Weekly Update
Statistics
Client Visits
- 100 in Drive-Thru on Tue, Sep 17
- 38 at Pop-Up Pantry on Wed, Sep 18
- 71 in Drive-Thru on Thu, Sep 19
- 78 in Drive-Thru on Tue, Sep24
- 32 at Pop-Up Pantry on Wed, Sep 25
- 97 in Drive-Thru on Tue, Sep 26
- 33 New Families this week
- 45 New Families last week
- 6,860 YTD Visits
This Sunday
Volunteers Needed
Please click the button below to sign up for one of these open shifts next week!
Monday, September 30
- 8:30 am – 9:30 am Cold Stocking (2)
Tuesday, October 1
- 8:30 am – 10:30 am Drive Thru (6)
- 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Drive Thru (7)
Wednesday, October 2
- 1:00 – 2:00 pm MOFB Shop Thru
Thursday, October 3
- 8:30 am – 10:30 am Drive Thru (5)
- 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Drive Thru (2)
Friday, October 4
- 9:30 am – 10:30 am Cold Stocking (2)
Sign ups are live through the end of the year! We appreciate you signing up early and often. Click the button below.
News
Address Verification
Per MOFC requirements, partner food pantries such as Heart to Heart, are required to verify addresses for clients at least once per year. While it is easy to do this with new clients, it can be hard to remember with our regulars who haven’t moved in a while. For these reasons, we will be making a concerted effort to verify addresses over the next several weeks. If you’re working in the Drive-Thru on Tuesday or Thursday mornings, please pay special attention to this information and Yohan’s morning instructions. We have already started to give a heads-up to clients in the Drive-Thru.
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PUPdate
Estimated meals provided YTD: 36,765
Families served in August 2024: 204
New Households: 60
Deliveries by site:
- Grant 08/28: 35
- Riverview International Center 08/23: 25
- Southpoint 08/21: 39
- Hope 08/14: 40
- Livingston & Franklinton Farms 08/07: 65
To read the entire August update, please click here.
Social Media
Make sure you are following the Heart to Heart on both Facebook and Instagram. Social media is one of the best ways for the world to share information! Every time you like or comment on one of our posts, it promotes engagement across the platform. When you share our posts, the information is immediately visible to those in your circle! It quickly helps spread our message- whether it be resource information, a plea for donations, or a volunteer opportunity. Sharing on social media is an easy way to support our mission. Check out these posts from the past week to see what you may have missed.
Volunteer Training Opportunities
Make sure you are following the Heart to Heart on both Facebook and Instagram. Social media is one of the best ways for the world to share information! Every time you like or comment on one of our posts, it promotes engagement across the platform. When you share our posts, the information is immediately visible to those in your circle! It quickly helps spread our message- whether it be resource information, a plea for donations, or a volunteer opportunity. Sharing on social media is an easy way to support our mission. Check out these posts from the past week to see what you may have missed.
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
FreshTrak Basic Training
(FKA PantryTrak)
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.
The following dates and times are available:
- Thu, Oct 8 at 2pm
- Mon, Nov 4 at 2pm
- Tue, Dec 10 at 10am
Abuse Prevention Training
In January 2016, First Community Church and Akita staff made a commitment to protecting all children from abuse by offering training in the nationally recognized sexual abuse prevention program, Darkness to Light. First Community staff, whether they work with children or not and volunteers who work with children are required to attend a Darkness to Light sexual abuse prevention training. Re-certification for staff and volunteers who work with children is required every three years.
There are two training options currently available for staff and volunteers. Both will be held in Room 101 at First Community North. If you have not been trained, please click the blue Registration button to sign up.
- Monday, September 30, 2-4:30 pm
- Tuesday, October 15,6-8:30 pm
If neither of the in-person trainings work for you, please consider taking the training online in your own time. The cost of the training is $16.
