Opportunities From: Volunteer Wisconsin

Email your resume to Bonnie@growlacrosse.org to apply.

INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION:

Gain hands-on experience in promoting health to students and parents in the community by helping coordinate and assist school garden education sessions and recipe demonstrations at local elementary schools. We are looking for 3-4 interns for this upcoming semester. Together with the GROW board, other interns, and volunteers you will lead an essential role in providing community nutrition education, along with assisting our program directors in garden education sessions and recipe demonstration, interns will also enhance their experiences when coordinating volunteers, overseeing garden maintenance, building relationships, evaluating programs, documenting, and community organizing.

 

TIME COMMITMENT:

Approximately 6-8 hrs/wk totaling a minimum of 90 hours for the semester. Some interns have taken this as an independent study and received credit. Nutrition programming and meetings can be planned around intern’s schedule as long as 5 hours a week are during elementary school hours (8am-3pm). Other requirements can be done throughout each week as you have time.

 

REQUIREMENTS:

Nutrition/Sustainability Education Interns will be responsible for assisting the program directors with garden classes, helping facilitate garden maintenance tasks and organization of produce getting from garden to cafeteria or classroom, and assisting with volunteer coordination; in addition to weekly meetings with your supervisor.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

We are looking for someone who can work independently and as part of a team, is comfortable working with children, has experience coordinating and working with volunteers, and the ability to get from their house to each school - the furthest one is 3.5 miles from UWL campus. Nutrition and garden knowledge is preferred.

 

Come be a part of changing the world, one school garden at a time!

Email your resume to Bonnie@growlacrosse.org to apply.

INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION:

Gain hands-on experience in promoting health to students and parents in the community by helping coordinate and assist school garden education sessions and recipe demonstrations at local elementary schools. We are looking for 3-4 interns for this upcoming semester. Together with the GROW board, other interns, and volunteers you will lead an essential role in providing community nutrition education, along with assisting our program directors in garden education sessions and recipe demonstration, interns will also enhance their experiences when coordinating volunteers, overseeing garden maintenance, building relationships, evaluating programs, documenting, and community organizing.

 

TIME COMMITMENT:

Approximately 6-8 hrs/wk totaling a minimum of 90 hours for the semester. Some interns have taken this as an independent study and received credit. Nutrition programming and meetings can be planned around intern’s schedule as long as 5 hours a week are during elementary school hours (8am-3pm). Other requirements can be done throughout each week as you have time.

 

REQUIREMENTS:

Nutrition/Sustainability Education Interns will be responsible for assisting the program directors with garden classes, helping facilitate garden maintenance tasks and organization of produce getting from garden to cafeteria or classroom, and assisting with volunteer coordination; in addition to weekly meetings with your supervisor.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

We are looking for someone who can work independently and as part of a team, is comfortable working with children, has experience coordinating and working with volunteers, and the ability to get from their house to each school - the furthest one is 3.5 miles from UWL campus. Nutrition and garden knowledge is preferred.

 

Come be a part of changing the world, one school garden at a time!

Email Bonnie@growlacrosse.org with your resume to express interest.

INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION:

The marketing and communication intern should have experience with print, web and social media. Interns will be asked to help with the following tasks:

Website:

Create photo journalism blog/newsletter each week Help make improvements and updates to the website Help increase the number of blog/newsletter subscribers

Social Media:

Help create 3-5 social media posts per week Highlight and review events in media outlets Help increase “likes” & “follows”

Photo Journalism:

Visit sites/events to take photos and learn about GROW programs to write blogs and posts

Marketing:

Help create print media to promote GROW programs and events Create newsletters for schools and volunteers Connect with media (online calendars, news outlets) Write press releases to promote events

Other :

Event marketing, planning and execution Help establish venue, food/drink and entertainment plus logistics for fundraising events Meet with supervisor and other interns for trainings and weekly meetings Assist in garden lessons as needed Help maintain gardens and hoop house as needed Communicate with volunteers as needed Help with other tasks as needed

Some interns have taken this as an independent study

REQUIREMENTS: 6-8 hours a week for the duration of the semester for a total of 90 hours. Three of the required hours must be between the hours of 8:30-11:00 or 12:30-3:00, Monday- Friday. Must work well with others. Has transportation (bike or car). Can accurately document intern hours.

 

QUALIFICATIONS: We are looking for someone who can work independently and as part of a team, is comfortable working with children, has experience coordinating and working with volunteers, and the ability to get from their house to each school - the furthest one is 3.5 miles from UWL campus.

 

INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION: Gain hands-on experience in promoting health to students and parents in the community by helping coordinate maintenance tasks to keep our school gardens in full operation for our local elementary schools. We are looking for 1-2 interns for this upcoming semester. Together with the Grow board, other interns, and volunteers you will lead an essential role in providing and maintaining these unique outdoor learning platforms. Along with the maintenance projects and tasks, interns will also enhance their experiences when coordinating volunteers, building relationships, evaluating programs, documenting, and community organizing.   TIME COMMITMENT: Approximately 6-8 hrs/week totaling a minimum of 90 hours for the semester. Some interns have taken this as an independent study and received credit. Maintenance coordinating, onsite work days, and meetings can be planned around intern’s schedule as long as 4 hours a week during elementary school hours (8-3pm). Other requirements can be done throughout each week as you have time.   RESPONSIBILITIES: Interns are expected to attend weekly meetings with the operations director for scheduled projects and tasks and communicating with the community when organizing volunteers days and larger work parties.   Learn more about GROW at GROWLaCrosse.org.   QUALIFICATIONS: We are looking for someone who can work independently and as part of a team, is comfortable working in gardens, has experience coordinating volunteers, and the ability to get from their house to each school – the furthest one is 3.5 miles from the UWL campus.  Prior garden knowledge is required, nutrition knowledge is preferred.