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The unique site is located just ten miles northwest of Orlando in the community of Apopka and reaches out to a low-income community of migrant farm workers, immigrants, the working poor, and their families. The families are primarily of Hispanic, Haitian, and African-American descent. Members are afforded a great deal of latitude and are encouraged to identify where community needs intersect their skill sets. If you want to work deeply in a community that is culturally rich and economically poor, this is the place for you! Site Director: Ann Kendrick, SND The Orange County Public Schools are Elementary, Middle, and High Schools that serve a highly diverse population of students in Apopka. Here, NDA members tutor and mentor students both one-on-one and in small groups. These members also provide out-of-class cultural enrichment experiences, life skills learning and other enrichment activities in the schools' after-school programs as well as the after-school tutoring program sponsored by the Office for Farmworker Ministry. If you are interested in working with teenagers in both academic and non-academic settings, this is a great assignment for you. Office for Farmworker Ministry (OFFM) is a family of organizations working with Hispanic, Haitian, and African-American migrant and seasonal farm workers and other low-income families. Member(s) assigned to work at OFFM have the opportunity to take on a number of roles depending upon interest and skills, including: directing the after-school tutoring program discussed above; teaching citizenship education, GED preparedness and parenting classes; participating in conflict resolution; counseling; economic development; and the formation of youth communities. If you are a self-starter with creative energy, this is a good placement for you. Check out the OFFM website at http://www.offm.org for additional information. Justice and Peace Office, Inc., established in 1977, has created the Apopka Family Learning Center. AFLC works to empower a multi-ethnic population in Apopka to bring about change in their lives and communities. Basic education, family literacy and workplace literacy, and English as A Second Language are provided through the GROWS (Greater Reading or Writing Skills) Literacy Council, NDA members serve as teachers to both children and adults in the programs described below.
Pennies for Power Youth Credit Union - Community Trust Federal Credit Union was chartered to serve the financial needs of the low-income migrant Farmworker community. The credit union now boasts $4.5 million in assets and 2,500 members providing savings, credit and financial counseling. The youth credit union "Pennies for Power," a successful addition to CTFCU, recruits and trains farm worker youth to develop skills and interests in financial matters. This position is for a business-minded, open-hearted individual interested in growing membership in the youth credit union, educating members, training youth to become tellers, and advancing the Individual Development Account program. Harbor House - Harbor House is a domestic violence shelter. Members serve as advocates in the shelter or the courthouse. Members also will work with the children at the shelter.
Having your own transportation is a major asset since public transit in Apopka is limited, but if you are willing to walk, ride a bike and/or make connections with people who do have their own cars, you can survive without a car. Our team in Apopka consists of people from outside the area as well as local community members and it is very diverse racially, socio-economically, educationally, age and gender-wise.
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