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Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities
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Feeding hungry minds and bodies® on a daily basis takes manpower (and woman power)! In addition
to the Afterschool Nutrition & Education team,
Children's Hunger Alliance's afterschool enrichment programming is supported by volunteers from the AmeriCorps program. These volunteers are known as AmeriCorps for Healthy Kids.
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Training includes learning and playing the educational and physical activities
that they use at the afterschool programs.
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LAST BALLOON WINS!! Different strategies provided differing results as the
AmeriCorps for Healthy Kids practice a variety of physical and educational activities that they may use at their
afterschool sites.
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The AmeriCorps for Healthy Kids members facilitate and teach nutrition education to children in afterschool,
classroom and summer food sites. These volunteers commit to one year of service and receive a living allowance.
Upon completion of their term of service, they will also receive and educational award from the Corporation of National Service. The nutrition curriculum consists of 12 hands-on nutrition
lessons that teach children how to prepare healthy snacks emphasizing the importance of eating fruits and vegetables.
The AmeriCorps for Healthy Kids members also help with Little
Chefs, CATCH, Bright
Futures, Earth Friends,
and Cook with a Book.
General member qualifications include:
- desire to serve;
- ability to serve independently and in a team;
- good organizational skills;
- excellent communication skills; and,
- ability to be flexible and adopt to change.
Visit the AmeriCorps web site for more information
on volunteering, check out information on the AmeriCorps*VISTA
program for more opportunities with Children's Hunger Alliance, or contact Afterschool
Nutrition & Education
Interested in applying for an AmeriCorps or AmeriCorps*VISTA position? Visit the AmeriCorps web site and follow these directions:
One the left-hand side, the screen gives you the option to either "Find a Program," which will allow
you to browse all of the programs available in the US, or "apply now." The first will allow the user
to only view the descriptions of the 2 programs, not apply. The second will allow the user to apply to the AmeriCorps
web site, and in the processof applying, select the program(s) that you want to apply for (and view the descriptions
there).
To just "find a program":
Select under 1. Service area, "children/youth" and under 2. State, select "Ohio" and hit search.
This will bring up the listings matching these criteria. They can then view the AmeriCorps position for Children
s Hunger Alliance under "Children s Hunger Alliance." If you want to apply, you will need to go back
to the "apply now" section.
To "apply now":
The screen will take you through the steps to apply. You will eventually be asked to select the program(s) that
you want to apply for. When they do this, an e-mail will be sent to Children’s Hunger Alliance to notify us that
you applied for the program. We will contact you at this point.
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