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Dipper the goat tells me he wants help writing a VolunteerMatch post to look for a grant writer. That's an oddly specific ask, Dipper, but who can say no to that smile? ____________ We're looking for someone who: has experience in grant writing enjoys the company, presence, and/or idea of goats has a passion for the environment and environmental education More about City Grazing: City Grazing is San Francisco's non-profit goat-powered landscaping company. For over ten years, City Grazing’s herd of 100+ adopted goats have worked with a wide range of Bay Area schools, community organizations, municipalities, residents, and businesses. Our mission is sustainable land management and fire risk reduction through outreach, education, and implementation of goat grazing. One of our goals for 2023 is to expand the educational aspect of our organization. That involves bring grazing goats to local school campuses, where they will graze for a week at a time to reduce fire hazards and provide opportunities for sustainability education to students. Help us bring awareness of issues around climate change to city students and families by joining the team as a grant writer! Grant writers support the organization by researching grant opportunities and writing proposals with the support of City Grazing's Internal Committee. Climate change will only become an ever-increasing issue in our society, so we believe that creating environmental awareness at a young age is crucial in sparking the desire capacity, and innovation for widespread change. What are the issues we are trying to help alleviate? Climate change Disconnection from nature Growing ignorance of our place in the greater ecosystem What are City Grazing’s larger goals? Sustainable land management: Creating safe enclosures to focus goats on grazing areas to remove fire hazards and invasive weeds and brush. Enhancement of habitat Building healthy soil Bringing joy to people Giving back to our often-ignored communities Stimulating awareness of humanity’s connection to nature Helping people recognize animals’ needs and intelligence, and their similarity to us What are our strategies? Bringing goats to grazing sites, large and small, public and private Educating through demonstration Hiring from our least-resourced communities, finding those with natural talent and helping them develop needed skills Continuing to grow our volunteer program Social media saturation Adopting goats and telling their stories Developing a long term vision plan What are our current capabilities? 120+ goats! Incredible individuals creating an amazing team Networking with workforce training programs to to source local talent Vital social media presence Strong volunteer program 10 years of sustainable land management experience What are our progress indicators? Continued growth of operations, donors, subscribers, volunteers Healthy goats Job satisfaction of employees Vegetation shift from invasives to natives at annually recurring sites Soil development at recurring sites Increased organizational efficiency
Date Posted: Sep 16, 2024
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City Grazing's Internal Committee governs various aspects of the organization from volunteer management, yard improvements, grant writing, and other fundraising. Have experience with internal governance of organizations and want to help out? Come apply! More about City Grazing: Our Vision: To create a community inspired by goats. Our Mission: Sustainable land management and fire risk reduction through outreach, education, and implementation of goat grazing. What are the issues we are trying to help alleviate? Climate change Disconnection from nature Growing ignorance of our place in the greater ecosystem What are City Grazing’s larger goals? Sustainable land management: Creating safe enclosures to focus goats on grazing areas to remove fire hazards and invasive weeds and brush. Enhancement of habitat Building healthy soil Bringing joy to people Giving back to our often-ignored communities Stimulating awareness of humanity’s connection to nature Helping people recognize animals’ needs and intelligence, and their similarity to us What are our strategies? Bringing goats to grazing sites, large and small, public and private Educating through demonstration Hiring from our least-resourced communities, finding those with natural talent and helping them develop needed skills Continuing to grow our volunteer program Social media saturation Adopting goats and telling their stories Developing a long term vision plan What are our current capabilities? 120+ goats! Incredible individuals creating an amazing team Networking with workforce training programs to to source local talent Vital social media presence Strong volunteer program 10 years of sustainable land management experience What are our progress indicators? Continued growth of operations, donors, subscribers, volunteers Healthy goats Job satisfaction of employees Vegetation shift from invasives to natives at annually recurring sites Soil development at recurring sites Increased organizational efficiency
Date Posted: Sep 16, 2024
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San Francisco, CA 94124
Get up close and personal with our herd: Do you love being active, communing with nature, and time alone? Are you self-motivated, quick-thinking, fit, fearless and agile? Do you have a flexible schedule? Come get a great workout and help with care, feeding, and maintenance at our home base in San Francisco's Bayview district. Interested in corporate team building and work-related volunteer events built around clean up, feeding, socializing, and training with a twist? We can sometimes accommodate groups for a rough and ready goat adventure!
Date Posted: Sep 16, 2024
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If you are a strong fundraiser and passionate about changing our culture's attitudes towards the Earth and atmosphere we depend on, we need you. Board Member General Responsibilities 3 year term Active role in fundraising: planning/resource identification/revenue streams Recruitment of future Board members Annual financial contribution "of personal significance," Participation on at least one Committee General adherence to Board protocol and bylaws (agenda, meeting minutes, etc) Our Vision: To create a community inspired by goats. Our Mission: Sustainable land management and fire risk reduction through outreach, education, and implementation of goat grazing. What are the issues we are trying to help alleviate? Climate change Disconnection from nature Growing ignorance of our place in the greater ecosystem What are City Grazing’s larger goals? Sustainable land management: Creating safe enclosures to focus goats on grazing areas to remove fire hazards and invasive weeds and brush. Enhancement of habitat Building healthy soil Bringing joy to people Giving back to our often-ignored communities Stimulating awareness of humanity’s connection to nature Helping people recognize animals’ needs and intelligence, and their similarity to us What are our strategies? Bringing goats to grazing sites, large and small, public and private Educating through demonstration Hiring from our least-resourced communities, finding those with natural talent and helping them develop needed skills Continuing to grow our volunteer program Social media saturation Adopting goats and telling their stories Developing a long term vision plan What are our current capabilities? 100 goats! Incredible individuals creating an amazing team Networking with workforce training programs to to source local talent Vital social media presence Strong volunteer program 10 years of sustainable land management experience What are our progress indicators? Continued growth of operations, donors, subscribers, volunteers Healthy goats Job satisfaction of employees Vegetation shift from invasives to natives at annually recurring sites Soil development at recurring sites Increased organizational efficiency
Date Posted: Sep 16, 2024
