The SAFE AmeriCorps Program (Serving America’s Farmworkers Everywhere) deploys 28 members into agricultural communities from Maine to California. These passionate, enthusiastic individuals devote a year of their life* in service to the farmworkers and communities to which they are assigned. Their primary task is to provide pesticide safety education, but they are also engaged in providing direct services such as food banks, clothing drives, health outreach, tutoring, mentoring youth and participating in community service activities.
In a single year, SAFE AmeriCorps members will give 38,000 hours of their time and serve over 20,000 farmworkers and their families. They will form 2000 partnerships with community organizations, grower/producer/employers, local businesses, faith based organizations and farmworker advocacy groups. Members will collectively recruit over 560 volunteers from the community who will provide over 1000 hours of service, assisting in vital community service projects—everything from disaster preparedness to organizing health fairs.
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*We are recruiting NOW for our half-year and summer term members. Join us for an exciting, intense and challenging experience with SAFE AmeriCorps. Be prepared to develop new job skills, learn about many new things, open your eyes to the human cost of food production, discover a career path, make lasting friendships and do important work that will improve the quality of life for farmworkers and their families.
Download the AmeriCorps SAFE Member Job Description:
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