Description:
This VISTA volunteer will expand community-based
garden education, develop organizational models for
community & school garden development and
partnership, facilitate our training program for community
garden organizing, and work heavily with volunteers. This
VISTA volunteer needs to be exceptionally skilled at
relationship building and follow through, to support
developing and new gardens and teams of garden
planners. Experience in community organizing desirable.
In addition, this position will include fundraising and
grant writing to develop resources needed to sustain
programming. Responsibilities include:
Responsibilities include:
• Coordinate Community Garden Development
Institute, including recruitment, program facilitation, and
working with new garden teams
• Establish structure and facilitate function of
Community Garden Council
• Work with organizations and schools who want to
develop new gardens
• Act as a liaison to existing community gardens and
garden stewards
• Assist with volunteer recruitment, training, and
management, especially as related to new garden
development
• Assist in raising funds and obtaining other resources
for Growing Hope’s programs
• Represent the organization to community groups,
schools, other organizations, businesses
• Offer support to Growing Hope’s school & youth
garden programs
• Assist in documenting and evaluating programs
