and skills in areas such as volunteer recruitment and management, community needs assessment, partnership development, food production/distribution, and communication are encouraged to apply. Members work closely with UGA faculty, staff and students, and community members. VISTAs collaborate and communicate but each will have a primary placement at a local or campus organization, including UGArden (UGA's community-campus organic teaching farm). Depending on their site, VISTAs will help with activities such as social media, fundraising, evaluation, developing new partnerships, communicating about food distribution opportunities, recruiting and training volunteers for meal, grocery, or food distributions, enhancing/supporting and developing new programs, and enhancing local food production.