High Rocks-Project Healthy Kids Partnership

AmeriCorps & Senior Corps; West Virginia; On-site; USD 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living Allowance

Training

Health Coverage

Childcare assistance

Education award

Job summary

High Rocks-Project Healthy Kids Partnership seeks dedicated volunteers to support nutrition education and community outreach across West Virginia. You will engage students, plan hands-on activities, and assist with workshops and communications that promote healthy habits.

Join a community-driven effort partnered with AmeriCorps. This program offers training, health coverage availability, and educational awards upon completion of service to support lifelong wellness.

Qualifications

• K-12 nutrition education programs
• Ability to develop educational resources
• Strong communication and teamwork

Responsibilities

• K-12 nutrition education programs
• hands-on food and cooking activities
• community workshops and outreach events
• volunteer recruitment and coordination
• participant engagement
• educational resource development
• event planning
• partner communication
• program support activities that expand access to nutrition education and healthy lifestyle programing.

Skills

Team Work

Computers/Technology

Education

Teaching/Tutoring

General Skills

Youth Development

Writing/Editing

Community Organization

Public Speaking

Leadership

Recruitment

Job description

High Rocks-Project Healthy Kids Partnership

Founded in 2016, the organization works alongside agriculture, childcare, healthcare, education, culinary, and research partners to increase access to healthy food and create opportunities for lifelong wellness. Through practical, community-based programs, Project Healthy Kids helps children and families build healthier habits while strengthening the systems that support health across West Virginia. A cornerstone of this work is the Central Kitchen Food Project, a collaborative initiative that connects local farmers, schools, childcare centers, healthcare providers, and community organizations to prepare and distribute nutritious, scratch-made meals. In 2024, Project Healthy Kids and its partners supported the preparation of more than 278,000 healthy meals, worked with 13 West Virginia farmers, expanded workforce training opportunities, and advanced innovative food-as-medicine initiatives. By combining nutrition access, education, workforce development, and local food system investment, Project Healthy Kids is creating sustainable solutions that improve health outcomes, strengthen local economies, and help communities thrive.

Member Duties :

• K-12 nutrition education programs
• hands-on food and cooking activities
• community workshops and outreach events
• volunteer recruitment and coordination
• participant engagement
• educational resource development
• event planning
• partner communication
• program support activities that expand access to nutrition education and healthy lifestyle programing.

Program Benefits :

• Living Allowance
• Training
• Health Coverage
• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Education award upon successful completion of service.

Terms :

• Car recommended
• Permits working at another job during off hours
• Permits attendance at school during off hours.

Service Areas :

• Community and Economic Development
• Education
• Health
• Children/Youth
• Community Outreach
• Hunger.

Skills :

• Team Work
• Computers/Technology
• Education
• Teaching/Tutoring
• General Skills
• Youth Development
• Writing/Editing
• Community Organization
• Public Speaking
• Leadership
• Recruitment.

High Rocks-Project Healthy Kids Partnership