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5 people are interested
BackSnack Monitor
ORGANIZATION: Harvesters - The Community Food Network
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5 people are interested
Harvesters BackSnack program currently serves 20,000 students each week to help ensure that these students have meals to eat over the weekend. Over 500 schools in Harvesters' 26-county region are currently participating in the BackSnack program. This year, Harvesters is seeking volunteer help to monitor these participating schools and ensure safe food handling is being practiced.
Volunteers will be assigned to a minimum of 4 schools that they will be responsible for contacting and setting up a time to visit the school and conduct the monitoring. Each monitoring visit should only last 10-15 minutes and each school only needs to be monitored one time. The schools that volunteers are assigned to can be arranged so they are in close proximity to the volunteers' home or work.
Training:
- All volunteers will receive an orientation and training to cover volunteer duties and answer any questions. This training can be done via phone-call or in person. Training will be about 20-30 minutes.
- All volunteers will be required to complete Harvesters' food safety training which can be completed online in about 1 hour.
Requirements:
- Volunteers must be at least 18 years old
- Volunteers must be available during day-time/school hours
- Volunteers must be able to provide their own transportation
More opportunities with Harvesters - The Community Food Network
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Harvesters - The Community Food Network
Location:
215 SE Quincy Street, Topeka, KS 66603, US
Mission Statement
Harvesters--The Community Food Network feeds hungry people today and works to end hunger tomorrow.
Description
We are a regional food bank serving a 26-county area of northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas. Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 620 not-for-profit agencies including emergency food pantries, community kitchens, homeless shelters, children’s homes and others. We also offer education programs to increase community awareness of hunger and teach about good nutrition.
Harvesters' main facility is located in Kansas City, Missouri at 3801 Topping Ave. Harvesters also operates a second facility in Topeka, Kansas at 215 E. Quincy St.
Harvesters is a certified member of Feeding America, a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks. In 2011 Harvesters was Feeding America’s Food Bank of the Year. We are a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Harvesters also is one of five regional disaster relief staging sites for Feeding America. We continually store a supply of food, water and cleaning supplies that can be sent to a disaster site on short notice.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Topeka Various Sites215 SE Quincy StreetTopeka, KS 66603
DATE POSTED
December 6, 2017
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 3 hours
- Own transportation required