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May 1
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Jul 30
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Canton, OH 44702
What’s this position all about? StarkFresh is a nonprofit team of staff and volunteers working together to tackle the root causes of hunger by providing affordable retail food options and entrepreneurship training to the underserved within our community. Our mission is tackling the causes of hunger by creating realistic pathways out of poverty in Stark County. We do this through our neighborhood Grocery Stores, Mobile Grocery Market and Urban Training Farm. At our Food Justice Campus we have a Food Incubation Center where we take physical assets like the County’s only shared-use commercial kitchen available to rent on a hourly basis and pair it with plain-language business development, food safety and other trainings to reduce or remove barriers for people to be able to take a step forward. For a better understanding of who we are and what we do visit our website here. This AmeriCorp Vista position is a one-year position in which you receive a bi-weekly living allowance from the Federal Government via direct deposit in the amount of $877.66 pre-tax. At the end of your one- year period of service, you are given either a cash award of $1,800 or an education stipend of $6,345. Additionally, while serving as an AmeriCorp Vista, any student loans that you may have can be deferred. In some cases, there are additional Health, Child and Housing Supports offered as well through AmeriCorp. We’re seeking someone to help us expand the workforce development offerings through our Food Incubation Center by developing systems, programming, and trainings to better serve the community in addressing employment, education and entrepreneurship needs. What sort of qualifications are you looking for? First and foremost, a love for helping others. Our mission is expressed every time someone interacts with us whether that’s shopping at our store, reading a newsletter, or interacting with us online and the right person understands that. Secondly, someone with strong networking and relationship-building skills. In this role it will be crucial to forge strong partnerships and relationships with other organizations. It is also imperative that you have strong writing and editing skills. There will be a lot of writing in this role, and whatever is written needs to be coherent, enticing, and effective. This is ideally a 20-30+ hour a week, full-time position. Our offices are open Monday through Friday, and we are flexible in the hours that are worked, understanding that productivity isn’t necessarily tied to standard office hours, which are 9am-4pm during those days, allowing working from home if that makes sense. We are very understanding when it comes to schedules and are used to accommodating non-traditional work needs if that is what you require. Applicants must be at least 21 years old. This all sounds great! How do I apply? Interested candidates must apply for the position on the AmeriCorp website https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?fromSearch=true&id=116635 Please note. The AmeriCorp Vista website is notoriously difficult to navigate. It typically will not work if attempting to use with a phone. Not only do you have to create an AmeriCorp login if you don’t already have one, but you must also apply to the specific job listing link above. We wish it were easier, but it is the Federal Government’s system, not ours.
Date Posted: May 22, 2023
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May 1
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Jul 30
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Canton, OH 44702
What’s this position all about? StarkFresh is a nonprofit team of staff and volunteers working together to tackle the root causes of hunger by providing affordable retail food options and entrepreneurship training to the underserved within our community. Our mission is tackling the causes of hunger by creating realistic pathways out of poverty in Stark County. We do this through our neighborhood Grocery Stores, Mobile Grocery Market and Urban Training Farm. At our Food Justice Campus we have a Food Incubation Center where we take physical assets like the County’s only shared-use commercial kitchen available to rent on a hourly basis and pair it with plain-language business development, food safety and other trainings to reduce or remove barriers for people to be able to take a step forward. For a better understanding of who we are and what we do visit our website here. This AmeriCorp Vista position is a one-year position in which you receive a bi-weekly living allowance from the Federal Government via direct deposit in the amount of $877.66 pre-tax. At the end of your one- year period of service, you are given either a cash award of $1,800 or an education stipend of $6,895. Vista receive an additional $200 per month as a Housing stipend. Additionally, while serving as an AmeriCorp Vista, any student loans that you may have can be deferred. In some cases, there are additional Health, and Child Supports offered as well through AmeriCorp. We’re seeking someone to help us increase programmatic efficiencies to better serve more people. These efforts will allow our agency to stretch limited