Building Nourishing Pantries
Overview
Building Nourishing Pantries is a unique training designed for food bank and pantry staff, volunteers, and individuals in food distributions or food security interested in learning best practices for creating trauma-informed, neighbor-centered food distributions.
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Training Description
In this training, we will:
- Discuss the science behind trauma and resilience
- Review best practices for creating welcoming, dignified, trauma-informed food distributions
- Show an example of modifications you can make to your distribution’s interior and exterior space
- Discuss easy ways to incorporate nutrition education and cultural and dietary accommodations into your space
- Review customer service policies and conflict prevention best practices
No matter the shape or size of your distribution, BNP has something for everyone. All participants will leave the training with a custom resource list.
Food bank and pantry staff and volunteers, University Extension professionals, NPP implementers, and others that work in food distributions or food security.
If an agency has multiple participants, each participant must register separately to gain access to our online training system.
As part of the CalFresh Healthy Living partnership, you may refer your affiliated pantries to receive a complimentary registration for our Building Nourishing Pantries course. Please use this form to make your referrals. Your referred pantries will receive a coupon code via email that will allow them to register for the course for free.
Training Customizations
Leah’s Pantry offers a variety of customizable training options. Contact us to learn more.