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ORGANIZATION: Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
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The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is a dynamic organization committed to ending hunger and transforming the health of Santa Barbara County through good nutrition. With each person and family we reach through food distribution, we are introducing nutrition education to transform the health and potential of working families, seniors and other individuals countywide. Last year, the Foodbank distributed more than 9.7 million pounds of food. Our food is utilized by 1 in 4 people in our community.
Half of the food we distribute is fresh produce.
Foodbank Interns have an important role in achieving this.
Position: Foodbank Intern
Reports to: Volunteer Services Manager
Location: Santa Barbara Warehouse - Office Facility
4554 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Commitment: 10-15 hours/week for 3 to 6 months
Position Overview
The Foodbank Intern helps support the Foodbank’s critical operations and programs. This internship interfaces with a wide range of Foodbank activities, including the warehouse, fundraising events, food drives, volunteer events, and community outreach/programs, from elementary students to seniors!
Duties and Responsibilities
- Participate in community outreach, such as tabling events and festivals
- Prepare for and assist with our Fall Food Drives, both Community-based and Letter Carrier
- Facilitate large volunteer groups and activities
- Enter volunteer hours into our management system, VolunteerHub
- Assist staff and departments/programs with various tasks as needed. This could be pitching in with a Brown Bag Assembly, a kid’s nutrition program, or our Empty Bowls fundraiser.
Required Qualifications
- An interest and commitment to helping the Foodbank end hunger in our community
- A positive, friendly, outgoing, and can-do attitude
- Excellent customer service and organizational skills
- Initiative, resourcefulness, and flexibility
- Basic Microsoft Office skills
Compensation
Although internships are unpaid, we are happy to work with you and your college or university to meet course requirements/credits, paid work-study programs and/or your educational goals. Interns gain significant experience: 1) Supporting a wide range of programs and operational needs within the organization, 2) Understanding of the inner workings of nonprofits and the foodbank system, 3) networking, interpersonal, and communication skills, and 4) General computer, database and organizational skills.
To Apply
To apply for an internship, submit a cover letter and resume by e-mail to cmullin@foodbanksbc.org.
More opportunities with Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Location:
4554 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93110, US
Mission Statement
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s mission is to end hunger and transform the health of Santa Barbara County through good nutrition.
Description
OUR APPROACH
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is committed to taking a negative thing - hunger - and through our combined community efforts transforming it into a positive thing - health. This leap forward in health is achieved with three ingredients: food, education and empowerment. The challenges of Hunger, Nutrition and Obesity used to be separate areas dealt with by different approaches and by different agencies and groups. The Foodbank is now tackling all three of these problems at once - through a nationally recognized continuum of programs that provide cradle to graduation intervention in children’s lives.
This builds what we call their food literacy: their ability to look after themselves with food - to budget, shop cook and use food responsibly. If we can transform their relationship to food to being one of using it as a scarce and valuable resource to power their personal health, then that is going to create that tipping point that makes a huge transformation in the health of Santa Barbara County.
By supporting the Foodbank, you are also supporting the good work of
300 agencies and programs countywide.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
4454 Hollister AveSanta Barbara, CA 93110
DATE POSTED
August 16, 2017
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Food Delivery / Distribution
- Relationship Building
- Administrative Support
- Customer Service
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 10-15 hours/week for 3 to 6 months.