Transcript Summer Food Service Program Volunteer Training Summer Food 4 Kids Sponsored by The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri A program of the Missouri Dept.

Summer Food Service
Program
Volunteer Training
Summer Food 4 Kids
Sponsored by
The Food Bank for Central &
Northeast Missouri
A program of the Missouri Dept. of Health & Senior
Services
What is SFSP?
(aka Summer Food 4 Kids)
• The SFSP is a summer lunch program that is
sponsored by The Food Bank for Central and
Northeast Missouri, and funded by the
Missouri Department of Health and Senior
Services.
• Intended for children 18 and under
• Lunch sites are eligible for this program by being:
– A school attendance areas that serve at least 50% of their
students on the Free & Reduced Lunch program.
– A low income area, determined by Census information
• Lunches are served free to all attendees.
Who can eat at a
Food 4 Kids lunch site?
• Any child 18 and under.
– Children do not need to be
accompanied by an adult to attend.
– Adults may eat for free at the end of
the meal service, if there are
leftover meals.
When & where
will lunches be served?
• Food 4 Kids will serve lunches
from July 6- Aug 14.
• Meal Service times are from
noon- 1:00, Monday- Friday.
– Bear Creek Park
– Oakland Park- Shelter #3
– Indian Hills Park
– Fire Station #1
– Again Street Park
Lunch may not be served before noon
and not after 1:00.
Timeline- Set Up
– A TFB staff person will deliver
meals/supplies to lunch sites and act
as the site supervisor.
– The following items will be delivered
to each site…
• 2 coolers of cold lunch items (sandwiches,
milk)
• Boxes of dry lunch items (apples, granola
bars, napkins, etc)
• Sandwich board, meal count sheets, hand
sanitizer, bleach wipes for tables,
thermometers, etc
• Activities for kids (balls, crayons, games,
etc)
Volunteers may arrive at the sites between
11:30-12:00.
Setting Up Your Site
• Site Supervisors will hang F4K
banners with bungee cords at each
park shelter in a visible location.
• Coolers/boxes of dry goods will be
set out on tables.
• Activity tote will be available for kids
to use.
– Volunteers should be engaging in
these activities with the children.
• Volunteer sign-in sheet/pen set out
– Please be sure to sign in & out!
• Meal Count sheet/pen ready to go.
• Cooler temps recorded right before
noon.
Daily Operations
• Volunteers must ensure that cold
lunch items are eaten on site.
This is a program requirement.
– Sandwiches, milk & cut produce
must be eaten on site.
– Uncut, whole fruit/veggies and
snacks may be taken home.
– A non-perishable food policy will be
posted at each site on a sign board.
Meal Pattern Guidelines
• In order for meals to meet the
State’s guidelines, volunteers must
serve each child:
– A sandwich AND at least one of the
following…
• Milk
• One variety of produce (out of the 2 varieties
offered)
– Children may take all of these components if
they like. The sandwich and one other
nutritious item is the minimum
requirement.
• All available meals will consist of:
– A sandwich- meets the grain and meat/meat
alternative components.
– 2 types of fruit/veggie- meets the fruit/veg
component
– 1 carton of milk- meets the dairy component
Meal pattern guidelines
continued….
• Snacks are considered “extras” and are
not taken into consideration when
meeting the Meal Pattern guideline.
• PBJ & bread will be available for
children that can not eat ham due to
religious reasons only.
• Children may have a 2nd meal if they
like.
– 2nd meals will also be counted on the meal
count sheet.
What to do with
Leftovers?
• After all children have eaten…
– Adults that come with children can
eat on site and be counted on the
meal count sheet.
– After adults eat, remaining leftover
meals will be donated to Central
Pantry.
Daily Paperwork
• Meal Count Sheets
– Meals must be tallied on the Meal Count Sheet as
they are served to each child.
– A sandwich AND one other nutritious item must
be served for a meal to be counted.
• If a child takes an additional item (like an apple or
granola bar), but not a full meal, do not count it.
– Parents that eat may be counted under the “NonProgram Adult” section of the meal count sheet.
– Site Supervisors will be responsible for filling out
meal count sheets.
