Good morning all. We have a lot to put away before distribution can start. Please come help.
- Linda
We're looking at ways we can fill these spots on Fridays. We appreciate anyone who can make a regular commitment. We always appreciate the folks who are able to fill in when able. We have a big push on Fridays now and if you are able to carve out some time to help with Gleaners, we would appreciate the prioritization. The more hands, the easier the load..
- Anna
Failure to follow these directions may result in your name being taken off and you will need to re-schedule. Please keep your personal calendar open for shopping and do not plan events around shopping time if you plan to shop and ask for us to re-schedule you. There are 2 opportunities (days) for you to shop. There are times for many reason we may ask to move you. Please be mindful we are coordinating over 150 families and just over 450 individuals.
There are also slots for our volunteers to shop mid shopping to make the day smoother and allow for our volunteers to shop the same day. Some of the names will NOT be in the correct space because they are volunteering and pre-scheduled weekly for the slot. If you have suggestions to make this program better, we welcome them.
Please be mindful that you click the proper day below-I made the title link easier (Click the day of the week to get to the sign up). Please be mindful of signing up that you will actually shop. If you shop on Saturday and skip, do not call with notice, etc you will not be allowed to shop on Monday.
Lastly, Please remember that there it is imperative to keep the shopping schedule accurate, we need shoppers to get through the shopping line without having side conversations. This is to keep the check-ins on-time and the carts in constant rotation.
Attn: All Gleaners
We have a list of needs that have not and need to be met.
Friday Am lead that would be willing to alternate weeks with Chelsea once she is back.
Rider for Friday pickups (2nd and 4th weeks)
Saturday leads: We have produce leads in training however we need to have consistent people to be leads during distribution on Saturdays.
There will be a more detailed list to come...
I am going to put it bluntly. We need people to step up and help. Linda and I cannot continue to physically be out on the distribution floor and do administrative work. We are burning out quickly. If you want to help, we need the physical help. I am still working on getting admin stuff squared away from it being all over the place and I am not going to hand it off to just anyone. There are a handful of people that will have admin stuff to do but if I have not talked to you about the possibility of it, PLEASE DO NOT come to me and tell me that you can do paperwork.
If you ask Linda or me, last Friday was a failure. We had call outs for help; the ones that did show up are the ones who consistently show up. We had people call out last minute and just not show up. We are on our way to cutting distribution down to one day if we cannot have people step up and do what they say they are going to do. For every call out, for every missed shift or every missed shop, that creates more work for Linda and myself.
If you want to help then sign up and show up.
PCS Gleaners Co-coordinator
Jennie Mikkelsen
541-974-1579
SHOPPING SIGNUPS
Here are the sign ups for shopping this week...
Friday 1/16/2026 from 2:30-5pm and Saturday 1/17/2026 from 12-5pm
Reminders:
IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT TO YOUR VOLUNTEER SHIFT OR SHOPPING SIGN UP
You must contact a day lead at least 4 hours before your volunteer shift.
You must contact a day lead at least 2 hours before you shopping sign up.
FOR SHOPPING SIGN UPS if you need to sign up after 6pm on Thursday for a Friday slot or after 6pm on Friday for a Saturday slot PLEASE CONTACT Jennie Mikkelsen (541)974-1579.
Please be courteous and refrain from contacting a day lead after 8pm or before 8am.
If you are calling out for an early shift, please do so via text message and if you need to text during our quiet hours. Please make it one simple text message.
If you cannot reach a day lead, please leave a voicemail and you may fallow it up with a text message. If in doubt, please contact Linda or myself.
Day Leads:
Friday:
AM/Opening: Chelsea Shay (she will be out on medical leave for the foreseeable future) (541)908-2474
Jennie Mikkelsen (541)974-1579
Linda O'Dell (541)286-0502
Pm/Closing: Sandra Goad (541)908-1773
Saturday:
Am/Opening: Jennie Mikkelsen (541)974-1579
Linda O'Dell (541) 286-0502
Friday Shopping 1/16/2026 2:30-5:00pm
Saturday Shopping 1/17/2026 12:00-5:00pm
VOLUNTEER SIGNUPS
We are using a new platform for signups this week. This will be a test to see if it is more efficient than signup genius and it was advertised when I was looking into this platform that there are no adds.
Reminders:
IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT TO YOUR VOLUNTEER SHIFT OF SHOPPING SIGN UP
You must contact a day lead at least 4 hours before your volunteer shift.
You must contact a day lead at least 2 hours before you shopping sign up
Please be courteous and refrain from contacting a day lead after 8pm or before 8am.
If you are calling out for an early shift, please do so via text message and if you need to text during our quiet hours. Please make it one simple text message.
If you cannot reach a day lead, please leave a voicemail and you may fallow it up with a text message. If in doubt, please contact Linda or myself.
Day Leads:
Friday:
AM/Opening: Chelsea Shay (she will be out on medical leave for the foreseeable future) (541)908-2474
Jennie Mikkelsen (541)974-1579
Linda O'Dell (541)286-0502
Pm/Closing: Sandra Goad (541)908-1773
Saturday:
Am/Opening: Jennie Mikkelsen (541)974-1579
Linda O'Dell (541) 286-0502
**Reminder- We only have Saturday shopping slots starting this week.**
Failure to follow these directions may result in your name being taken off and you will need to re-schedule. Please keep your personal calendar open for shopping and do not plan events around shopping time if you plan to shop and ask for us to re-schedule you. There are 2 opportunities (days) for you to shop. There are times for many reason we may ask to move you. Please be mindful we are coordinating over 150 families and just over 450 individuals.
There are also slots for our volunteers to shop mid shopping to make the day smoother and allow for our volunteers to shop the same day. Some of the names will NOT be in the correct space because they are volunteering and pre-scheduled weekly for the slot. If you have suggestions to make this program better, we welcome them.
Please be mindful that you click the proper day below-I made the title link easier (Click the day of the week to get to the sign up). Please be mindful of signing up that you will actually shop. If you shop on Saturday and skip, do not call with notice, etc you will not be allowed to shop on Monday.
Lastly, Please remember that there it is imperative to keep the shopping schedule accurate, we need shoppers to get through the shopping line without having side conversations. This is to keep the check-ins on-time and the carts in constant rotation.
Reminders:
1. You are limited to 2 check in or out shifts per month.
2. You are not allowed to sign up for check in / out back to back.
3. Everyone must sign up to volunteer via the sign up genius unless pre-authorized by the Volunteer Coordinator, Anna (541-600-7451 or gleaners.volunteer@philomathcommunityservices.org) OR, Jennie on Saturday and Michelle on Monday.
4. Volunteers need to be on time or 5 minutes early. If you can't show up on time, please find another time to volunteer. Other volunteers have a schedule and we count on everyone being on time to keep the day moving.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A054EA8A72EA2F58-61404361-volunteer#/