Service Opportunities
AmeriCorps VISTAs in the Piedmont offers individuals the opportunity to gain professional experience in the nonprofit sector as they spend a year dedicated to service.
The community project is a unique aspect of the V.I.P. program that allows AmeriCorps VISTAs to work together as a team. Each member spends 10% of their service participating in a supplemental project designed to foster collaboration and problem-solving for community-wide issues related to financial stability or behavioral health. The AmeriCorps VISTA members gather one half day each week to share the different perspectives and experiences gained through their work at their individual sites and work together on their community projects.
Accepting applications for the 2021 - 2022 service year beginning March 1, 2021.
About United Way of the Piedmont:
United Way of the Piedmont is a private, nonprofit organization governed by a local board of volunteers.
Our services cover Spartanburg, Cherokee, and Union Counties.
MISSION: Connect, engage and inspire people to transform our community.
VISION: Live united as an educated, financially stable, and healthy community.
Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity
United Way of the Piedmont, the AmeriCorps VISTAs in the Piedmont program, and all service sites are committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity. We are committed to engaging AmeriCorps VISTA members in our collective work without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity and expression, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, familial status, or socio-economic status.
Should you require any accommodations to complete the application process or successfully complete a service year, please notify Heather Witt, VP of Community & Collective Impact, at hwitt@uwpiedmont.org.
*We are currently reviewing VISTA Assignment Descriptions for the 21-22 service year. Updates to service opportunities will be provided shortly.
The community project is a unique aspect of the V.I.P. program that allows AmeriCorps VISTAs to work together as a team. Each member spends 10% of their service participating in a supplemental project designed to foster collaboration and problem-solving for community-wide issues related to financial stability or behavioral health. The AmeriCorps VISTA members gather one half day each week to share the different perspectives and experiences gained through their work at their individual sites and work together on their community projects.
Accepting applications for the 2021 - 2022 service year beginning March 1, 2021.
About United Way of the Piedmont:
United Way of the Piedmont is a private, nonprofit organization governed by a local board of volunteers.
Our services cover Spartanburg, Cherokee, and Union Counties.
MISSION: Connect, engage and inspire people to transform our community.
VISION: Live united as an educated, financially stable, and healthy community.
Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity
United Way of the Piedmont, the AmeriCorps VISTAs in the Piedmont program, and all service sites are committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity. We are committed to engaging AmeriCorps VISTA members in our collective work without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity and expression, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, familial status, or socio-economic status.
Should you require any accommodations to complete the application process or successfully complete a service year, please notify Heather Witt, VP of Community & Collective Impact, at hwitt@uwpiedmont.org.
*We are currently reviewing VISTA Assignment Descriptions for the 21-22 service year. Updates to service opportunities will be provided shortly.
2021-2022 Service Year will be 8/2/2021-8/1/2022
(the dates on the VADS listed are no longer applicable)
2021 - 2022 Service Opportunities
AmeriCorps VISTAs in our program serve at one of several community sites focusing on one or more of the following capacity-building activities:
- Marketing and social media management
- Fundraising through events, donor development, and grants
- Developing programs to increase financial stability and access to healthcare
- Building partnerships in the community
- Recruiting and managing volunteers
- Program assessment and management
Open 2021 - 2022 Sites
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AccessHealth Spartanburg
www.accesshealthspartanburg.org Program & Engagement VISTA The AmeriCorps VISTA will expand current communication efforts, increase efficiency of the client enrollment process, identify gaps in care and available community assets and resources, and secure additional funding for AccessHealth Spartanburg (AHS) in order to improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs for low-income adults. View VISTA Assignment Description POSITION FILLED Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate bbbsupstate.com Match Program & Volunteer Engagement VISTA The AmeriCorps VISTA will help support our mission by helping to build and increase service capacity and helping to make quality improvements to provide enhanced services for the low-income youth and families served. View VISTA Assignment Description APPLY HERE Children's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg, Cherokee, & Union Counties www.cacsp.org Community Engagement VISTA The AmeriCorps VISTA will help increase Children’s Advocacy Center of Spartanburg, Cherokee, and Union Counties’ (CAC) capacity to serve all children in need of CAC services by increasing community engagement and awareness, developing new fundraising initiatives, and enhancing volunteer engagement.The VISTA will utilize social media and website outreach, develop and implement new fundraising strategies, improve CAC’s current system of volunteer management, and ensure CAC’s paperwork and tracking system is inclusive of all persons. View VISTA Assignment Description APPLY HERE Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas www.childrenscancerpartners.org Community and Volunteer Outreach VISTA Help improve Access to Care for children battling cancer by engaging more volunteers, building peer support through peer-family events, generating awareness through the CCP Kidz in Lids program and recognizing supporters through social media outreach all to ensure children access to care, and families not falling into the downward spiral of poverty. View VISTA Assignment Description APPLY HERE City of Spartanburg www.cityofspartanburg.org Community Development VISTA The VISTA will develop a comprehensive equity plan, accelerate the development of a Highland Master Plan to revitalize a low-income neighborhood with resident input, and