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Food Pantry Coordinator
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Join Food for Thought Initiative to work towards improving food access and alleviating hunger among Madison area school students and their families. As a Food Pantry Coordinator you will be able to build on your organizational, communication, and management skills and make a strong impact on food access for Madison students and their families.
The Food for Thought Initiative (Food4TI) is a all-volunteer partner organization with Goodman Community Center working to reduce food insecurity and improve school performance in Madison area school children. They have set up food pantry's at East High school, Sandburg Elementary, and Mendota Elementary schools to provide students with access to food as well as provide food to the neediest students in the district by sending home weekend and holiday family meals.
Food for Thought strives to open one new school food pantry per year, with the goal of the pantry working towards self-sufficiency after their first year of operation. We are looking for a Food Pantry Coordinator who will oversee the opening of a new pantry and help organize and maintain the new in-school pantry during its "start-up" year. Duties include:
- Assist in getting new pantry up and running
- Oversee ordering and maintaining of the pantry's food inventory
- Schedule, train, and direct volunteers
- Record and maintain usage data
There is a flexible work schedule with an anticipated time commitment of 10-12 hours per week, with a minimum commitment of 9 months. You should be available some daytime hours, that reflect the school schedule, at least 2 days per week.
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About Goodman Community Center
Location:
149 Waubesa St, Madison, WI 53704, US
Mission Statement
Our Mission: The Goodman Community Center strengthens lives and secure futures. Our Vision: A community that’s thriving because everyone is valued and has the resources they need to be successful. Our Values: GCC is committed to creating and maintaining a community that respects and values diverse life experiences. Everyone deserves respect and acceptance without bias. We engage the perspectives and voices of our community and ensure they are reflected in our culture.
Description
The Goodman Community Center is not your average community center. As I get to talking with people about Goodman, they inevitably end up surprised. They’re surprised by how many programs and resources we offer, how beautiful our facilities are, or how many people we serve. Every year more than 30,000 people use the Center - some who come to one event, others who are very familiar faces here.
Thanks to our generous community, we just built and moved into a second beautiful facility across the street, the Brassworks building. We’re now reconfiguring and refreshing the Center’s first home on Waubesa Street, the Ironworks building. During this past ten years, we’ve nearly doubled in size.
Our staff are committed to learning and continually improving, too. That’s why each program uses a variety of tools to measure impacts for both the program overall, and for each individual participant. We use that data to constantly fine-tune what we do - and how we do it.
We’re glad Goodman is one of many organizations in the Madison area who are pouring themselves into making our community great - for us all. We hope you’ll join us. Because we know that every good thing that happens here is made possible by people like you.
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WHEN
WHERE
149 Waubesa StMadisonMadison, WI 53704
DATE POSTED
January 19, 2018
SKILLS
- Organization
- Project Management
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Orientation or Training
- 10-12 hrs per week, commitment of 9 months
- some daytime availability