WESTMINSTER — Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) is seeking nominations to fill a vacancy in the “client representative sector” of its board of directors.
The opening is for a representative who comes from or is elected by the low-income population that the anti-poverty agency serves.
SEVCA's mission is to enable people to cope with, and reduce the hardships of, poverty create sustainable self-sufficiency, and reduce the causes and move toward the elimination of poverty throughout Windham and Windsor counties.
Nominees for board positions should either live or work in the area to be represented, and have a low-enough income to be eligible for SEVCA's services, have been in that situation in the past, or in some other way have some experience with and/or understanding of the needs and interests of residents coping with financial hardship.
“We especially need the voices of people who bring the insight gained from personal experience struggling to overcome disadvantage and hardship and can speak with firsthand knowledge about what people need to survive and move toward greater self-reliance,” Executive Director Steve Geller said.
Geller called board membership “a unique opportunity to help us most effectively direct our resources and services to achieve our mission to alleviate suffering and lift people out of poverty.”
The SEVCA board meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m., primarily at its main office in Westminster.
Dinner is served before the meeting and Client Representatives can be reimbursed for transportation and child-care costs as needed.
The meetings are open and inclusive; the public is welcome to attend and participate.
Anyone unsure about being a candidate for board membership is encouraged to attend a meeting and get a sense of what it's like.
To submit a nomination or obtain more information about these positions, the board of directors, or any aspect of SEVCA and its services, contact Linda Brooks at 800-464-9951 ext. 105, or at [email protected].