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Brooklyn Food Summer '09
Volunteer Roles:
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Community Food Ambassadors
The Brooklyn Healthy Food Campaign seeks volunteers to participate in its Community Food Ambassadors Training Program. The Community Food Ambassador Program trains community volunteers to talk with their neighbors about the overall connections between our local food system and the health of our communities; how to help our neighbors get public benefits through programs that support employment, boost the City’s economy, and improve food and economic security; and how we can work together to increase access borough-wide to fresh, affordable nutrient-dense food.
Become a Community Food Ambassador and engage your neighbors at markets and cultural events about the benefits of healthy food, how to prepare it, and where to find it. Help Launch an extensive public media campaign to increase public awareness about food and health issues, provide tools for residents to voice their demand for healthy food, and recruit new community volunteers.
Commitment:
- Complete 1.5 hours of outreach and education training.
- Attend 3 to 5 events in targeted communities between the months of July and August (Approximate time commitment is 15-20 hours.).
- Conduct surveys to measure knowledge of healthy food options in targeted communities.
- Be responsible for maintaining and reproducing neighborhood specific educational outreach materials.
- Maintain contact information of community members interested in working with the campaign.
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Food Stamps/Food Cards Benefits Pre-Screening Specialists
The Brooklyn Healthy Food Campaign seeks volunteers to participate in its Food Stamps/Food Card (EBT) Benefits Pre-Screening Specialists Training Program. Currently somewhere between 300,000 to 600,000 Brooklyn residents are eligible to receive Food Stamp/Food Card (EBT) benefits, but are not yet enrolled. The Food Stamp/Food Card (EBT) Benefits Pre-Screening Specialists Training Program will train 60 community volunteers to support and increase the capacity of 10 sites actively conducting pre-screenings in Brooklyn in an effort to raise enrollment rates of eligible neighbors and improve their access to fresh, affordable nutrient-dense food.
Commitment:
- Complete a 1- Day training in conducting pre-screenings for enrollment to receive Food Stamps/Food Card (EBT) Benefits. Choose from the following dates: June 8, 9 or 10
- Volunteer 1 to 2 days a week at one of the 10 pre-screening sites from July through August
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Food Summer Behind the Scenes Support
For volunteers excited to be a part of the Brooklyn Food Summer Campaign, who are unable to make the commitment to being a Community Food Ambassador or a Pre-Screening Specialist, we invite you to join our Behind the Scenes Support team. We are looking for folks with a wide range of skills and interest to support the campaign from researchers, writers, editors, graphic and website designers, photographers to you fill-in-the-blank. Let us know how you would like to help and we’ll find a role for you.
Commitment:
- Attend monthly planning meetings
- Serve as a member of a sub-committee
- Minimum of 10-15 hours
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