increase community awareness and engagement. View VISTA Assignment Description APPLY HERE EMERGE Family Therapy Center & Teaching Clinic emergeftc.org Community Engagement VISTA Help improve health outcomes of low-income, underinsured children, adults and families by building our capacity to provide affordable behavioral health care. The VISTA will expand communication efforts, manage a volunteer program, and communicating the story of EMERGE through a variety of processes (writing press releases, capturing data outcomes, building alumni connections, etc.) View VISTA Assignment Description APPLY HERE Greer Relief greerrelief.org Community Outreach & Development VISTA Provide program sustainability by cultivating and promoting the RENEW (Reaching Every Neighbor Every Way) program to low-income individuals and families, with the goal of increasing participation and attendance. The VISTA will build support for the RENEW program, promoting growth of current events with the goal of raising enough funds to hire a Stability Navigator. View VISTA Assignment Description POSITION FILLED KNOW (2) www.know2cherokee.com Foodshare Cherokee Hub Development Team Lead Know(2)'s goal is to expand access to and consumption of healthy fruits and vegetables throughout Cherokee County with an emphasis on the most at risk populations. The KNOW (2) Eat Smart Move More Coalition is developing a Foodshare SC hub in partnership with the local school system. View VISTA Assignment Description APPLY HERE Middle Tyger Community Center www.middletyger.org Financial Stability Program & Engagement VISTA Help ensure that the families Middle Tyger Community Center (MTCC) serves are offered opportunities, support, and resources that help them toward financial stability by recruiting and training volunteers, implementing the Getting Ahead program while developing community partnerships that builds the capacity for the continued sustainability of the program. View VISTA Assignment Description APPLY HERE |
Spartanburg Academic Movement
www.learnwithsam.org Collaborative Action & Engagement VISTA Help support the upward economic mobility of children and families across Spartanburg County by strengthening academic achievement. This will be accomplished by engaging collaborative action groups to close equity gaps in three of the Spartanburg Academic Movement’s (SAM) learning outcomes: kindergarten readiness, high school graduation, and college enrollment. View VISTA Assignment Description APPLY HERE Spartanburg Housing Authority www.shasc.org Financial Self-Sufficiency Program VISTA Help build capacity of the Spartanburg Housing Authority by creating neighborhood programs that enable access to community agencies and build opportunities for financial self-sufficiency. This VISTA will also identify capacity-building opportunities for volunteers and develop resources to help SHA residents move out of poverty. View VISTA Assignment Description POSITION FILLED Spartanburg Interfaith Hospitality Network (SPIHN) spihn.squarespace.com Housing & Volunteer Resource VISTA The AmeriCorps VISTA will help create affordable housing options for homeless families/individuals in order to reduce their period of homelessness. The VISTA will seek funds for transitional housing and work with property managers. In addition, the VISTA will work on volunteers needed for the Spartanburg Opportunity Center and identify resource programs and funding. View VISTA Assignment Description POSITION FILLED St. Luke's Free Medical Clinic www.slfmc.org Volunteer & Data Collection VISTA The AmeriCorps VISTA will help increase our capacity to provide quality healthcare to underserved Spartanburg County residents by streamlining our volunteer, communication, and specialty program procedures. The VISTA will work to improve the Clinic’s volunteer program, specialty programs, including our Power of Healthy Living program, and communication systems according to new trends in technology and nonprofit best practices. These efforts will help ensure future staff can carry out our services more efficiently, allowing the Clinic to change more lives through access to healthcare. View VISTA Assignment Description APPLY HERE The Bridge at Green Street www.fbs.org/ministries/missions/1714-2/ Housing & Homelessness Prevention VISTA The VISTA will continue to develop a site plan and architectural design plans for individual tiny houses specifically for the Northside neighborhood and for a target population of homeless single women. You will work to implement an approach to recovery from homelessness. View VISTA Assignment Description APPLY HERE Upstate Warrior Solution upstatewarriorsolution.org Community Engagement VISTA The AmeriCorps VISTA will help build the capacity of organizations that commit to antipoverty efforts and using a Collective Impact framework to solve financial instability in Spartanburg County by creating policies and procedures for data integration, as well as an executable marketing plan in support of Collective Impact. View VISTA Assignment Description APPLY HERE United Way of the Piedmont www.uwpiedmont.org Community Engagement VISTA The AmeriCorps VISTA member will support and increase the capacity of the United Way of the Piedmont (UWP) Engagement team to increase the number of community nonprofits implementing effective volunteer practices and increase the number of community volunteers successfully placed by UWP. The AmeriCorps VISTA will develop volunteer opportunities to support UWP’s Financial Stability goals of increasing the number of financially self-sufficient individuals and families in the Spartanburg, Cherokee, & Union County communities. View VISTA Assignment Description POSITION FILLED United Way of the Piedmont www.uwpiedmont.org Marketing & Communications Specialist The VISTA member will support and increase the capacity of the Marketing team to grow the community's understanding of United Way's work. The VISTA member will effectively engage followers to increase financial resources, document departmental processes and procedures to ensure sustainability, and contribute to social media marketing to build brand awareness to ensure UWP has resources to help eliminate poverty. View VISTA Assignment Description POSITION FILLED United Way of the Piedmont - Gifts in Kind Center www.uwpiedmont.org Member & Volunteer Experience VISTA The VISTA will focus on developing and improving processes and procedures to communicate with member nonprofits and partners. The VISTA will also focus on increasing the diversity of the volunteer corps that runs the facility, and work to establish a volunteer leadership corps to provide day-to-day leadership and training to new or temporary volunteers. View VISTA Assignment Description APPLY HERE |