Farmers Market Student Volunteer Program (FMSVP)

Farmers Market Student Volunteers Program (FMSVP)

If you are an active student/college student and your school /college has a program to gain credit for community volunteering or you are interested in volunteering your time please consider the market as an ideal place to be helpful. If you have any question please email customer@yourneighborhoodfarmersmarket.com

You can:

· Gain volunteer community credits

· Receive college recommendation letter for your community services journey

· Be rewarded & recognize for your active community efforts

· Gain the knowledge of being helpful, effective, supportive & courteous to others, while having a FARM-TASTIC time!

To be consider:

1) Be a positive school citizen

a) Demonstrated caring and considerate attitude towards others and members

b) NO school office discipline referrals

2) For community services to be awarded student volunteers must meet or exceed 50 to 200 community service hours based upon their high school grade level. Community services hours accumulate each year. Hours completed in one year will be counted towards the qualification level of the next year.

· Freshman 50 volunteer hours

· Sophomore 100 volunteer hours

· Junior 150 volunteer hours

· Senior 200 volunteer hours

3) The student-volunteer will NOT receive any payment for community service hours.

4) In order to receive your volunteer credit & recommendation letter, you must submit a written 250 words minimum summary in double-spaced essay format regarding the educational value and/or the impactful insights that you have realized through your volunteer experience with Your Neighborhood Farmers Market Association. Students-volunteers are encouraged to write this summary themselves; however, they may use an advocate to help them prepare it.

ESVP Supporting Roles:

We are a year-around market we need weekly volunteers before, during, and after market. Tasks include set up, placing and collecting signage, supervising children’s activities, assisting the market manager in the running of the market, greeting and helping customers, assisting vendors and closing down at the end of market. Volunteers may work either a half day, or all day. Along with general volunteering to help the market run smoothly, here are some more specific positions we currently hope to fill:

Market Volunteers - assist market staff and members/vendor with setting up the market in the morning and/or cleanup in the afternoon, placing & collecting signage, attracting people to the market (wearing fun costumes)

Greenhouse Information Booth - greet guests, answer questions, collecting emails, getting customers to familiarize themselves with YNFMA social media pages, and help get kids signed up for the Kidpreneur Farmers Club!

Little Farmers Volunteer - assist with planning and managing children’s learning activities at market, help get kids more involved with the local community and eating healthy. Help with the vendor education set-up!

Farm to Table Program Volunteer - help with YNFMA culinary education program such as cooking demonstrations and market tastings. Events don't happen weekly, so contact us to be on call for these opportunities

Butterfly Projects Volunteer - assist in the development, planning, promotion, signage and management farmers market. Help create an educational curriculum for sustainability skills, like food preservation, cooking, composting, etc.

Photography Volunteer – We’re always looking for great pictures of our market and in front of the YNFMA picture booth, vendors and products! Take photographs and document the farmers market and other special events.

Market Ambassador – Greet market customers, answer any question they may have, collect emails, helps with the hourly customer counts, collect and write down any customer suggestions, distributing promotional material.

Special Events/Farm to Table Volunteer – Assist in the planning, setup, execution and breakdown of events. The annual Farm to Table fundraiser takes place each year to help offset market expenses.

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Full Name of Student Volunteer, Date of Birth & Gender: *

School Name & Student Grade Level: *

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