Seattle Youth Garden Works is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and employing homeless and underserved youth in a farm to market organic garden. We serve youth ages 14-21. Through our program we seek to assist the youth we serve in their pursuit of housing, healthcare, education, permanent employment, and community.
Time Commitment: Approx. 16.5 hours/week from June 23-
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(August 23-August 30: hours will be limited)
Goal: To create a safe, stable, and educational environment for homeless, street-involved, and underserved youth in an organic garden setting.
Responsibilities: The garden education intern assists the Urban Farm and Youth Employment Manager in a mentoring role, while working in the garden. The garden education intern also helps to execute the daily curriculum and manage the daily garden tasks of the youth, while acting as a positive role model for the youth. It is important that the garden education intern exhibits appropriate work behavior (punctuality, on-task, engages with youth). Finally, the garden education intern assists in planning the daily schedule, while helping with any needs that might arise during the program.
Benefits: Make a difference in the life of a young person in the community, organic farming experience, curriculum development skills, marketing skills, networking resources, non-profit experience, be a community leader, work outside.
This is an unpaid internship.
Please contact Josh Hall at jhall@thechurchcouncil.org or 206-632-0352 x 15