resources as far as possible. With these goals in mind, the VISTA will look constructively at all our programming, understanding how we've grown and how we can pursue further growth. The VISTA will conduct research, write grants, participate in fundraising activities, and develop outreach strategies for our programming. Overall, the VISTA will play a key role in developing new systems and guidelines to be used to spur future agency growth. What sort of qualifications are you looking for? First and foremost, a love for helping others. Our mission is expressed every time someone interacts with us whether that’s shopping at our store, reading a newsletter, or interacting with us online and the right person understands that. Secondly, someone with strong networking and relationship-building skills. In this role it will be crucial to forge strong partnerships and relationships with other organizations. It is also imperative that you have strong writing and editing skills. There will be a lot of writing in this role, and whatever is written needs to be coherent, enticing, and effective. This is ideally a 20-30+ hour a week, full-time position. Our offices are open Monday through Friday, and we are flexible in the hours that are worked, understanding that productivity isn’t necessarily tied to standard office hours, which are 9am-4pm during those days, allowing working from home if that makes sense. We are very understanding when it comes to schedules and are used to accommodating non-traditional work needs if that is what you require. Applicants must be at least 21 years old. This all sounds great! How do I apply? Interested candidates must apply for the position on the AmeriCorp website https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?fromSearch=true&id=110124 Please note. The AmeriCorp Vista website is notoriously difficult to navigate. It typically will not work if attempting to use with a phone. Not only do you have to create an AmeriCorp login if you don’t already have one, but you must also apply to the specific job listing link above. We wish it were easier, but it is the Federal Government’s system, not ours.
Date Posted: May 22, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Canton, OH 44702
StarkFresh has been undergoing changes over the past two years as part of refinement and clearer focus on the work that we do and the impact that work does. During this time we have strengthened our board and we are looking for an at-large member to join to further help us to expand upon the good that we have been doing throughout the community. If you are unaware of all that StarkFresh does, starting at our website www.starkfresh.org as well as taking a peek at our Facebook page www.facebook.com/starkfresh are good places to start. StarkFresh is tackling the causes of hunger by creating realistic pathways out of poverty. I would also be more than happy to meet with you to discuss how you can help and answer any questions. Here are some quick facts about the board itself. * Currently 11 members (Looking for an at-large board member) * Physical board meetings held every month (typically) * Meetings held 6:30-9pm on the third Wednesday of those months (typically) * Monthly board correspondence via email Commitment from you as a board member * Attend physical meetings * Be willing to advocate for StarkFresh * Be an active participant in guiding the future direction of StarkFresh * Support the activities, program and fundraising efforts of StarkFresh * Financial responsibility of $500 equivalent annually * Take an active role in fundraising and other committee work * Volunteer 20 hours of helping each year
Date Posted: May 22, 2023
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May 1
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Jul 30
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Canton, OH 44702
What’s this position all about? StarkFresh is a nonprofit team of staff and volunteers working together to tackle the root causes of hunger by providing affordable retail food options and entrepreneurship training to the underserved within our community. Our mission is tackling the causes of hunger by creating realistic pathways out of poverty in Stark County. We do this through our neighborhood Grocery Stores, Mobile Grocery Market and Urban Training Farm. At our Food Justice Campus we have a Food Incubation Center where we take physical assets like the County’s only shared-use commercial kitchen available to rent on a hourly basis and pair it with plain-language business development, food safety and other trainings to reduce or remove barriers for people to be able to take a step forward. For a better understanding of who we are and what we do visit our website here. This AmeriCorp Vista position is a one-year position in which you receive a bi-weekly living allowance from the Federal Government via direct deposit in the amount of $877.66 pre-tax. At the end of your one- year period of service, you are given either a cash award of $1,800 or an education stipend of $6,345. Additionally, while serving as an AmeriCorp Vista, any student loans that you may have can be deferred. In some cases, there are additional Health, Child and Housing Supports offered as well through AmeriCorp. We’re seeking someone to help us build our organizational capacity by better developing a