Food Pantry and Farmers Market Fellowship

Employment type: Full-Time
Application Due Date: June 13, 2025

Organization Description

Allen Neighborhood Center (ANC) is a 501(c)(3) organization in Lansing, Michigan. ANC serves as a dynamic hub where Lansing Eastside neighbors access resources to improve their health and well-being; expand their capacity to seize job and entrepreneurial opportunities; create a strong sense of place, belonging, and community pride; and build a safe, sustainable, and thriving neighborhood. Since 1999, ANC has pioneered programs in comprehensive and integrative community development.

Program Description

The Allen Farmers Market is a project of Allen Neighborhood Center (ANC), a 501(c)(3) organization in Lansing, Michigan. Since 2004, the market has served as a community hub where neighbors can find locally grown and produced foods, ready-to-eat dinner options, and a convivial atmosphere in which to socialize and build community. Breadbasket Food Pantry distributes free produce, bread, and baked goods to Eastside residents each Monday. Our pantry provides perishable goods that are often out of reach for many in the community.

Duties and Responsibilities

Train and coordinate volunteers for the pantry and market
Pick up food donations from the food bank and local businesses for Breadbasket, and assist neighbors in efficiently choosing their food donations
Communicate with farmers, vendors, sponsors and neighbors as needed to ensure market days are successful
Assist with setup and tear down of the market
Help with the creation of promotional materials (print and digital) for the market
Facilitate relationships with local farmers/vendors, market patrons, and Breadbasket participants
Document program efficacy through surveys and evaluations

Skills, Experience, & Qualifications

Commitment to attend BreadBasket and Farmers Market regularly
Desire and ability to engage with a diverse population while modeling patience, kindness, flexibility, respect, and maintaining the privacy of those we’re assisting.
Passion for strengthening the local food system and for ANC’s mission
Enthusiasm to bring fresh ideas and a willingness to discuss them.
Ability to regularly lift and move up to 40 pounds
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to flex communication styles for different kinds of audiences
Minimum of 18 year of age, US citizen or permanent resident status
Preferred: a commitment to Lansing’s Eastside
ANC believes that to serve its neighbors effectively, a diverse array of lived experiences and backgrounds must be centered in its staff. ANC also believes that historically, nonprofit hiring practices disproportionately ignore the experiences of marginalized people in society. Therefore, ANC strongly encourages Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities to apply

Compensation and Details

Fellows are expected to work 15 hours per week.

Compensation will be $12.48 per hour if the Fellow qualifies for Michigan State University work study. If the Fellow does not qualify for work study, they will receive a one-time $650 stipend. In addition to payment, we are able to partner with academic institutions to count this internship for college credit.