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Check out our Calendar of Events for a comprehensive list of all upcoming opportunities and events to get out in the garden with our other Garden Volunteers! Whether you are an individual, corporate group, or interested community organization, feel free to email us for more information – let’s get gardening!

Youth Internship Program – Crew Member

Being a high school level Crew Member in The Green Heart Project Youth Internship Program is more than a job. It’s an opportunity to get paid, have fun, make new friends, spend time outside and help your community. A Crew Member will work with a team of peers to maintain a half acre urban farm in the center of downtown Charleston, located at the William Enston Home. Crew Member farm duties will include: growing, harvesting, and processing fruit and vegetable crops. Additionally, a Crew Member will help run the onsite farm stand by pricing and selling the produce they have grown. These opportunities will allow Crew Members to serve the Charleston community by engaging with their neighbors through the growing and selling of fresh, healthy, and affordable food. Furthermore, Crew Members will engage in daily educational sessions, workshops and community site visits. Through this internship, Crew Members will develop career preparedness, healthy living, and citizenship skills. 

This role is considered a W-2 position and will be compensated at a rate of $7.50/hour (up to 32 hours/week) over 8 weeks with June 15th as its start date. See full program description and job description here.

Priority Deadline: March 1st, 2020. In order to apply fill out an application here or mail your completed application to 759 King Street, Suite A, Charleston, SC, 29403. If you have questions, please email urbanfarm@greenheartsc.org or call (843)-790-3188.

AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate Youth Internship Program – Crew Leader 

Now accepting AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate applications, to fill our Crew Leader position for The Green Heart Project’s summer Youth Internship Program!

First and foremost, Crew Leaders must be able to build trust, foster engagement, and gain the respect of high school aged crew members. Crew Leaders oversee a team of teenage crew members who maintain a half acre urban farm in the center of downtown Charleston. Crew Leaders guide crew members through their daily farm duties which include: growing, harvesting, and processing fruit and vegetable crops. Crew Leaders support their crew members as they price and sell the produce they have grown to market at an onsite farm stand. Furthermore, Crew Leaders will teach and assist in teaching crew members via daily and weekly educational sessions, workshops and community site visits. Through this internship, Crew Leaders will support crew members as they develop their career preparedness, healthy living, and citizenship skills. Being a Crew Leader for The Green Heart Project Youth Internship Program is more than a job or an internship. It’s an opportunity to positively affect your local community and impact the life of a high school student.

About AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate Program: Lifting People Out of Poverty Since 1965. AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) members bring passion and perseverance where the need is greatest: to organizations that help eradicate poverty. AmeriCorps VISTA members serve as a catalyst for change, living and working alongside community members to meet our nation’s most pressing challenges and advance local solutions. The AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate program offers individuals the opportunity to become engaged in a community through an existing AmeriCorps VISTA project for 8, 9, or 10 weeks during the summer. For more information see our Get Involved page.

Application Deadline: Rolling, hiring decisions will be made by May 15. In order to apply fill out an application here, on the AmeriCorps website, and please note that you are interested in a placement as a Crew Leader with The Green Heart Project. IMPORTANT: Make sure you are completing an application for the VISTA Summer Associate program, in order to be considered for this position.

If you have additional questions, please reach out to Amanda Howell, Program Director at amanda@greenheartsc.org.

AmeriCorps VISTA – Year Long Position 

Now accepting AmeriCorps VISTA Member  applications, to join our team for the ’20-’21 academic year!

The AmeriCorps VISTA position will focus on the expansion of our inaugural youth development program at Green Heart: a youth internship program for our new Urban Farm at Enston Home. The youth internship program addresses a need for paid employment opportunities and for workforce training among youth in Charleston, while also teaching critical skills in career preparedness, healthy living and citizenship. By expanding and improving upon our pilot year programs, the VISTA member will help to lay the foundation for the success of the program for years to come. The VISTA member will 1) provide evaluation of pilot year programs and continued development of our summer Youth Internship Program, including the development of new Crew Lead component and 2) develop the Academic Year Internship Program to launch in Fall 2021.

About AmeriCorps VISTA year-round Program: Lifting People Out of Poverty Since 1965. AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) members bring passion and perseverance where the need is greatest: to organizations that help eradicate poverty. AmeriCorps VISTA members serve as a catalyst for change, living and working alongside community members to meet our nation’s most pressing challenges and advance local solutions. They build capacity in nonprofit organizations and public agencies to help them more effectively generate the commitment of private sector resources, encourage volunteer service at the local level, and empower individuals and communities. AmeriCorps VISTA members serve full time for one-year terms. For more information see our Get Involved page.

Application Deadline: Rolling, hiring decisions will be made by May 15. In order to apply fill out an application here. The AmeriCorps VISTA position is a one-year term of service, beginning in June 2020, and running through June 2021. We look forward to reading your application!

If you have additional questions, please reach out to Amanda Howell, Program Director at amanda@greenheartsc.org.

The Green Heart Project believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to the success of our mission. We encourage applications from candidates of all races, religions, genders, ages, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic backgrounds. 

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