Volunteer at Freedom
Freedom Farmers’ Market began in 2014 as a vendor run market with the help of one market manager. Needless to say that we need volunteers and interns to help. In 2014, over 15 volunteers contributed to helping the market operate on Saturday morning and helped with our fundraisers and extra programming; now we have had over 400 volunteers work with us from 2014-2020! We hope that number grows each year connecting willing to work volunteers to the “good food” community. Our “good food” community is greatly enriched by the contributions of our wonderful volunteers. We hope you’ll join them in helping us sustain Freedom Farmers’ Market for years to come.
VISIT HANDS ON ATLANTA TO REGISTER or send us a NOTE
Saturday Needs
Each Saturday, we must load in market supplies, manage the info booth, conduct market surveys, valet bikes, manage special events, and break down market. Won’t you join our Team of Volunteers?
Click Here to Register to Volunteer as a Market Assistant (7am-2pm)
The Market Assistant is available Saturdays, January-February, 7am-1pm and March-December, 7am-2pm. The duties range from, market set up, staffing booths, info booth assistance, and market clean up.
Duties will be assigned upon arrival.
Click Here to Register to Volunteer as the Market Survey Team (8:30am-1pm)
Help us count! Knowing how many customers attend the market every week helps us manage expectations! We also conduct DOT SURVEYS once every few months.
Click Here to Register to Volunteer with the Bike Valet (8:30am-1:30pm)
WE LOVE BIKES so we offer FREE Bike Valet. Join our team of Bike Valet Specialist!
Click Here to Register to Volunteer: Special Events (8am-12pm)
These on-call volunteers would help with staffing booths at special events during the market.
INTERN AT FREEDOM FARMERS’ MARKET
WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN INTERN!
Freedom Farmers Market, Public Relations Intern
Start Date:
Immediate
Roles and Responsibilities:
The primary project of the PR intern is to work with the Freedom Farmers Market manager on marketing and outreach strategies and then implementing strategies through “street level” marketing and outreach.
Tasks include, but are not limited to:
• Coordinating outreach efforts, for increasing the number of customers and customers who use EBT;
• Researching and participating in tabling opportunities as they arise;
• Writing weekly blog post for Freedom Farmers Market blog and newsletter;
• Researching recipes, educational resources, and articles to share on social media;
• Assembling a small but powerful street team to handle material distribution, outreach, and canvassing for EBT;
• Taking photos during market for posting on social media pages;
• Organize survey teams for in market surveys
• Other tasks as they arise.
Qualifications:
• Interest in farmers markets and the local food movement;
• Ability to work well independently as well as take direction from others;
• Resourceful, reliable, and organized;
• Willingness to learn and ability to learn quickly;
• Ability to get along well with diverse groups of people;
• Proficient communicator;
• High School diploma required. Prefer student seeking college or graduate degree;
• Competency in at least two of the following: writing, design, photography, video, social media.
Commitment:
Approximately 5 to 10 hours per week for at least 3 months.
To Apply:
Send resume, cover letter, at least one professional reference, and other applicable materials (such as writing samples, design samples, etc) to freedomfarmersmkt@gmail.com