[Community_garden] paid internship available

[Lenny Librizzi]

The Council on the Environment's Learn it Grow it Eat it Project will be  
hiring 2 project assistants for 7 weeks this summer to work in 2 community  
gardens in the Bronx supervising high school youth teams in the gardens  
and doing healthy eating outreach in the community.
The job announcement is attached and copied below.

Lenny Librizzi



Council of the Environment of New York City
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Summer Internship Available

Learn it, Grow it, Eat it Project Assistant Internship

Qualifications:	College graduate or commensurate experience, willing to  
work outdoors with teenagers, urban horticulture, experience and/or  
interest in urban gardening, interest or background in food, health and  
environmental issues especially healthy eating, food access and community  
organizing, computer proficient, Spanish a plus.

Job Description:	The Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC)  
is a privately funded citizens' organization in the Office of the Mayor.  
CENYC promotes environmental awareness and solutions to environmental  
problems. In Fall 2006 CENYC launched its “Learn it, Grow it, Eat it”  
(LGE) project in five high schools and 2 community gardens in the  
Morrisania section of the South Bronx. The project encourages young people  
to take control of their health through nutrition education and improved  
food access in their schools and community. It has an in-school component  
that focuses on healthy eating and the environment, and a garden component  
where students learn to grow their own vegetables. This summer we are  
hiring 15 high school students from our program to maintain the community  
garden plots over the summer and to spread the word about healthy eating  
in the south Bronx.

Under the guidance and supervision of CENYC’s LGE team, project assistant  
interns will supervise five teenage interns in the community gardens and  
doing outreach and education in the community. Specifically, in the  
gardens they will help to plant, weed, water and harvest and other garden  
upkeep projects. In the community they will help the teens to organize  
education tables at farmers markets and other public spaces, disseminate  
information, and conduct surveys to identify healthy eating options in the  
neighborhood.


Project Assistants will also assist in evaluating the success of the  
project and the performance of the teen interns.

          CENYC is an equal opportunity employer.

Schedule:	Monday – Friday, 10-4PM,
July 5th to August 21st 2007,

  To apply:        Send cover letter and resume (e-mail preferred) by May  
18, 2007 to:

Contact: Lenny Librizzi or David Saphire
Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC)
51 Chambers Street room 228
New York, New York 10007
212-788-7927 / 7930 phone
212-788-7913 fax
llibrizzi at cenyc.org
saphd at yahoo.com


Salary:		$18/hour

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Lenny Librizzi
Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC)
51 Chambers Street  room 228
New York,  New York 10007
www.cenyc.org
212-788-7927 phone
212-788-7913 fax
llibrizzi at cenyc.org