thriving fundraising and donor development program. This will be done by helping build sustainable fundraising events, build out online and offline giving and allow our agency to continue our mission by generating vital funds and raising awareness among our donors. What sort of qualifications are you looking for? First and foremost, a love for helping others. Our mission is expressed every time someone interacts with us whether that’s shopping at our store, reading a newsletter, or interacting with us online and the right person understands that. Secondly, someone with strong written and storytelling, editing skills. There will be a lot of writing in this role, and whatever is written needs to be coherent, enticing, and effective. This is ideally a 20-30+ hour a week, full-time position. Our offices are open Monday through Friday and we are flexible in the hours that are worked, understanding that productivity isn’t necessarily tied to standard office hours, which are 9am-4pm during those days, allowing working from home if that makes sense. We are very understanding when it comes to schedules and are used to accommodating non-traditional work needs if that is what you require. Applicants must be at least 21 years old. This all sounds great! How do I apply? Interested candidates must apply for the position on the AmeriCorp website https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?fromSearch=true&id=116632 Please note. The AmeriCorp Vista website is notoriously difficult to navigate. It typically will not work if attempting to use with a phone. Not only do you have to create an AmeriCorp login if you don’t already have one, but you must also apply to the specific job listing link above. We wish it were easier, but it is the Federal Government’s system, not ours.
Date Posted: May 22, 2023
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May 1
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Jul 30
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Canton, OH 44702
What’s this position all about? StarkFresh is a nonprofit team of staff and volunteers working together to tackle the root causes of hunger by providing affordable retail food options and entrepreneurship training to the underserved within our community. Our mission is tackling the causes of hunger by creating realistic pathways out of poverty in Stark County. We do this through our neighborhood Grocery Stores, Mobile Grocery Market and Urban Training Farm. At our Food Justice Campus we have a Food Incubation Center where we take physical assets like the County’s only shared-use commercial kitchen available to rent on an hourly basis and pair it with plain-language business development, food safety and other trainings to reduce or remove barriers for people to be able to take a step forward. For a better understanding of who we are and what we do visit our website here. This AmeriCorp Vista position is a one-year position in which you receive a bi-weekly living allowance from the Federal Government via direct deposit in the amount of $675.08 pre-tax. At the end of your one- year period of service, you are given either a cash award of $1,800 or an education stipend of $6,345. Additionally, while serving as an AmeriCorp Vista, any student loans that you may have can be deferred. In some cases, there are additional Health, Child and Housing Supports offered as well through AmeriCorp. We’re seeking someone to help us with the coordination of our Urban Training Farm, whose goal is to provide fresh, organically-grown produce for sale through our retail food outlets and serve as re-entry employment opportunities for several marginalized collaborative partners. The coordination will be to grow, tend and harvest crops year-round and procure and manage the volunteer workforce to do that work. What sort of qualifications are you looking for? First and foremost, a love for helping others. Our mission is expressed every time someone interacts with us whether that’s shopping at our store, reading a newsletter, or interacting with us online and the right person understands that. Secondly, someone with growing/gardening skills, for obvious reasons. Not only will there be a lot of growing required in this role, but there will be a need to share that knowledge with others. This is ideally a 20-30+ hour a week, full-time position. It is an outside position that is very much in the weather elements and knowing this we are flexible in the hours that are worked, understanding that productivity isn’t necessarily tied to standard office hours, which are 9am-4pm during those days. We are very understanding when it comes to schedules and are used to accommodating non-traditional work needs if that is what you require. Applicants must be at least 18 years old. This all sounds great! How do I apply? Interested candidates must apply for the position on the AmeriCorp website https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?fromSearch=true&id=116634 Please note. The AmeriCorp Vista website is notoriously difficult to navigate. It typically will not work if attempting to use with a phone. Not only do you have to create an AmeriCorp login if you don’t already have one, but you must also apply to the specific job listing link above. We wish it were easier, but it is the Federal Government’s system, not ours.
Date Posted: Apr 10, 2023
