The Food For Thought Program is back in schools this year, and organizers are putting the call out for volunteers.
Students enrolled in the program are provided lunches every Tuesday and Thursday, free of charge, but the program will look a bit different this year due to COVID-19 health guidelines.
Meals will now be delivered to most classrooms to limit unnecessary contact, and disposable dishes will be used. For students that pick up their meal at the Friendship Centre, guidelines will be in place to ensure the school's cohort systems are maintained.
Gail Welburn oversees the Food For Thought Program and says they'll need all the volunteer help they can get.
“Because of the way we have to deliver the program this year, we are going to need more volunteers than ever, and that being more volunteers to serve at the schools.”
She adds that all volunteers will need their WHIMIS training, which will be offered at the Friendship Centre by the school division.
“We need volunteers to be trained with the WHIMIS training because we’ll be expected to sanitize the equipment that we use to serve our meals on.”
Volunteers will be limited to their assigned school to reduce the number of close contacts.
The Food For Thought Program will be holding a pizza fundraiser on Friday, October 30th, with all money going towards the costs of the program.
If you’d like to become a volunteer or sign up for the program, call the Dauphin Friendship Centre at (204)-638-5707.
