Become a Service Member
Are you a leader passionate about healthy food, farms and kids?
Then we want you to be a FoodCorps Service Member!
FoodCorps recruits talented leaders for a year of paid public service building healthy school food environments in high-obesity, limited-resource communities.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
FoodCorps service members implement a three ingredient recipe for healthy kids:
- TEACH children about food and nutrition
- GROW healthy food with kids and communities in school gardens
- CHANGE what's for lunch by connecting farms and schools
Dig into the details of what service with FoodCorps looks like by visiting WHAT YOU’LL DO
WHERE YOU’LL SERVE
As a service member, you will be placed with one service site for your year-long term. Service sites operate under ten host sites, each of which is located in a different state: Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina and Oregon. Pending funding, FoodCorps will expand into Connecticut and Montana for the 2012-2013 service term.
Visit WHERE YOU’LL SERVE to learn more about our host sites, their work, the service sites they partner with, and what your service might look like in each location.
WHAT YOU’LL GET
For your year of full-time service, you are eligible to receive the following benefits:
- A $15,000 living allowance
- A $5,550 AmeriCorps Segal Education Award
- Student loan forbearance
- Health insurance
- Partial childcare reimbursements
- Training and mentorship
- Alumni network
- The experience of a lifetime
Explore what FoodCorps has to offer by visiting BENEFITS.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
To be considered for a FoodCorps service member position, you must:
- Be 18 years or older by the start of service (August 13, 2012)
- Be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or lawful permanent resident of the United States
- Hold a high school diploma, GED or equivalent
To learn more about other qualifications, visit WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR.
APPLY
The 2012-2013 Service Member Application is now closed. The application closed at 11:59 pm Eastern Time on Sunday, March 25, 2012. We will NOT accept late applications. In order to be alerted about next year's application period (Jan/Feb 2012), please sign up for our email list.
If you have additional questions please contact Simone Herbin at serve@foodcorps.org.
