AmeriCorps VISTA Position Available for Fall. 

Member Duties : The VISTA will assist Family Promise to purchase, develop and implement the Just Neighbors and the Family Mentoring programs. The VISTA will utilize funding strategies such as grant writing, localize curriculum to Lorain County, connect with area agencies, and train volunteers for the programs.

Program Benefits : Childcare assistance if eligible,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend,  Health Coverage,  Living Allowance,  Relocation Allowance,  Training. 
Terms : None

Service Areas : Community Outreach

Skills : Communications,  Fund raising/Grant Writing, Public Speaking,  Recruitment,  Writing/Editing,  General Skills.

Service Description : We are the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks (OASHF), an organization that represents 12 food banks, which then distribute food to more than 3,300 member charities, including food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and other hunger relief organizations that reach all 88 Ohio counties. OASHF distributes tens of millions of pounds of food and other grocery items each year through our network to the people in Ohio who need it most and creates and implements programs with public and private partners that provide resources for people who find themselves in emergency situations as well as individuals and families who experience longer term food insecurity. We also recognize that hunger goes hand-in-hand with other issues that can make it difficult to meet the needs of daily life. We are proud to be the lead Ohio agency for programs that acknowledge these difficulties and attempt to cast a broader net to effectively serve Ohioans in need. Examples of these programs include the Ohio Benefit Bank, an internet-based, counselor-assisted program that helps low- and moderate-income individuals and families file for state and federal tax credits and benefits. OASHF also administers a National Service program that encompasses 79 AmeriCorps VISTAs, 30 AmeriCorps State members, and a 100-member Summer Associate program.  Will begin year of service in November 2010.

 Interested?  Want more information?  Contact Nicolle Bellmore Pierse, Executive Director at 440-284-4094 or nicolle@familypromiselorainco.org.