Category: Announcements

Happy Thursday. Welcome back from break. Below we have some updates and announcements: 

Last week we competed for funding during Impact Week, and *drum-roll please* we have been declared as the winner! This means that we will be granted $2,500 for the purchase of our new fridge. Thank you to everyone who supported our cause by tabling and voting. We couldn’t have done it without you. Stay tuned as big changes and new partnerships are coming!  

Tonight, instead of hosting our normal meeting, we will be attending a community discussion, “Food Insecurity in Our Community and Beyond” at 6:30 – 8. To register, the link is below: https://wm.givepulse.com/event/286245-Food-Insecurity-in-Our-Community-and-Beyond-A-Community-Discussion

Additionally, the meal swipe drive is scheduled next Tuesday, April 5th 2022. Please help us to collect swipes from students by volunteering below. Per University policy, each student can currently donate 1 swipe each. We need as many volunteers as possible, so all FFA members are encouraged to sign up and share the link with your other activity groups and anyone who may be interested! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-meal

Lastly, sign up to volunteer at the Food Exchange! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-spring

Have a great rest of your week!

Here are some updates from our brief meeting:

1. Impact week is the week right after spring break (March 21-25, 2022)! We need volunteers so please sign up for a slot (or slots!) as soon as you can! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-impact
2. For the Food Exchange, we are switching over from the google sheets to SignUpGenius so that volunteers can get reminders about their shifts. If you have signed up for shifts after spring break, please sign up again. Or, if you would like to sign up for future shifts, use this link. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-spring
3. The Meal Swipe Drive is happening April 5, 2022 in all campus dining halls. Please sign up for volunteer shifts for this using this link! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-meal

Have a great spring break!!

Happy Sunday! We hope that you all get to enjoy the beautiful weather today. 

We have some announcements as follows:

1. Our general body meeting will be this Thursday on the Sunken Gardens at 7.
2. We have also been selected to compete in IMPACT WEEK!!! With this, we will be competing amongst other student organizations on campus for various funding amounts of $2500, $1500, or $1000!!! Our goal is to win (obviously) so that we can use these funds to purchase a commercial fridge for the food exchange. 

But we need all of your help. Please sign up to help us table at Sadler from March 21-25.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KGQE6sI62lkY5mnBVFh-nyD0CTLqopZqtaevBg0sqV0/edit#gid=0

Please come to our meeting this Thursday to learn more about impact week, how to help us win votes, and to make this effort a success. This is a huge opportunity for us.

Food for All has been organizing a Meal Swipe Drive to take place at all campus dining halls on April 5, 2022. In order to effectively collect meal swipes, we are in need of volunteers to staff tables at each location during mealtimes. I will be sending out more information on the volunteer responsibilities as the event grows closer, but basically volunteers should expect to interact with peers as they enter the dining hall, encourage them to donate a meal swipe (as they swipe in for their own meal), and answer any questions that come up. If you have any questions, please let me know and I’ll be happy to help! The link to sign up is below, feel free to sign up for more than one shift if you are able. Additionally, I will eventually be expanding this volunteer opportunity to the rest of the student body after y’all have signed up, so you are welcome to invite friends to sign up as well!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4CAAA822A7FAC16-meal

The application pool for the officers’ position was extremely talented, and took a long time to judge who was best for each position. Here are the results:

President: Allisyn Lam

Food Pantry Chair: Priya Singh

Swipe Chair: Grace McGehee

Outreach Chair: Bridget O’Keefe

Congratulations all! As for the committee sign-up, here is the general google sheets to sign up!:
Committee Sign-up – Google Sheets

We will be having a meeting this Thursday at 7 at Blow Hall 333! We will be talking about:

1. The new officer team
2. COVID-19 Food Delivery Updates
3. Renaming of Food Pantry + Advertisement
4. Launching the Swipe Drive
5. Other misc stuff!

Thank you all for coming to the meeting! It was wonderful meeting everyone yesterday.

Here are a couple of important links:

1. Yesterday’s slideshow presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Mn9rm7_ifK2FyVOdOnaGC8lxmWcK3MmCrnS3PCpfa-k/edit?usp=sharing
2. COVID-19 Food Delivery Volunteer Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeh6XmvFhL-5dhTq7n2NXxppb7Z01CcPq5uuSdRZ7QqVk7eow/viewform?usp=sf_link
3. Officer Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yBr3Twl2mnOR1uCo3EQ30_ADZUITrPKW0q9igITdlTQ/edit?usp=sharing

Note that the Officer Application will be due on Sunday at 9:00pm.

Just wanted to give everyone the opportunity to sign up for Food Pantry volunteering before it is put on Student Happenings on Monday:

Food Pantry Sign-up Sheet: Food Pantry Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet Spring 2022 – Google Sheets [editor’s note: the Spring 2022 volunteering form was moved to SignUpGenius and can be found here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-spring]

Once the sign-up sheet is put on Student Happenings, it usually only takes an hour or so before all slots are filled, so sign up before Monday.

It was a pleasure meeting so many people interested in Food for All yesterday during the activities fair! I just wanted to point out quick three things-

1. The application to be an officer of the club can be found here: Officer Application – Google Forms. Descriptions of each position are found on the application.
2. If you would like to be added to the club GroupMe, please email foodforall@email.wm.edu with your phone number.
3. Our first meeting will be next Thursday (i.e 02/03). More info will come later next week!

Have a happy first week of classes!