Kerr Together is the community-designated Long-Term Recovery Group established following the July 2025 floods. The organization coordinates housing, business recovery, infrastructure restoration, volunteer management, and resource alignment across municipal, nonprofit, and private-sector partners. Services include case management support, building materials distribution, grant administration assistance, infrastructure match coordination, and strategic planning for long-term resilience. Kerr Together serves as a centralized recovery hub, ensuring transparency, accountability, and efficient deployment of public and philanthropic funds while strengthening local capacity to prepare for and respond to future disasters. The July 2025 floods caused widespread damage across Kerr County, disrupting housing, damaging public infrastructure, and threatening the survival of small and historic businesses that anchor the local economy. Homes and rental units were lost or significantly damaged, reducing already limited housing inventory and displacing families and essential workers. Parks, drainage corridors, streets, and downtown areas in Center Point, Ingram, and Hunt sustained major damage, limiting community gathering space, tourism activity, and small business revenue. Kerr Together anticipates directly serving 200 low-income and uninsured/underinsured households that will benefit from building materials assistance and housing planning, reducing out-of-pocket rebuilding costs and accelerating safe return home.
Member Duties : The AmeriCorps VISTA Fundraising Coordinator will focus on capacity building, donor development, fundraising infrastructure, research, and systems creation. Develop fundraising plan to identify strategies to increase funding. Researching and identifying grant and funding opportunities aligned with disaster recovery, poverty alleviation, and community resilience. Create fundraising documents to create sustainable systems for securing funding. Establish online and offline marketing campaigns around key fundraisers for staff to execute. Develop plans to increase the number of volunteers who donate financially to the organization. Create fundraising plans to increase donations from active volunteers. This position is expected to serve fully in-person.
Program Benefits : Health Coverage* , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Living Allowance , Relocation Allowance , Childcare assistance if eligible , Training .
Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours , Car recommended .
Service Areas :
Neighborhood Revitalization , Community Outreach , Environment , Community and Economic Development , Children/Youth , Disaster Relief .
Skills :
Writing/Editing , Public Speaking , Community Organization , Recruitment , Disaster Services , Team Work , Communications , General Skills , Non-Profit Management , Fund raising/Grant Writing .
Kerr Together Fundraising Coordinator VISTA
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None
From 07/10/2026 To 08/04/2026
https://onestarfoundation.org/apply-to-serve-americorps-vista/
