Organize your own 'neighborhood' of Green Bag food donorsWe live in the beautiful Lamoille region where there aren't many neighborhoods like there are in more densely populated places. Here's where you get to be creative and organize your own 'neighborhood. Think book club, co-workers, fellow teachers, hiking group friends, non-profit group, and of course, your neighbors.
As a neighborhood coordinator, your job will be to give out and collect your group's bags, bring them to the Food Share on Green Bag Day* and give them new bags for the next time. How many items is a bagful? It's whatever amount you feel comfortable with. *When is Green Bag Day? It's good to have a target date, so we know that there will be an influx of donated food coming in to help fill the shelves. That's why we have Green Bag Day set for the second Saturday of the even numbered months ( Feb, April, June, Aug, Oct, Dec ). Volunteers will be at the Food Share from 11:15-12:30 to receive bags. If you can't make it in on that Saturday, bring your bags anytime we're open: Mon-Friday 9-11:30 AM and Sat 9:30-11 AM. |
Be a Green Bag Food Donor!Here's how- Stop by the Food Share (M-F 9-11:30 AM, Sat 9:30-11 AM) and get a Green Bag. Bags are also available at the Hyde Park, Morrisville and Stowe libraries. Ask for one at the front desk. Purchase in-date nonperishable food items (see wish list) and store them in your bag. Any number of items you want to donate is great. We'll post reminders on Front Porch Forum and Facebook the week before Green Bag Day*, but you're welcome to drop off your bag at the Food Share or leave in a Food Project collection box at participating libraries. Ask for a new Green Bag for next time. Here's what Maggie has to say about being a Food Project food donor- “What appealed to me from the beginning is that it is a really easy way to get involved. The Food Share is on everyone’s radar and most people would say it’s something they’d like to help with at some time in some way, but you often forget. Plus, I don’t really have a lot of time to volunteer, but this is a way we could get involved and even get reminded so we'd follow through. And that was appealing to us… a little way we could contribute.” “Our budget is always tight, but it’s a good perspective, because even on a tight budget there was something we could still do.” Maggie feels this is a program that empowers everyone to help take care of each other. She sees how easy and low key it has been for her to be a food donor and has come to realize over the year she’s been a food donor that she now wants to be a Neighborhood Coordinator. She feels comfortable asking friends or neighbors to do what she herself has been doing. Thank you, Maggie, Justin and Silvia! |