Welcome to the Food at First Family
Oh … and Thank you for volunteering!
The most important Food at First ingredient is YOU, the volunteer ! Food at First appreciates you and your time. Without volunteers Food at First could not exist.
Introduction
You will love your volunteer experience at Food at First.
When you Arrive at Food at First for your Shift
#1 Remember your username and password (its OK, write it down, just don’t leave it laying around). #2 Timeclock in when you arrive and timeclock out when you leave. There are multiple computers available. If you don’t know how please ask another volunteer.
You and your time are very important to FAF: Every volunteer needs to use the Timeclock for every shift. It seriously helps FAF administrators plan and schedule 2000+ Food at First volunteers per year. So please get into the habit of entering your time first thing when you arrive. Thank you so much.
What if I Cannot Serve My Shift?
If your plans change, your car breaks down, you don’t feel well, FAF understands, life happens and you are busy, but please remove yourself from your shift so others can volunteer.
To remove yourself from a shift. Login FoodatFirst.com/login , click the Schedule tab, find the shift you are assigned to and click x Remove
You may remove yourself up to 24 hours prior to your shift, if less than 24 hours from your shift please email patty@foodatfirst.com
During your shift
Don’t be bashful. Ask other volunteers “what can I do to help”. Sometimes there is a lull, be patient, but don’t worry, it won’t last long, 99% of the time there is a something that needs to be done. FAF is normally very humble, but what Food at First does is huge, important, and changes lives and you should be very proud of what you do and your contribution to the community. THANK YOU !
One more small favor we ask of you, please adjust your privacy settings
Other volunteers would love to see who is volunteering along side them. Take a minute to set your name to be visible. You control your privacy settings.
Here’s how:
Click FoodatFirst.com/login
Click Login then login
click MY PROFILE (top right tab), click contact information, click/check all 3 boxes under Privacy Settings , click SAVE.
Email reminders
Directly under Privacy setting see Subscriptions , enable email reminders of your upcoming shift. Receive 1 email reminder per week, only if you are signed up. Please enable email reminders so FAF can remind you when you have an upcoming volunteer shift.
Location
Food at First, rear entrance, lower level of First Christian Church, corner of 6th and Clark
611 Clark, Ames, Iowa 50010
Thank you so much !!
Your Food at First family
