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CHEP Good Food Inc.

CHEP Good Food Inc. Volunteer Orientation. Agenda. What is CHEP? What do we do? Why do we do it? Volunteer opportunities Volunteer expectations Food safety. What is CHEP?.

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CHEP Good Food Inc.

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  1. CHEP Good Food Inc. VolunteerOrientation

  2. Agenda • What is CHEP? • What do we do? • Why do we do it? • Volunteer opportunities • Volunteer expectations • Food safety

  3. What is CHEP? • CHEP Good Food Inc. is a community-based charitable organization that works with children, families and communities to improve access to good food and promote food security.

  4. What is food security? • Community food security is a condition in which all community residents obtain a safe, culturally acceptable, nutritionally adequate diet through a sustainable food system that maximizes community self-reliance and social justice.

  5. What do we do?

  6. Children’s Nutrition Programs in Schools

  7. Good Food Box

  8. Community Gardening

  9. Stores for Seniors

  10. Kids’ Cooking Programs

  11. Salad Bars in Schools

  12. Collective Kitchens

  13. All programs are open to everyone, but they MUST work for low-income families

  14. Why do we do it?

  15. Our goals • To improve access to affordable healthy food • To support people and communities in developing skills and building capacity • To work towards a sustainable food system • To develop and nurture strong partnerships that use resources efficiently by collaborating to further the above three goals • To develop sustainable social enterprise ventures that support our vision

  16. Volunteer opportunities • Good Food Box pre-pack. Every second Tuesday. • Good Food Box (30 volunteer coordinators plus 5 pre-pack and 20 packing day volunteers every 2 weeks)

  17. Seniors markets (6 community volunteers) • Community gardening (20 volunteer garden coordinators plus weeders and special events helpers)

  18. Kids’ Cooking Programs (at least one volunteer per school at every session)

  19. 12 Collective Kitchen leaders • Volunteer board of directors

  20. Centralized Kitchen (2 – 5 volunteers, weekday mornings at North Park Wilson School) • Helping with the Boxcar Café (variable) • Special Event Volunteers (Seedy Saturday, Park(ing) Day, ect)…

  21. We offer volunteers the right to • Be treated as an equal • Receive meaningful assignments with the opportunity to improve on skills and knowledge • Be fully involved in community development programs that support social, environmental and economic health • Be recognized for work done

  22. We expect our volunteers to • Perform assigned duties to the best of your ability • Be loyal to CHEP’s goals and procedures • Show respect to all other volunteers and CHEP staff • Obtain approval from appropriate staff prior to any action or statement which might significantly affect or obligate CHEP (eg. public statements to the media, coalition or lobbying efforts with other organizations etc.) • Show respect for the confidentiality of all proprietary or privileged information to which you are exposed while serving as a volunteer

  23. Food Safety • Handwashing • Prevent cross-contamination • Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold

  24. Any questions?

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