Homeless Shelter Food Coordinator - My Project USA

MY Project USA, located in Columbus¿ Hilltop neighborhood, elevates our community by protecting and empowering youth and uplifting families through education, social services, civic engagement, and advocacy. Since our founding in 2014, MY Project USA has served as a community convener to ensure historically underserved populations have their voices heard. We serve families and children who face significant barriers to success, as many parents are immigrants with limited employment and English-language skills who struggle to raise their children in a new culture. Concurrently, children must navigate gangs, violence, drugs, and sexual exploitation in their neighborhoods. Understanding that a supportive home environment lays the foundation for children¿s success, MY Project USA supports multiple generations by providing a safe space for children when they are not in school, offering individualized tutoring for students, operating a food pantry that provides groceries to hundreds of individuals each week, a community café social enterprise that raises funds to feed children and families, leading pathways to vocational support and employability skill development, hosting English as a second language instruction, providing connections to essential resources, and offering counseling and mentorship support to adults, families, and children. Since the organization¿s founding, MY Project USA has prioritized addressing food insecurity experienced by the families and youth in the Hilltop neighborhood and distributes free meals and groceries to over 600 families each week. In addition to these direct services, MY Project USA serves as a trusted source of empowerment and advocates for the families in our community and the unique barriers they face. This includes working closely with fellow community organizations, special interest groups, and government entities to address the root cause of these barriers with the goal of eliminating them for future generations.