Description
FoodCorps is a nationwide team of AmeriCorps leaders that connects kids to food and helps them grow up healthy. We do that by placing motivated leaders in limited-resource communities for a year of public service.
What You’ll Do
Service members work with schools, service site organizations and local communities to build healthy
school food environments. They do this in a variety of ways:
● Service members focus on teaching children in grades K-8 about food and nutrition in the
classroom or cafeteria by delivering engaging, hands-on lessons, integrating activities into
subjects such as math, science and history, working with teachers and school administrators to
increase food and nutrition education in curricula, and more.
● Service members grow healthy food with students, teachers, and community members in
school gardens, dynamic educational settings where kids can get their hands dirty and
experience what they’re learning first-hand. While some service members expand/maintain
already-existing school gardens, greenhouses and hoop houses, others work to establish new
gardens. Service members develop garden sustainability plans and recruit community
volunteers to ensure that the projects they start last into the future.
● Service members focus on district-level school nutrition projects that will work to change what
students eat at school everyday. Service members will work with school nutrition professionals
to integrate healthy foods into breakfast, lunch and snack programs and more. Under the
supervision of district-level school nutrition leaders, and with ongoing support and training from
FoodCorps, these members will help to advance the goals and vision for school meal quality in
the districts where they serve.
● Service members help build schoolwide cultures of health by building strong, collaborative
relationships with teachers, families, and school administrators, recruiting and training
volunteers, organizing committees and running meetings, talking to press and public officials.
● Service members spend time learning and participating in trainings, helping FoodCorps and
schools assess the impact they are having, and raising money to help support the local
projects when allowable.
FoodCorps is a nationwide team of AmeriCorps leaders that connects kids to food and helps them grow up healthy. We do that by placing motivated leaders in limited-resource communities for a year of public service.
What You’ll Do
Service members work with schools, service site organizations and local communities to build healthy
school food environments. They do this in a variety of ways:
● Service members focus on teaching children in grades K-8 about food and nutrition in the
classroom or cafeteria by delivering engaging, hands-on lessons, integrating activities into
subjects such as math, science and history, working with teachers and school administrators to
increase food and nutrition education in curricula, and more.
● Service members grow healthy food with students, teachers, and community members in
school gardens, dynamic educational settings where kids can get their hands dirty and
experience what they’re learning first-hand. While some service members expand/maintain
already-existing school gardens, greenhouses and hoop houses, others work to establish new
gardens. Service members develop garden sustainability plans and recruit community
volunteers to ensure that the projects they start last into the future.
● Service members focus on district-level school nutrition projects that will work to change what
students eat at school everyday. Service members will work with school nutrition professionals
to integrate healthy foods into breakfast, lunch and snack programs and more. Under the
supervision of district-level school nutrition leaders, and with ongoing support and training from
FoodCorps, these members will help to advance the goals and vision for school meal quality in
the districts where they serve.
● Service members help build schoolwide cultures of health by building strong, collaborative
relationships with teachers, families, and school administrators, recruiting and training
volunteers, organizing committees and running meetings, talking to press and public officials.
● Service members spend time learning and participating in trainings, helping FoodCorps and
schools assess the impact they are having, and raising money to help support the local
projects when allowable.
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Living Allowance
$2000
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$2000 monthly
Benefits
Childcare assistance if eligible, Education award upon successful completion of service, Health coverage, Relocation allowance (if applicable), Stipend, Training
Additional Benefits
Up to $22,000-26,000 living stipend for Service Members, paid bi-weekly.
$6,345 AmeriCorps Segal Education Award, upon successful completion of your term of service
Health insurance*
Partial childcare reimbursement, if you qualify
Student loan forbearance, if you qualify
Training, mentorship, and professional development opportunities
*Participation in the FoodCorps health insurance option is required if you cannot provide proof of existing coverage.
Education Requirements
High School Graduate
Desired Languages
English
Other Conditions
Car recommended
Uniforms provided and required
Subject to criminal background check