Hours:
50 - 59 Hours

Availabilities:
Business Hours

Seasons:
Year Round

Competencies:
Accountability
Effective use of resources
Managing logistics

Skills:
Community partnerships

Community Issue Area (if applicable):
Essential Needs

Community Partners (if applicable):
Mississippi Food Network and Jackson Public Schools

For more information about the Mississippi Food Network, please visit www.msfoodnet.org

Specific Job Responsibilities of Placement:
Backpack volunteers will provide approximately 200 students at elementary schools in the Jackson Public School District with backpack meal kits filled with nutritious food to take home each weekend during the school year. Members will meet at the Mississippi Food Network on Friday mornings from 8:00 am – 11:00 am (unless otherwise specified by them) and volunteers are responsible for delivering those backpacks to the schools.  Backpacks will be packed on a weekly basis during the months of September - May to ensure afternoon distribution to schools.  Backpack distribution occurs each week, on Friday afternoons, as the children are leaving the school campuses to go home for the weekend.

Committee Meeting Details:
As a volunteer on the Jackson Backpack project, you must meet the following requirements to complete your project placement and receive project credit for the year. If you have any questions or cannot meet the requirements as described, please contact the Placement Chair at placement@jljackson.org for further direction.

Note: The following list is an outline of the project requirements. As needs arise, this list may be modified or expounded upon in order to properly complete the project for the Community Partner.

1. Attend project orientation.*
2. Attend cultural competency training.*
3. Complete your online project evaluation and online placement evaluation upon project conclusion.*
4. Participate in and attend backpack packing shifts at the MS Food Network facilities on Friday mornings from 8:00 am – 11:00 am or until finished (dates TBA).
5. Participate in and attend shifts as specified by the project chair.
6. Deliver food for all backpacks to designated JPS elementary schools after all packing is completed (locations TBA).
7. Complete all JPS volunteer requirements, including (but not limited to): JPS volunteer orientation, background checks, and fingerprinting.
8. Complete all Mississippi Food Network volunteer requirements.

Orientation or Training Details:

• Project Orientation (date, time, and location TBA)
• Complete the online Serv Safe Food Training session. This training lasts approximately one hour.