Items to be posted daily
• Each site will have a sandwich board with
attached items that must be displayed daily…
– Dated Menu
– Non-discriminatory Statement- Civil Rights
• We do not discriminate towards any
person regardless of age, race, gender,
culture, etc
– Non-Perishable Food Policy
– Federal Service Relay Poster
Food 4 Kids Non-Perishable Food Policy
All perishable food items MUST be eaten
at the specified feeding site. This
includes meat & cheese sandwiches, milk
and any other item that may risk
sickness if not held & eaten at a proper
temperature.
The Food Bank will allow non-perishable
items to be taken from the site for
consumption at home.
This includes
cookies,
bars, other snacks, etc.
shelf
stable
fruit,
granola
If you have questions regarding food
safety or whether or not a food item is
allowed to leave the site, please call
Stacey Brown at The Food Bank 573-4741020.
Sample Menu
LUNCH
Fruit and/or Vegetable
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
whole fresh fruit
1/2 c fruit cup
whole fresh fruit
1/2 c fruit cup
whole fresh fruit
1/4 c baby carrots
1/4 c baby carrots
1/4 c baby carrots
1/4 c baby carrots
1/4 c baby carrots
2 slices wheat bread
2 slices wheat bread
2 slices wheat bread
deli bun
2 slices wheat bread
1.5 oz sliced 97% turkey
1.5 oz sliced bologna
ham
1.5 oz sliced 97% turkey
1.5 oz sliced 97% lean
turkey
1.5 oz sliced 97%
turkey ham/turkey
.5 oz cheese
.5 oz cheese slice
.5 oz cheese slice
.5 oz cheese
.5 oz cheese slice
1/2 pint milk carton
1/2 pint milk carton
1/2 pint milk carton
1/2 pint milk carton
(2
servings)
Grain/Bread
Meat or Meat Alternate
Milk
1/2 pint milk carton
mayo/mustard
packtes, ranch dip, and
pretzels
Other Foods
mayo/mustard packets,
mayo/mustard packtes, mayo/mustard packets, ranch dip, baked chips, mayo/mustard packets,
ranch dip, and pretzels ranch dip, fresh granola fresh granola
ranch dip, fresh granola
Volunteer Training
• Volunteers may taken online training or be
trained on-site by a Site Supervisor.
– Everyone handling meals or counting
meals MUST be trained.
– All trained volunteers must sign
documentation that they have been
trained.
– Signed training sheets must be kept on
site.
Timeline- Clean Up
• Meal Service will end at 1:00 sharp.
• All volunteers must sign in/out.
• Banner and all supplies will be returned to
TFB daily.
• Count leftover meals. Site supervisor will
return meals to TFB for donation to Central
Pantry.
Incentives!!!
– Each site will have a plastic tote full
of activities that the kids can play
with after they eat.
• Volunteers are encouraged to use
these items to interact with the kids.
– Each site will have 80 pool passes to
hand out.
• TFB staff will stop by all the sites
regularly throughout the length of the
program to pass out pool passes.
Site
Monitoring
• Each site will be monitored by
TFB staff during the 1st & 4th
weeks of operation.
• Each site will also be monitored
by:
– MDHSS, who will also audit the program
– Boone County Health Department, for food
safety standards
– Monitorings will be unannounced ahead
of time
– Monitors will determine if all program
guidelines are being met
Special Conditions
• National Weather Service Heat Advisory
– IF the NWS issues a heat advisory, kids
can pick up a meal for themselves and
take it home.
• This is only permissible IF the NWS issues an
advisory for that day.
• Children can not take additional meals with
them.
– Site supervisor must stay for entire hour.
• Inclement Weather
– Sites may close for the day due to severe
weather. A “Closed” sign must be
posted.
Promote your site!!
• Volunteers may bring their kids to
eat lunch
• Invite children from your groups,
friends, neighbors, churches, etc
to attend
• Talk us up on your social media
sites
A BIG
Thank You to our Partners
We have partnered with the following
entities for the Summer Food for Kids
program…
• City of Columbia’s Parks & Rec Dept
– Is Waiving park shelter reservation fees for all
park lunch sites
– Has donated 400 City of Columbia Pool passes
• Smithton Middle School
– Will prepare fresh meals daily for all Columbia
lunch sites
• Boone County Fire District
– Will host a lunch site on Fire Station property