The Greater Cleveland Food Bank is the largest hunger relief organization in Northeast Ohio having provided over 49 million meals during our last fiscal year to hungry people in Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Ashland, and Richland counties. The organization's mission is to ensure that everyone in these communities has the nutritious food they need every day. In our three-year strategic plan, we will work creatively and use our new capacity from our current expansion project to reach more people with food, benefits access, and services to address hunger today, tomorrow, and for a lifetime. Our three-year strategic goals consist of 1) end hunger today by reaching more income eligible people with nutritious food, in partnership with our network 2) end hunger tomorrow by providing income eligible people with outstanding access to public benefits, to provide short term stability 3) end hunger for a lifetime by creating a national model to provide outstanding access to wraparound services to address the underlying causes of food insecurity.

Link to Apply: 

https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?fromSearch=true&id=86678

Member Duties: Join the Greater Cleveland Food Bank to address hunger today by providing targeted programming and nutritious food to reach more people who experience food insecurity. In this role, you will identify communities with the highest food insecurity and lowest food access and create a plan to distribute additional meals in these areas. Within these communities with access gaps, you will also research and connect with non-profit organizations to expand our network and form new partnerships. Finally, through focus groups and surveys administered, you will collect data on food security and health status, gaining insight as to how the Food Bank might better serve its community. **Benefits include a $200 housing stipend to supplement living costs.

Program Benefits: Living Allowance, Health Coverage, Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend, Childcare assistance if eligible, Relocation Allowance, Training, $200 housing stipend.

*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:
Children/Youth, Community Outreach, Hunger, Health.

Skills:
Communications, Computers/Technology, Recruitment, Teaching/Tutoring, Public Speaking, Public Health, General Skills, Writing/Editing.