Thank you for helping to provide meals for the food insecure families in our community. You can review what you’ve signed up for and can sign up for more slots later in the summer, here.
Drivers
Your job is pretty straightforward:
1) stop at the church (8 North Main St.) to pick up the empty coolers from the previous distribution. The church will be open at 8 AM.
2) drive to the Berlin Park n’ Ride to meet the Barre Food Service people at 8:30.
3) Return to the church and help unload the coolers.
Serving
- Meals will be distributed under the drive-thru from 9 AM to 10 AM (unless the exit is blocked, see scenario #3 in Traffic Flow). Arrive at 8:45 AM to set up under the drive-thru of the church.
- Please note: On Wednesday CSA delivery to the Congregational Church happens usually before 8 (but not always). CSA members will be in and out that side entrance from 8 on.
- Two folding tables will facilitate the assembly of meals. We will store the tables, chairs, and the empty coolers in the coatroom just inside the door.
- Meals will be delivered to us in coolers. Start assembling meals right away. Each bag will contain 2 breakfasts and 2 lunches
- There will be a Waterbury Recreational Camp pick-up at the end of the shift of 60 bags for 60 children.
- Ask of each car that pulls up for the number of children being served. Give 1 bag for each child.
- The second volunteer will keep a tally of the number of children served.
- Volunteers must keep a proper COVID distance of 6 feet and wear gloves and masks.
- When the shift is over, please return the chairs, tables, sanitizer, bags, sign(s) and coolers to the coat-room. Do not lock the door.
- If you have left-over, nonperishable food, leave that in a cooler with ice packs. We will add that food to the next day’s bags. Please ask the people who arrive for pick up if they’d like a little extra until you run out.
Traffic Flow
We will make several signs for the different scenarios we may encounter due to ongoing street construction.
The church building is located in the middle of a U driveway. The entrance to that U is on the parking lot side (east side of the church).
There are two exits: drive under and out the other end of the U, or exit through the cemetery.
Scenario #1) If there is no street construction blocking either end of the ‘U’ then traffic flow will be into the parking lot entrance, under the building in the back where distribution will take place and out the exit. During set up, please put up the “SUMMER MEALS ENTER HERE” sign at the main entrance.
Scenario #2) If there is construction blocking the main entrance, please put up the “SUMMER MEALS ENTER HERE” sign at the ‘exit.’
Scenario #3) If the exit is blocked, set up will have to be by the side entrance to the chuch so that drivers can exit through the cemetery. Place the sign that says “EXIT HERE —->” pointing into the cemetery.
If you have any questions or if any problems arise please call Peter on his mobile phone — (802) 560-4667.