No child should grow up hungry in America. By connecting kids in need with nutritious food, the No Kid Hungry campaign surrounds children with healthy food where they live, learn and play.

We’re ending childhood hunger by connecting kids to effective nutrition programs like school breakfast and summer meals. This work is accomplished through the No Kid Hungry network, made up of private citizens, public officials, nonprofits, business leaders and others providing innovative hunger solutions in their communities. These public-private partnerships work together to identify and eliminate the barriers that may prevent children from accessing existing food and nutrition resources.

Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign has created a program to involve college-aged Youth Ambassadors in the fight against childhood hunger by working with one of our community partners.

For the summer program, the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance will host one (1) Youth Ambassador to work on initiatives related to the alleviation of childhood hunger.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

General:

• Summer meals/child health and nutrition storytelling project (25% of YA’s time)
• Partner organization meetings/events and community outreach/advocacy (25% of YA’s time)
• Cooking Matters virtual/in-person programming support (20% of YA’s time)
• Summer meal service support and site evaluation (15% of YA’s time)
• General AR Hunger Relief Alliance support (10% of YA’s time)
• Administrative tasks (5% of YA’s time)

Includes:

• Lead the development of social media content and blog posts about summer meal sites,
  sponsors, and partners statewide to share anecdotes, raise awareness for key resources, and
  communicate ways everyone can get involved in the fight against hunger
• Support outreach and advocacy opportunities with partners to share information, identify gaps in service, or liaison with local media
• Conduct virtual/in-person nutrition education programming and events
• Collect and analyze summer meal service data and partake in site visits
• Support AR Hunger Relief Alliance summer gleaning and community garden events, as well as volunteer engagement, fundraising, and advocacy opportunities

QUALIFICATIONS:

No Kid Hungry seeks enthusiastic college students to join our program as Youth Ambassadors.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A great attitude and willingness to work on all kinds of projects
• Interest in hunger issues
• Commitment to working with diverse communities
• Reliability, responsibility, and a good work ethic
• Good customer service and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently
• Familiarity with social media
• Use of personal laptop and mobile phone preferred
• Reliable access to a vehicle

Youth Ambassadors will receive a stipend of no more than $6000 for over the course of the summer, for a completion of 360 hours over 10 weeks, with one week’s paid vacation. The program starts on May 30 and ends on August 04, 2022.

Youth Ambassadors will report to a national No Kid Hungry staff member, and an Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance member. Ambassadors will participate in weekly conference calls, complete a weekly report, and attend online training sessions throughout their term.

Interested applicants should apply online at http://nokidhungry.org/youth-ambassadors.

Questions? Contact Jasmine Zandi, Out-of-School Program Director, Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance, 501-618-5300, jzandi@arhungeralliance.org.