Essential Responsibilities:
- Recruit high school and college age youth to participate in open community volunteer hours at the
- YouthGROW Farm.
- Provide direct support at the YouthGROW Farm serving alongside youth leaders in the program and Farm Manager.
- Mentor and support youth participants in the YouthGROW program to complete programmatic volunteer requirements,
Essential Responsibilities:
- Recruit high school and college age youth to participate in open community volunteer hours at the
- YouthGROW Farm.
- Provide direct support at the YouthGROW Farm serving alongside youth leaders in the program and Farm Manager.
- Mentor and support youth participants in the YouthGROW program to complete programmatic volunteer requirements, including leading youth project-based teams.
- Work with the youth leaders and Farm Manager to develop and coordinate an urban agriculture workshop series.
- Strengthen existing partnerships with local school service-learning programs and develop new partnerships
- Â Coordinate volunteer welcome and tracking at weekly farm volunteer hours.
- Plan and coordinate group service-learning days on the YouthGROW Farm.
- Complete a minimum of 750 hours of service, serving through June 24, 2023.
- Attend a minimum of 6 Commonwealth Corps trainings and service events held by MSA post orientation.
- Participate in a minimum of 30 minutes of MSA-related activities each week. This may include filling out timesheets, completing a bi-monthly reflection or check-in, or other MSA-related tasks or activities.
Marginal Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with other Commonwealth Corps members to support greenhouse operations to grow $5,000+ seedlings for the community and school gardens network.
- Collaborate with other Corps members to plan spring community events, including a city-wide Earth Day
- Clean Up, engaging over 1,000 volunteers and our Annual Spring Garden Festival and Plant Sale.
- Support non-volunteer-based youth development programming including monthly retreats.
- Be a part of the greater Commonwealth Corps community, including participating in cross-site learning groups, writing a short profile for the CC newsletter, connecting with other members on our online platforms, and attending optional social/service events.
