FoodCorps is a nationwide team of AmeriCorps leaders that connects kids to real food and helps them grow up healthy. We do that by placing motivated leaders in limited-resource communities for a year of public service. Serving under the direction of local partner organizations, our service members focus on three areas of service:

·      Hands-on learning: students grow, cook, and taste new foods, which builds their skills and changes food preferences

·      Healthy school meals: the cafeteria experience steers students towards the healthiest options and gets them excited to try new healthy foods

·      Schoolwide culture of health: as a whole, the school community and environment – from hallways to classrooms to cafeteria to grounds – celebrates healthy food. We measure our success in terms of changes in children, schools, and systems.

 

In Michigan, we currently serve in the following communities:  Boyne Falls, Detroit, Ferndale, Flint, Muskegon, Pellston, Suttons Bay, and Traverse City. For a description of these sites, visit: FoodCorps Michigan Website. If applying for a Michigan placement, be sure to select the state as a preferred location on your application.  Apply here.