Allen Neighborhood Center offers outstanding opportunities for students to increase their knowledge of community organizing and the non-profit sector through a wide array of focus areas. All internships work to increase knowledge of community resources, view social justice issues first-hand, and utilize communication skills with a diverse population. We are happy to offer credit/non-credit positions for interns. While internships are unpaid, we offer valuable professional development experience. - *Exchange Internship *for Summer 2017. The Exchange (food hub) connects local farmers and food producers with commercial buyers (grocers, restaurants, schools, hospitals, individuals buying in bulk, etc.), and offers growers and food producers with a variety of business-related workshops. For more information on this opportunity, click *here.* <http://allenneighborhoodcenter.org/exchange-internship/> - *Hunter Park GardenHouse Internship* for Summer 2017. The GardenHouse serves as a hub for year-round farm & garden education through the operation of a year-round CSA program and workshop series. For more information, click *here. <http://allenneighborhoodcenter.org/?p=7800> * - *Youth Programs Internship* for Summer 2017. Our Youth Programs are free and provide job and life skills, gardening and nutrition education. Take Root Garden Club (ages 5-10) is held Tuesday & Thursday, 10am-12pm, and Youth Service Corps (ages 11-17) is held Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10am-12pm, along with a farmers market shift on Wednesday from 2:30-7pm. For more information on this position, click *here. <http://allenneighborhoodcenter.org/?p=7765>* For more information about Allen Neighborhood Center, visit: allenneighborhoodcenter.org -- Rita O'Brien *Allen Market Place Associate Director* *& Hunter Park GardenHouse Director* Allen Neighborhood Center 1611 E. Kalamazoo St Lansing, MI 48912 (517) 999-3910 www.allenneighborhoodcenter.org Check out our 2017 line-up of GardenHouse workshops <http://allenneighborhoodcenter.org/gardenhouse/workshops/>! ANC's 2017 Catalog! <http://allenneighborhoodcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ANC-Catalog-2017-PRINTER.pdf> Follow us on Facebook: Allen Market Place <http://www.facebook.com/AllenMarketPlace> & Hunter Park GardenHouse <http://www.facebook.com/HunterParkGardenHouse> If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html