As an AmeriCorps VISTA Member with GoodRoots Northwest, Bea is dismantling those same barriers for over 75,000 food-insecure residents across Pierce County. Their tool? An innovative online food pantry system with refrigerated pickup lockers that transforms food access from a public ordeal into a private,...
As a Harvest VISTA Leader in the AmeriCorps Harvest VISTA Program, Frenchie Loveheart will be focusing on developing strategic concepts regarding program outreach, engagement, and recruitment to support the numerous host sites around the country. The cornerstone goal of the Harvest VISTA program is to...
Savannah Carter serves as an AmeriCorps VISTA member in the Harvest VISTA Program as a Farm Recovery Manager at Concrete Jungle to help alleviate poverty and decrease food-insecurity across Georgia.Savannah Carter is a Georgia Southern University graduate, and she majored in Public Relations. Savannah was...
Eli serves as the Harvest VISTA Summer Associate at Making A Difference Foundation (MADF) in partnership with Eloise's Cooking Pot Food Bank in Tacoma, Washington. MADF is a nonprofit, charitable organization with a noble mission: to make a difference in the lives of others, one person at...
Skyler Edwards serves as the Harvest VISTA Summer Associate at Concrete Jungle in Atlanta, Georgia. Concrete Jungle focuses on foraging, farming, and supporting food access across Georgia so that communities are well nourished in a world with no food waste. Skyler assists the operations team...
Avery is an Americorps Harvest VISTA Summer Associate member working for a Seattle non-profit called City Fruit. This ten-week summer program entails harvesting, cleaning, packing, and distributing fruit from residential and public fruit trees. Then, Avery helps distribute this fruit either to food banks and...
As a Harvest VISTA member in the AmeriCorps Harvest VISTA program at Elk Run Farm, Skye will be assisting in implementation of farm outreach and educational efforts, helping with all aspects of fruit and vegetable production and distribution, and upkeeping documentation of volunteer, harvest, and...
Liv Michaels is in AmeriCorps Harvest VISTA Program serving as a Harvest and Distribution Summer Associate at City Fruit in Seattle, Washington. Her service is focused on the harvesting, processing, and distribution of fruit to areas that are lacking in access to fresh produce. Liv Michaels...
Jeanie Neumann is a Harvest VISTA AmeriCorps member serving at City Fruit as the Fundraising & Development Specialist VISTA in Seattle, Washington. Their project is focused on the development of a fundraising plan, aimed toward individual donors and City Fruit members; foundations, corporations, and government...
Sarah Armbruster is an AmeriCorps member serving at AGO & HAH as the Washington State Gleaning Network Development VISTA in Seattle, Washington. Her service is focused on increasing accessibility to fresh local produce to low-income families in Washington state by increasing the capacity of organizations...