September 23, 2023

Statistics

Drive-Thru Households Served

• 55 on Tuesday, September 19
• 51 on Thursday, September 21

Pop-Up Households Served

• 40 on Wednesday, September 20

Miscellaneous Reports

• Click here to see the PUP’s Monthly Report
• Click here to see all stats by month
• Click here to view the 2022 Annual Report

Donations Needed

The food pantry is running low and could use donations of the following items:

• Jelly/Jam
• Canned Vegetables
• Canned Fruits
• Pancake Syrup
• Boxed Dinner Kits

Please visit h2h.FCchurch.com/donate for instructions

Volunteers Needed

These are the spots we still need filled for next week!

Monday, September 25

• 8:30am- 9:30am Cold Stocking Shift (2)

Tuesday, September 26

• 8:30am- 10:30am Drive-Thru: Opening Shift (6)
• 10:00am-12:30pm Drive-Thru: Closing Shift (5)

Wednesday, September 27

• 1:00pm- 2:00pm MOFB Shop Thru (1)

Thursday, September 28

• 8:30am- 10:30am Drive-Thru: Opening Shift (3)

Friday, September 29

• 9:30am- 10:30am Cold Stocking (2)

Community Bulletin Boards

Does your favorite local café, library or bookstore have a community bulletin board? Let us know! We are always looking for more volunteers at Heart to Heart. You can help us spread the word about the opportunities by getting flyers on these bulletin boards. If you frequent an establishment with space to hang a flyer please get in touch with us. We can give you a flyer to take and hang up (example pictured), or we can send them information directly.

Special Skills

We understand not everyone can or wants to volunteer during our regular weekly shifts, but may still want to contribute to our overall success. Heart to Heart is on the lookout for a few volunteers with specialized skills to help with projects from time to time. Please let us know if you have a particular interest or are skilled in:

• Woodworking, DIY, Building
• Social Media
• Community Advocacy
• Elementary Education
• One time assembly projects (eg. birthday bags)

While we may not have a related project in mind at the moment, these are some needs we have encountered over time and we would love to know who might be interested in helping with these things in the future. Have another skill or interest you think may be useful? Let us know!

Welcome OSU Students!

Welcome Back FC Youth!

You’re Invited

Art with a Heart

Mid-Ohio Food Collective Trainings

The Mid-Ohio Food Collective offers regular training opportunities for food pantry staff and volunteers. Trainings on FreshTrak and Food Safety will help you learn more about pantry operations and make you an even more effective volunteer! They also occasionally offer training on advocacy, and other topics that may be of interest to you.

For most trainings, volunteers will need to register with an agency name and number: Heart to Heart Agency #1042

Register at MOFC Agency360

MOFC FreshTrak Basic Training

This online via zoom workshop will provide the fundamentals to get started with FreshTrak at your agency. Participants with learn how to administer the intake process using FreshTrak and will be guided on best practices for developing an efficient process in registering your clients. For agencies already using FreshTrak, this workshop will be helpful as a refresher of the basics.

• Thu, Oct 12, 2pm
• Wed, Nov 15, 10am

MOFC Food Safety Training

Level 1 Person In Charge

We are excited to announce that MOFC/Agency Services is launching a brand new Person in Charge (Level 1) Food Safety Training developed by Feeding America and ServSafe.

This training is targeted to those who partner with foodbanks and is much more relevant to the work you are doing in your communities.

The new FA Food Safety will be offered, online, at no-cost to your agency AND even more exciting is the fact that once taken and successfully passed, the certification never expires for the person who takes the training!

The following dates and times will be available to choose from:

• Thu, Sep 28, 2pm
• Tue, Oct 10, 2pm
• Mon, Nov 6, 10am
• Tue, Dec 5, 2pm