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Internship Opportunity at Farmers Markets in Sacramento
ORGANIZATION: Alchemist CDC
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As an Alchemist Farmers Market intern, you will be responsible for managing the CalFresh/EBT booth at farmers markets throughout Sacramento, providing technical assistance to farmers and CalFresh recipients, doing outreach in the community, and completing surveys at markets managed by Alchemist Community Development Corporation.
You will gain experience working with a small non-profit organization, have opportunities to gain leadership skills by training and overseeing volunteers, learn to develop an effective outreach strategy, and help to expand food security in the community. This is a 3-month internship with the opportunity to extend.
Requirements :
- Customer service experience
- Familiarity with CalFresh/EBT/Food Stamps
- Interest in food access and community development
- Comfortable interacting with people
- Reliable transportation
- Availability on at least one weekday per week and weekends
- Fluency in languages other than English a plus
- Experience with Dropbox a plus
Application deadline is September 9.
Please submit your resume and cover letter to:
Claire Curley
claire@alchemistcdc.org
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About Alchemist CDC
Location:
4625 44th Street, Suite 33, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814, US
Mission Statement
Alchemist Community Development Corporation (CDC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting communities to land, food and opportunity toward a vision in which all neighborhoods are vibrant, equitable, healthy, and diverse.
Description
As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, we rely on the help of volunteers to connect communities to land, food and opportunity toward a vision in which all neighborhoods are vibrant, equitable, healthy, and diverse. We offer a range of volunteer opportunities across three different programs: CalFresh at Farmers' Markets, Neighborhood Empowerment, and Community Connections 95820.
CalFresh at Farmers' Markets: this program operates CalFresh processing at multiple farmers' markets throughout Sacramento County through . The CalFresh program offers qualifying lower income individuals financial assistance in purchasing food for themselves and their families. Farmers' markets are a great asset to communities, and can lead to improved health for area residents. By making it easier for lower-income populations to purchase food at farmers' markets, these community assets will become more equitable and accessible to all individuals. CalFresh at Farmers' Markets volunteers assist in processing SNAP transactions, distribute EBT and Market Match vouchers, and assist in redemption of vouchers from farmers' market vendors.
Neighborhood Empowerment: We believe that communities have within themselves the vision, passions, and ability to do good and great things. We also recognize that many great ideas can be held back by the need for formal organizational structure. We see our role in the community as providing the structure and support of a trellis on which the vines of grassroots collaboration can grow, flourish, and bear fruit. In this capacity, Alchemist is best known for our Land-Based Work. Through these projects, we help transform blighted land into vibrant, neighborhood amenities through direct community engagement, design, and hands-on participation in creating public gardens and community gathering spaces.
Community Connections 95820: We deliver farm fresh produce and grocery staples to low-income families in south Sacramento that have barriers to accessing traditional emergency food distribution sites during the COVID crisis, (e.g., immunocompromised, senior or other COVID-vulnerable family members in the household, lack of transportation, single caregivers, etc.) We deliver this food right to their door every week at no charge. We prioritize purchasing our produce from small-midsize local growers whenever possible, resulting in additional economic support for our region.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
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909 12th StreetSuite 200Sacramento, CA 95814
DATE POSTED
August 26, 2016
SKILLS
- Organization
- People Skills
- Problem Solving
- Project Management
- Critical Thinking
- Multi-Tasking
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- 10 hours/week