Community Engagement Coordinator VISTA, MCOC

Mission Community Outreach Center (MCOC) is open to everyone and works to remove barriers for our guests. With the support of volunteers, MCOC aims to assist those in need by providing items but also creating an atmosphere where everyone is welcome. This VISTA project would support MCOC’s established programs which provide clothing, hygiene items, and household essentials, through a heavy focus on revitalizing and maintaining volunteer programming with a supplemental opportunity to increase resources allocated to the organization through grant writing and fundraising. As the need for services increases in the community, this VISTA project will ensure there are engaged volunteers at MCOC, as well as financial resources allocated towards increasing the service capacity of MCOC. VISTA member assignments will include researching best practices for volunteer management and integrating them into current MCOC volunteer structure, improving the foundational structure of MCOC’s volunteer program, specifically focusing on volunteer recruitment and continued engagement, developing improved volunteer programming and processes, and increasing resources allocated to MCOC programming.