[Natfinwellness] FW: AmeriCorps VISTA Position Openings

[Saboe-Wounded Head, Lorna]

Please share the information below with anyone who may be interested. There is flexibility on the start date. Contact Amiee Ladonski if you have questions.

Lorna Wounded Head
Family Resource Management Field Specialist
Sioux Falls Regional Office: 605-782-3290
SDSU Campus Office: 605-688-4035
Lorna.woundedhead at sdstate.edu<mailto:Lorna.woundedhead at sdstate.edu>

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South Dakota State University, South Dakota counties, and USDA cooperating. South Dakota State University adheres to AA/EEO guidelines in offering educational programs and services.


From: "Ladonski, Aimee" <Aimee.Ladonski at sdstate.edu>
Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 10:07 AM
To: SDSU Extension Sioux Falls Regional Center <Sioux_Falls at jackssdstate.onmicrosoft.com>
Subject: AmeriCorps VISTA Position Openings

Please share this exciting opportunity far and wide throughout your networks. Note the deadline is fast approaching.
Who can be an AmeriCorps VISTA member?
Anyone! - current college students, college graduates, recent retirees, stay-at-home parents transitioning back to the work force, strong high school students seeking a gap year, etc.

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Apply to be an SDSU Extension AmeriCorps VISTA Member TODAY!
Applications are due September 21st

SDSU Extension is currently recruiting AmeriCorps members to serve full-time in: Aberdeen, Lemmon, Mitchell, Sioux Falls, Watertown and other South Dakota communities.

AmeriCorps VISTA service members will work with SDSU Extension staff to increase knowledge of and access to physical and financial health and wellness techniques in effort to bring economically disadvantaged South Dakotans out of poverty.

What do AmeriCorps members do?

AmeriCorps members will have the opportunity to do the following:

  *   Serve your country full-time for 1 year to bring SD citizens out of poverty;
  *   Earn a monthly living stipend;
  *   Receive an education award to be used for tuition and/or student loans (award can be transferred to children and grandchildren);
  *   Build your resume with program design, development and implementation;
  *   Receive preferential hiring post-service with federal agencies and hundreds of employers of national service across the country;
  *   Experience top-notch professional development training;
  *   Engage in national networking opportunities;
  *   Be a preferred hire for federal and private employment.

Position Openings

Applications are due September 21st for a start date of November 6th.
Applicants must be 18 years old or older to apply.
If enrolled in college, limited coursework IS allowed during term of service. Start date could be altered slightly to accommodate completion of 2017 fall semester in December.

A variety of positions are available to meet a diversity of professional interests and skills including:

  *   Family Resource Management<https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=74159&fromSearch=true> - increase knowledge of and access to financial resources.
  *   Better Choices, Better Health<https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=74160&fromSearch=true> - develop outreach, recruitment and marketing materials, train lay leaders.
  *   Healthy School Advisor<https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=74161&fromSearch=true> (2 positions) - assist in the implementation of SD Team Nutrition goals.
  *   Grow South Dakota<https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=74687&fromSearch=true> - implement the Grow SD Food Access Program with food pantries and SD Master Gardeners.
  *   Agriculture and Society<https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=76679&fromSearch=true> - assist in the development of the South Dakota 4-H Science of Agriculture Response Challenge.

For position descriptions and application information, click the position links above. If you have any questions, contact Aimee Ladonski<http://igrow.org/about/authors/aimee-ladonski/>, SDSU Extension Volunteer Development Field Specialist at 605.782.3290.


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Aimee House Ladonski, MPA
Volunteer Development Field Specialist
SDSU Extension Sioux Falls Regional Center
2001 E 8th Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57103
aimee.ladonski at sdstate.edu<mailto:aimee.ladonski at sdstate.edu>
office phone 605-782-3290
fax 605-782-3294
www.iGrow.org<http://www.igrow.org/>

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