First Alternative - 6 budget friendly meals for families.

Black Bean Extravaganza Fall 2023 brochure.pdf

First Alternative publishes a quarterly booklet which gives people 6 days of dinners along with the recipes and the shopping list to make the entire menu. The goal of the brochure is to provide budget-friendly meals, and use all the ingredients purchased with no waste. We provide this publication for free in our stores, and we make a digital copy available on our website.

Our last publication was called "Black Bean Extravaganza" and featured 6 days of making dinner using 8-9 cups of dry black beans.

PDF brochure link at the top. Thanks to First Alternative for supporting our communities! 

Shopping sign up for January 20 and 22nd.

 

Shopping sign up for January 20 and 22nd.

READ TODAY : Sign up rule: If your time slot is full, please sign up for a later time slot in the day and add a NOTE that says (time slot full). You can also sign up for cleanup shift if the space is open. If all the slots are full after (and cleanup is full), then  you can contact Patty for Saturday or Alicia for Monday to get a slot prior to your name slot. We try hard to keep folks in their last name slot for fairness. 

READ TODAY: 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 Patty and I may ask to move you. Please be mindful we are coordinating over 175 families and just over 520 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. Our membership is FULL and every shopping spot is important. 

SATURDAY-

Any changes after 9pm Friday night, please contact Patty. 

Patty - Coordinator 541-829-3980

Monday - -

Any changes after 6pm on Sunday night, please text Alicia (Do not email as email isn't checked as frequent as text)

Alicia - Secretary 541-231-7127

Volunteer Opportunities Week 01/18/24 - 01/24/2023

 

Everyone must sign up to volunteer  unless authorized  by Patty ( Tues, Wed Thursday, Friday and Saturday) and Alicia for Monday

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A054EA8A72EA2F58-47248512-volunteer#/

CLOSED Wednesday - January 17th

We will be CLOSED on Wednesday the 17th. The safety of our volunteers is our #1 priority and it just won't be safe on the ice rink currently at the site. 

Policy 27: Increment Weather

 Hi Folks,

PCS put in place the following policy as part of their meetings yesterday for all programs to follow: 

"All PCS programs will follow the Philomath School District's (PSD) closure & two hour delayed start policy during inclement weather conditions. On days when PSD is out of session PCS programs will follow the travel recommendations of the Oregon State Police and National Weather Service. This includes not picking up from donors & making deliveries.  This policy will be posted for all volunteers & recipients of the programs."

UPDATE: QUAKER ISSUES REVISED RECALL NOTICE WITH ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS DUE TO POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK

 https://philomathcomserv-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/gleaners_secretary_philomathcommunityservices_org/EUGqU0FpomBBnI_iR7Q_jPYBVwh0D9WCX6CZtUtud6KHgA?e=8tArBL

Please click the link to see a full list with photo's of the expanded quacker recall. 

Shopping sign up for January 13 and 15th.

READ TODAY : Sign up rule: If your time slot is full, please sign up for a later time slot in the day and add a NOTE that says (time slot full). You can also sign up for cleanup shift if the space is open. If all the slots are full after (and cleanup is full), then  you can contact Patty for Saturday or Alicia for Monday to get a slot prior to your name slot. We try hard to keep folks in their last name slot for fairness. 

READ TODAY: 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 Patty and I may ask to move you. Please be mindful we are coordinating over 175 families and just over 520 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. Our membership is FULL and every shopping spot is important. 

SATURDAY-

Any changes after 9pm Friday night, please contact Patty. 

Patty - Coordinator 541-829-3980

Monday - -

Any changes after 6pm on Sunday night, please text Alicia (Do not email as email isn't checked as frequent as text)

Alicia - Secretary 541-231-7127