AmeriCorps Positions Available! (Roanoke, VA & Covington, VA)
ORGANIZATION: The Advancement Foundation
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The Advancement Foundation (TAF) is recruiting motivated individuals to engage in direct service and capacity-building to address critical community needs. TAF is an AmeriCorps State intermediary and is enrolling AmeriCorps members to serve full-time for 8 - 10 months.
The goal is for the Foundation to become more of a catalyst for change in turning around negative trends-such as job losses, declining population, and declining school enrollment- that are becoming visible in the rural community.
1200 hours
November 15 TH - August 31 st (Opportunity to start January 1 st, 2019)
Stipend: $10,000 ($1 100 - $1,250/month)
Ed Award: $ 4,266.50
Schedule: 37.5 hours/week
Covington, VA - The Alleghany Foundation
An AmeriCorps placed with The Alleghany Foundation would
- Assist in implementing parts of the VISION 2025 initiative - a community-based effort focused on economic development through increasing community engagement and building a network of volunteers.
- The goals of this position are to improve the condition of destination gardens on public land, to create educational opportunities about these gardens, to organize volunteers to help with this effort, and to engage community members with healthy eating activities and community gardens.
http://alleghanyfoundation.org
Roanoke, VA - REACH
Connect and engage individuals in positive service experiences where they discover and use skills to transform their neighborhoods into thriving communities by:
- Connecting and engaging neighbors, community groups, nonprofits, and businesses through service to their neighborhoods.
- Provide an environment where home repair skills can be learned and practiced
- Empower individuals to transform their live and communities. Lead groups through Escape from Poverty Room and engage individuals who would be interested in learning more about the work REACH does
- Help lead service groups (certain times of the year); This includes assisting in identifying service opportunities and engaging with groups to engage neighbors, community groups, nonprofits, and businesses through service to their neighborhoods
https://www.reachinroanokeva.org/
Please respond with your resume!
More opportunities with The Advancement Foundation
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About The Advancement Foundation
Location:
227 S. Pollard Street, VINTON, VA 24179, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to eliminate poverty. We do this by helping nonprofits transform the world through innovative strategies to improve their resources and maximize their strategic impact. The Foundation leverages all community resources for the benefit of large scale impact. The Foundation coordinates comprehensive efforts of business leaders, nonprofit directors, boards, civic organizations, churches, the poor and the entire community. Additionally, the Foundation provides direct programming for the poor to learn business skills and confidence while ensuring the actively contribute back to the community - including providing volunteer support back to the nonprofits that serve to support them.
Description
The Advancement Foundation (TAF), a nonprofit founded in 2007 works in concert with economic and community development organizations to execute key strategies that provide infrastructure, support, and resources to create an effective entrepreneurial ecosystem. TAF has researched, tested, and refined specific initiatives that help unify activities for small business development, increase support, and leverage resources to provide measurable impact on small business development for the communities it serves.
The Advancement Foundation is a catalyst that strategically creates opportunities for dynamic community development by facilitating opportunities that empower citizens. TAF leads efforts that focus on asset development of citizens in the areas of home buying, business development, financial management and wellness by leveraging community resources that break down barriers for the underserved. We believe that community improvement requires the coordinated efforts of the entire community and that change cannot be mandated but instead must be fostered through engagement and empowerment.
A key goal is to create cluster-focused business incubators that align strategically with economic development plans. Cluster-focused incubators help to create critical mass of interconnected businesses, thereby helping local clusters thrive. ICIC Studies demonstrate these clusters grow three times faster. TAF’s clusters provide budding entrepreneurs and emerging firms with mentoring and access to extensive networks and resources!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Variousroanoke, VA 24001
DATE POSTED
October 26, 2018
SKILLS
- Program Management
- Business Development
- Management
- Professional Development
- CSR / Volunteer Coordination
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 1200 Hours