CanJam Packer/Driver Instructions

ASSIGNMENTS:
"Packer-drivers" are each responsible for bringing in 4-6 cartons on your assigned date and packing up food from the bins after services, loading your cars and delivering the food at a time that works for you. Two packer-drivers are assigned each month.

SUBSTITUTES:
If you cannot make your date, you are responsible to find a substitute. Every position on the team for that month matters and is depended upon. The bins must be cleared on your assigned dates. Packer-drivers: please find subs if you can't make it!

PACKING and UNPACKING:
Some foods in the bins will already be in shopping/grocery bags. You don't have to repack them into cartons - you can take the bags and contents as is. When you arrive at a site, don't hesitate to ask for handcarts or dollies and extra hands to help you unload.

Please pack after shabbat services. Please don't pack before services because folks will be bringing in foods all morning. Also, please don't start packing late morning while services are in progress because it may be disruptive to the sanctuary.

BIN LOADS:
January and February team members - your loads may be somewhat larger consistent with a higher number of donations a new program often brings. The loads will then likely level off and plateau, decrease during summer months and gently slope back up through the fall with higher bin quantity for the November and December teams.

UNACCEPTABLE or UNLISTED ITEMS:
If you receive AS NOT ACCEPTABLE food items (peanut butter, bottled goods,unsecured grain), please pack them up and deliver them as well. They are discouraged for donation at Adat Shalom but acceptable to many shelters.

If you receive unlisted items like sundries (shampoos, soaps, other ersonal hygiene products), diapers, formula and what in your judgment might be otherwise acceptable to the shelters, please pack them up and deliver them as well. If the items cannot be donated, please leave them in the bins and let me know.

With the exception of items that cannot be donated, please empty the bins completely on your assigned date. This is very important.

For a list of all distribution centers, addresses and driving directions, see the folder named FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITE

LOCATION, HOURS AND DIRECTIONS attached to the top of one of the Bins in the Foyer.