2022 Summer Staff Positions Available!

We are looking forward to Summer Interns joining our team!

We are offering AmeriCorps Summer Associates placements for college students and young adults to support summer programs in PORTLAND and LEWISTON!

These paid positions will create opportunities for college students and young adults to participate across all of our programs, but perhaps most importantly, they will give our kids an educational leg-up before their return to school in the fall.

Americorp Summer Associates will also provide hands-on training for our Lew Crew Teens, Middle School and Elementary students.

What are you passionate about? Psychology, financial literacy, leadership, criminal justice, mechanics, gardening, art, graphic design, marketing - whatever it may be - this is your opportunity to use that passion to positively impact some incredible youth in the Tree Streets neighborhood of Lewiston or the Bayside Neighborhood of Portland.

So, what do you get to do?

  • Join an amazing squad of young adults who want to have a fun summer and make a difference in people's lives

  • Grow through experiential learning workshops including outdoor adventures, leadership development and personal/staff devotion

  • Have a blast in SUPER SUMMAH DAY CAMP!!!! Activities include games, competitions, field trips, stories & more

  • Teach kids and teens something YOU are passionate about (soccer? cooking? karate? climbing? business? theater? justice? gardening?

  • Cultivate social, economic, and spiritual wholeness in an amazing neighborhood

  • AmeriCorps Members will receive a biweekly stipend of about $600 (depending on location) plus an additional end-of-service Education Award of $1,350 or $350 check.

TO APPLY OR LEARN MORE ABOUT THE POSITIONS IN LEWISTON, CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW or

CONTACT ALYSSA@THEROOTCELLAR.ORG OR CALL 207-782-3659

TO APPLY OR LEARN MORE ABOUT THE POSITIONS IN PORTLAND, CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW or CONTACT SEAN@THEROOTCLLAR.ORG or CALL 207-774-3197

Joel H. Furrow

@joel_furrow

joel@therootcellar.org

Joel is a graduate of Liberty University where he received a Bachelors of Science in Religion with a concentration in Intercultural Studies. Joel has 10+ years experience working with refugee and at - risk youth populations in Clarkson, GA and Cambridge & Boston, MA. In 2009, Joel implemented the Bridging the Gap Juvenile Diversion program in the city of Boston, serving nearly 100 juvenile offenders annually. Joel became the director of The Root Cellar in Lewiston in 2012. Joel and his lovely wife Hilary live in Wales, raising 3 beautiful, stubborn and energy filled daughters.

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