Best Practices | BP & FM | Program
Staff & Volunteers
Submitted by
Nancy Russman on
11/08/2000
Program Manager
This person oversees all of the program
sites and is employed by the participating food bank. This paid
position can be anywhere from 20-40 hours per week - depending on the
number of sites. Responsibilities and duties include:
- Tallying weekly figures from each
site (numbers of children fed).
- On site visits at least once a
month.
- Working with a budget.
- Facilitating communication between
site and other key people involved.
- Checking each site to make sure
records of temperature and pertinent information are kept.
- Soliciting and working with donors
to ensure a positive experience with the program.
- Speaking engagements to recruit
money, product and volunteers.
- Checking each site to ensure
proper food handling
Site Manager
This person is in charge at the site and
is usually the cook. This position can be either paid or volunteer.
Responsibilities and duties include:
Maintaining proper food handling.
Preparing nutritious meals. At times
a gift for the creative is required. Meals must be kid friendly
Ordering food on a weekly basis from
the food bank
Posting weekly menus.
Inventory weekly deliveries.
Being certified in food handling by
the health department
Directing Volunteers
Working well with both children and
adults
Keeping daily temperature recordings
of food stored
Notifying Program Manager of weekly
number of children served.
Keeping kitchen and facilty where
children eat clean.
Recruiting and supervising
volunteers.
Volunteers
The ideal pool of volunteers are the
parents of the children attending the program. The goal is a
"community based program" with people from the community taking care
of its own. Another good source of volunteers are businesses and
churches in the community. A church or a business might want to make
the second Tuesday of each month as their night to help. This gives
the church or business a sense of ownership and a more vested interest
in the program. All volunteers should have a records check done. This
is to cover you and to insure the safety of your program. Anyone who
is not willing to fill a records check form is asked not to
participate.
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