Philomath Community Gleaners Monthly Meeting
December 14, 2021 @ 6:30pm via ZOOM & In person
Welcome
Updates – REMINDER THAT WE WILL BE CLOSED 12/25 AND DISTRIBUTION WILL BE 12/24
October Meeting Minutes were posted and approved via online vote (see photo) – Alicia
Treasurer Report – Ann
Monthly service report -
October NUMBERS
Total number of members- (including children) 314 Gleaner Households – 70 Adoptee households – 48 New households - 9 Volunteer hours recorded – 783
| Donated Miles – 2,475 Wood glean hours – 0 Wood glean miles donated – none Wood gathered/gleaned – Wood Distributed –none
| Total pounds distributed to members 40,613 Waste – 2012 Donation out – other community groups 1366 other gleaning groups 4190 Farm / animals - 2934 |
437 Shops for the Month, average pounds per family was 93# each trip. That is an average value of $155.20 per shopping trip
November NUMBERS
Total number of members- 306 (including children) Gleaner Households – 64 Adoptee households – 50 New households - 3 Volunteer hours recorded – 1190
| Donated Miles – 2613 Wood glean hours – 0 Wood glean miles donated – none Wood gathered/gleaned – none Wood Distributed –none
| Total pounds distributed to members – 35,276 Waste – 4,390 Donation out – other community groups 2059 other gleaning groups – 13,174 Farmer, Animals - 0230 |
403 Shops for the Month, average pounds per family was 88# each trip. That is an average value of $146.18 per shopping trip
Old Business
1000.00 Funds – most requested we purchases the rolling carts. We purchased 3 already for 389.00. They are $105.00 each plus shipping. With $611.00 remaining. Alicia purchased some small clear totes this week $23.94, current amount avail 586.06 as of October Meeting. We then purchased Totes at Bimart for 39.99, the garden cart for 94.00, 10 ten gallon totes to use at GTF for 103.92, an emergency air pump for 39.99, green tire fixer for 8.99, clamps for the nutcracker at 16.58 for a new remaining balance of 282.59 as of 12/14/2021.
New Business
Open Questions and Answers -- What's going well, what’s not?
Election Results
Outreach Coordinator – Birthday Cards, Phone Calls, etc (Alicia to request a birthday list request for letters)
Hours Requirements – 4 hours
Food needs
Corn suggested
Job List on the blog:
Wednesday Pickup Helper
Pig Bin cleaning – Wednesday
Wash/Clean the Van – Monday afternoons (Will be adding the blog)
Friday – Help unload the Van
Wednesday – Help and clean the walk ins
REMINDERS:
Gleaners need to sign up at least once for a cleanup shift
Covid – Quarantine activities (please quarantine for 10 days)
Casinos & Bars
Hospital / ER
Out of state Visiting or having out of State Visitors in your home
Unmasked activities outside of your bubble
Next monthly member meeting will be December 14, 2021
Ongoing and will update when we get more information
Cooler Update – PCS is still working on it.
Tents Update – PCS is still working on it – although we have 1 on hand. We need to get the cooler covered before we can put up the tents.
