Wednesday, Sep 17, 2025, 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Whether you missed it last time or want a refresher on the topic, please join us for a repeat of our Building a Volunteer Program for Success workshop facilitated by Hands On Atlanta! 

This workshop is designed to help Food Bank partners master the art of running a successful volunteer program. Throughout the session, we’ll share targeted recruitment strategies and tips for fostering meaningful engagement, converting one-time volunteers to repeat volunteers. With more volunteers working effectively, you’ll see more clients served and more meals distributed. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your program & maximize the potential of your programs!

*Virtual Training*

Compliance Reporting is required and  recommended if you’re a new partner, have new personnel or as a refresher for existing agencies. Attend and learn about record keeping, reporting requirements and how to submit your monthly reports. Questions can be directed to your County Relationship Manager or Compliance Specialist.

*Virtual Training*

eHarvest training is required and recommended if you’re a new partner or have new personnel. Attend and learn how to order Food Bank products, schedule pick ups/delivery, and view important announcements. Questions can be directed to the CRT department: crt@acfb.org

Safely handling food is an important step in ensuring we provide nutritious, safe, and healthy food to neighbors. Per Feeding America guidelines, each partner agency is required to have one person on staff with a Safe Food Handler for Food Banking certification. If the certified person on staff is no longer with the organization, the partner agency is required to have a new person certified within 60 days.

We do recommend as best practice that the certification holder reviews the workbook annually to remain up to date on Food Safety. To obtain your Safe Food Handler certification, see below:

Self Training:

This option can be completed at your convenience. You will need approximately 2 hours to take the course and complete the certification test. 

To complete the self-training please follow these instructions:

1. Download and print the Food Safety for Food Banking workbook here. You will follow along with the training video in the workbook and complete a quiz in the workbook at several intervals during the training.
2. Go to the Food Bank Online Companion Instructional Video page here. You will need to enter your email address and this Instructional Video Key code below to view:
   • Copy and paste this key code: 91y1-G4q7-6840-2958
3. Watch the instructional video and follow along in the workbook pausing the video to complete the quizzes in each section when asked.
4. After completing the video training, click the link here to take the certification test. Important: If the test is not completed, you will not receive credit for completing the course. ONLY ONE PERSON WILL BE CERTIFIED PER AGENCY.

If you have any questions, please contact the Compliance team at compliance.team@acfb.org.

*Virtual Training*

GNAP  training is not required.

They can be attended by:

1) Any new agency who has been a partner for 3 months & successfully completed their first Compliance monitoring visit

2) A non-compliant agency who was asked to attend by Compliance

3) Any eligible agency who meets the below criteria and wants a refresher

Participating GNAP agencies must meet the following criteria:

• Food pantries serving households with children 17 and younger and/or 18 attending school. 
• Child Care Centers
• After School Programs
• Group homes for children

Thursday, Sep 11, 2025, 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Please join us for another grants workshop facilitated by HayDay Services! 

Building on the grant workshops of last year, now comes Grant Writing 201: Key Components to Grant Writing Success. This virtual workshop is designed for partner agencies needing additional support to strengthen their grant proposals to the Food Bank and other funding agencies.

*Virtual Training*

Join us in transforming the food-rescue landscape and making a difference in the fight against hunger. Retail enabled agencies must attend this mandatory annual training where we will also discuss the launch of MealConnect and updates on retail enabled reporting and other program functions.

Wednesday, Oct 1, 2025, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Whether you missed it last time or want a refresher on the topic, please join us for a repeat of our succession planning workshop!

Succession planning is a process that helps organizations document important procedures and information as well as identify people to fill key positions. The goal is to ensure a partner agency can continue serving its community even if key leaders are planning to retire or are absent for short periods of time. It is also an opportunity to encourage any current staff to take on key leadership roles to provide the current leader with more operational support. 

*Virtual Training*

TEFAP training is not required.

They can be attended by:

1) Any new agency who has been a partner for 3 months & successfully completed their first Compliance monitoring visit

2) A non-compliant agency who was asked to attend by Compliance

3) Any eligible agency who meets the below criteria and wants a refresher

Participating TEFAP agencies must meet the following criteria:

• Food Pantries
• Mobile Food Pantries
• Community Kitchens
• Emergency shelters with 3 days stay or less

Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025, 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Trauma informed care is providing customer service that recognizes the widespread impact of trauma and prioritizes safety, trustworthiness, and empowerment for our neighbors who have experienced trauma. It shifts the focus from “what’s wrong with you?” to “what happened to you?” by understanding how past trauma can affect a person’s response and well-being and by actively working to avoid re-traumatization. The Food Bank is excited to partner with partner agency Chris180 to facilitate this workshop!

Tuesday, Oct 14, 2025, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Trauma informed care is providing customer service that recognizes the widespread impact of trauma and prioritizes safety, trustworthiness, and empowerment for our neighbors who have experienced trauma. It shifts the focus from “what’s wrong with you?” to “what happened to you?” by understanding how past trauma can affect a person’s response and well-being and by actively working to avoid re-traumatization. The Food Bank is excited to partner with partner agency Chris180 to facilitate this workshop!