SERVICES & PROGRAMS

Workshops

EXCITING NEW WORKSHOPS HEADED YOUR WAY IN 2012

Our Member Services Department has been working hard to come up with new, informative, exciting, and fun workshops to help you do what you do even better.

Agency Spending & Budgeting

Agencies are welcome to come and learn the best ways to utilize their funds and how to get the most out of the Food Bank’s resources. We work with the agencies to develop a spending plan and teach ways of sticking to a budget.

Client Choice Tours

Member agencies visit a Food Bank member that is already practicing a Client Choice method of distribution. They learn how this method of distribution can be implemented into their distributions.

Feeding America & You: Understanding Your Agency’s Role in Alleviating Hunger in America

This new workshop will highlight the results of Hunger in America 2010 and introduce Feeding America’s (formerly America’s Second Harvest’s) challenge to more adequately serve those in need in our communities. Workshop Highlights Include: An overview of the Local and National hunger study; information about Feeding America’s Strategic Plan and agencies’ important role in meeting increased demand in our communities and a group brainstorming session to incorporate the results of Hunger in America 2010 into an action plan for Food Bank members.

Fundraising 101

The Food Bank invites member agencies to learn how to become more familiar with raising funds on their own and finding resources they may not know are available to them. We will discuss fundraising fundamentals and methods and brainstorm ideas that could help agencies become more resourceful to their clients.

HPNAP/OSP

Agencies are encouraged to learn the processes of applying for and utilizing the New York State Department of Health HPNAP and OSP grants.

Nutrition #1 & #2: Providing Food for Better Health & Cooking Without a Kitchen

Staff nutritionist, Toni Clark from Regional Food Bank of NENY as well as Department of Health Nutrition representatives teach basic nutrition practices for all agencies.

Orientation & Food Safety Workshop

The Food Bank’s member agencies receive full training on every aspect of the Food Bank’s policies and procedures and a lesson on best practices and food safety. This class is held 4 times throughout the year.

Outreach Opportunities

Agencies attend a session to learn about other resources that are available to their clients. This includes but is not limited to; literacy skills, insurance, food stamps, heat/oil bill assistance, etc.

Social Media/PR 101

Agencies learn the importance of Social Media and PR to benefit their program.

Which of these workshops you would most like to see offered regularly?
Please write or email us to let us know.

Food Bank of the Hudson Valley
195 Hudson Street
Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY 12520

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