Environmental Community Organizer needed in Los Angeles, CA

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As a volunteer with LINC, you will bring the skills and gifts that you possess to empower low-income families, seniors or individuals with special needs to address many of the challenges that they face every day. With so many hardships to overcome surrounding the cost of housing, education and healthy living options, environmental conscientious living can be superseded by other needs. LINC Housing has developed a challenge to empower our residents to take control of how they live and what they eat in order to create healthy communities. The Healthy Home Challenge is a 6 month long challenge focused on eating right and responsible resource use. As a community organizer for the Healthy Home Challenge, you will be instrumental in continuing the educational outreach on these critical human and global issues. The community organizer will be at the forefront of providing the knowledge that practicing environmental sustainable behaviors at home can decrease expenses and increase the overall wellbeing of our communities!

Major responsibilities may include:

• Build relationships with community members and property management
• Facilitate and plan community outreach events according to set guidelines
• This position may require supervising activities with adult and or minors
• Work with guidance from RSC or HSHC, assisting with:

• Educational hand out creation and/or dispersal
• Canvassing
• Administering surveys
• Promoting positive and social development
• Program marketing

Learn new skills and have fun, all while sharing your talents to build a stronger and healthier community!

How to Enroll:

To qualify as an Environmental Community Organizer Volunteer, applicants must be at least 16 years of age and submit to a background verification. Getting involved is as easy as taking 4 simple steps:

1. Visit our website at: http://www.linchousing.org/linccares/vol_form.html and complete the online application.
2. You will be contacted within days to schedule an orientation appointment.
3. Attend an orientation where you will meet onsite staff, receive a tour of the facility, and be given an introduction to LINC and the responsibilities of its volunteers.
4. You will be contacted after orientation for placement in the activity of your choice.

For more information, please contact Elaine Lofton at 562-684-1191 or elofton@linchousing.org