Apply Now for the 2025-2026 Program Year!
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How to Apply: In place of a cover letter, please give time and consideration to this application which covers core aspects of the Hands and Feet Fellowship. Fill out the application form at the link above or click here to download a PDF version and submit your answers and resume to handsandfeetavl@gmail.com
Location: Fellowship placements will range from Asheville, NC to Black Mountain, NC. Housing is provided by HFA if needed.
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Program Dates: August 25, 2025 through August 2, 2026
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Program Expectations:
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32 hours of work a week at a local non-profit partner
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Visit our Partner Webpage to learn more about current and past site placements. Site placements will be discerned by the Hands and Feet Executive Director with input from participants and site supervisors.
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A commitment to 11 months of work, from September through July.
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Engaging in the building of an intentional community with fellow participants.
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A willingness to engage in personal, professional, and spiritual discernment.
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We strongly encourage Fellows to bring a car if they are able. A car is not a program requirement, and accommodations can be made.
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Participation in weekly Community Days, aimed at spiritual, personal, educational, and professional growth. This year in the wake of Hurricane Helene, there will be a special emphasis on disaster relief service learning, disaster recovery best practices, and leadership skills.
Program Benefits:
Living Stipend - $800 a month
You are provided with a monthly stipend to cover your living costs.
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Housing
Hands and Feet of Asheville will secure and furnish housing on behalf of the Fellows. Room assignments and specific arrangements will be determined based on program enrollment, job placement, and finalized by the Executive Director. If you are already local to Buncombe County and would like to participate in this program and keep your current housing, we encourage you to apply! Up to $400 in rental assistance is available.
Health and Wellness Support
HFA is committed to ensuring all Fellows have access to health care during their Fellowship, including purchasing insurance on behalf of Fellows if necessary. The Executive Director will facilitate Fellows finding primary care doctors during their Fellowship as well as connecting Fellow to mental health resources as needed.
Intentional Community
You will work together with Fellows to draft a covenant, which will guide your life as a community, helping establish expectations around cultivating an intentional community with one another. In a hyper-individualistic culture, we ask you to lean into community, challenging yourself to dig into hard conversations and deep relationships.
Job and Life Skills Development
As a part of your term of service, you will gain valuable work experience with your local non-profit job placement. As the year develops, you will work with site leadership to learn how to share your experience on your resume and ways to leverage your skills as you prepare for whatever may be next in your journey.
Community Days
HFA sets aside a regular once-per-week community day together, an opportunity to dive deeper into the program’s focus areas for growth and education, or exploring local context. Some community days will be all-day excursions, while others will be guided reflections onsite. In the 2025-2026 program year, Community Days will place a heavy emphasis on service learning and Hurricane Helene recovery efforts across the region.
Vocational Discernment
HFA will provide resources to help you engage in the sacred work of uncovering the movement of the Spirit in your life. Our goal is that by the end of your term of service, you have built a toolbox of vocational discernment practices that can serve you for the rest of your life.
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An Executive Director, Board of Directors, and network of mentors dedicated to supporting you throughout your experience!
Hands and Feet of Asheville’s Values are respect, openness, curiosity, collaboration, anti-racism, transparency, inclusivity, and equity.
Hands and Feet of Asheville is a Member Site of the Young Adult Transformation Collective (YATC), an organization that connects, resources, and equips participating locally-led transformation programs. To learn more about YATC’s strategic intentions and other YATC programs, visit youngadulttransformation.org.
