Amanda Martin, current Community Relations Manager, has asked to share her experience being in the AmeriCorp VISTA and to ask YOU to consider a position within the AmeriCorps. Check it out!
If you’re looking for a life-changing experience, you may have just stumbled upon it. TheVolunteer Center of Story County is recruiting for two AmeriCorps VISTAs (Volunteers in Service to America): an Education Coordinator and a Community Relations Manager.
My Co-VISTA and I will be serving our terms until December, however two positions will also start in September. The deadline to apply is coming up quick – July 10. The positions run from Sept. 15, 2009-Sept. 15, 2010.
VISTA is a one-year commitment to help build capacity at a local organization and to work to end poverty in a community. Members receive a living stipend, health benefits, and either an education grant or end-of-the-year stipend. They also receive an endless amount of experience in community organizing, working in a non-profit organization, and gaining professional skills.
I’d like to encourage everyone to consider taking a year of your life to experience this life-changing program. You may be a recent college graduate or retiree, or you may be between jobs or looking to make a life-change. For me, I was just ready for a change in life. After graduating from college I worked in the field of my college degree for a year and a half before I decided that I wasn’t feeling fulfilled. That’s when I found VISTA. I loved it so much I signed on for a second term.
Take a look at what VISTA can offer and feel free to contact me for more information about the positions or what a year of a VISTA is really like. I’d love to talk with you about it. No doubt it would be a life-changing experience for you as well.
