Invasives on the Mystic
In partnership with the Mystic River Watershed Association and the Friends of the Mystic River, Groundwork Somerville will begin an extensive water chestnut and water lily removal program on the Mystic River in 2010. This project, slated to take 5-12 years to complete, will utilize massive community volunteer efforts as well as concerted help from an AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team during the summer. Through the next three years, GWS will hire young adults to learn the intricacies of this important green job.
Mystic River Green Team 2010
Youth workers wanted for the Mystic River Green Team! We’re ready to begin the inaugural year working on the Mystic River and we need you
Job Title: Green Team member
2010 Theme: Water Chestnut Removal on the Mystic River!
Job Type: 8 weeks; 15-20 hours/week
- Wednesday and Thursday full work days, with the possibility of additional hours on Friday
- Friday community service days (on average 3 hours of community service mandatory each week)
- Removing water chestnut from the Mystic River via canoe
Duration:
- July 2nd – August 27th
- 9am-5pm
Must Haves:
- Be a resident in Greater Boston
- Interest in working outdoors
- Willing to be active, tons of energy
- Sense of humor, motivation, social person
- Excellent team-work skills
- Punctual, on-time
- Reliable, trustworthy
- Willing to paddle a canoe
- Interest in working for a job training program
Hopefully Haves:
- Desire to learn about the environment
- Bilingual
- High school junior, senior or recently graduated
- Know how to swim at a basic level
Average Hours/Week: 15-20 hours a week
Pay: $12/ hour; pay is monthly; this is a contract position through summer for eight weeks (with the possibility of continuing)
Submit completed application to:
Groundwork Somerville, Inc.
19 Properzi Way, Suite O
Somerville, MA 02143
Attn: Joey Baldassari
Or you can email to joseph@groundworksomerville.org
Applications must be received by 4:00pm Monday, June 28th.
We plan to interview Tuesday-Thursday with work starting on Friday.
Please call 617-628-9988 with any questions.
Mystic River Green Team 2010 Application
We are a group of students from Prospect Hill Academy that created this podcast for Ground Work Somerville. This podcast was created to give out information that a lot of people wouldn’t know about the Mystic River. Throughout this podcast we are following two students, Laurie and Rodney, as they spend their day at the river. You get to hear about the route they took to get there, what they do over there and the habitat around the river. We hope that you take our advice and visit one day.
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