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2019 Interns: Emily Fithian (L) and Talya Adams (R)

The Nutrition Education Intern will assist Rolling Harvest’s Nutrition and Culinary Education Outreach Team with fresh produce distribution, identification, preparation and healthy cooking advice, working within the financial and housing constraints of the food pantry recipients. You will help conduct cooking demos, recipe creation, working directly with food pantry recipient families and pantry volunteers. Other duties will include occasional weekly produce pickups from our partner farmers and food producers, and some gleaning (harvesting). Additional nutrition and cooking outreach will be arranged at Fresh Connect free mobile farm markets, low-income senior housing, senior community centers, summer camps, health clinics and area shelters, schedule TBD. Flexibility is a key component of this internship as our societal needs keep changing. Must be able to lift 35 pounds.

This is a 12-week college summer break internship (allowing for a one week vacation during the summer), based on the candidate’s academic schedule and prior family vacation commitments. 20 hours per week, with all attempts made by Rolling Harvest to accommodate any other part-time job the candidate may be committed to for evenings and late afternoons. $1800 stipend offered either as a non-taxable college grant, or as weekly taxable income.

The ideal candidate will bring enthusiasm, flexibility, compassion and respect for the at-risk, food-insecure population we are helping. Must have own vehicle. Fuel costs reimbursed with a $250 gas card provided for the internship. Spanish speaking a plus.

Please send cover letter and resume by April 10, 2020 to CSnyder@RollingHarvest.org

For our friends and neighbors who have to work hard to keep healthy foods on the table in the best of times, the COVID-19 pandemic will raise many additional challenges. These include more than illness and illness related expenses; they also include challenges like lost wages, unforeseen childcare expenses, lack of transportation or ready access to healthy foods through school meal programs, as well as likely closures of grocery stores and food pantries. At Rolling Harvest, we are committed to “rolling on”, and continuing to inviting healthy and willing volunteers to glean fields and collect food from our generous farmers, to ensure that healthy produce is available to those who need it most. Based on the current available guidance from the USDA and CDC, we believe that we can continue this important work, with the help of our dedicated volunteers, as long as we follow a few basic guidelines. If you have questions, contact contact csnyder@rollingharvest.org.

1. Don’t volunteer if:
   • you or any member of your household traveled to a level 3 or level 2 travel health notice country within the past 14 days
   • you or anyone in your household experienced potential exposure to the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 14 days. If you are unsure, please use the CDC’s risk assessment tool to assess potential exposure.
   • To your knowledge, were you in the same indoor environment as a person who has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) (e.g., in the same classroom or hospital waiting room) in the last 14 days. 
   • You or any member of your household are exhibiting any of the following symptoms (without a known cause, e.g., allergies): runny nose, sore throat, fever, cough, or shortness of breath.
2. Before you glean, you must wash your hands and arms for at least 20 seconds with soap under warm running water.
3. If possible, use single-use sanitary gloves to handle food, but you must still wash your hands.
4. While handling food, you must re-wash your hands, or replace your gloves if you: touch a body part, an animal, cough, sneeze or use a tissue, eat or drink, use tobacco, or engage in any other activity that might contaminate your hands.
5. If you need to sneeze or cough move away from the food and other volunteers and cover your nose or mouth with a tissue or your elbow.
6. Be mindful of cleaning any other surface that comes in contact with food, as studies have shown that human coronaviruses can persist on surfaces like plastic, metal or glass for up to nine days.
7. Keep a social distance from other volunteers. Wave to your fellow gleaners, air hugs work too! Try to maintain a distance of 6 feet from your fellow gleaners wherever possible.

28th Annual Salute to Women

Today, YWCA Bucks County salutes Rolling Harvest’s very own, Cathy Snyder, one of the YWCA Bucks County honorees for the 28th Annual Salute to Women Who Make a Difference in Bucks County on May 16, 2019.

The Salute to Women Who Make a Difference is a hallmark event of the YWCA that proudly honors female leaders who live and/or work in Bucks County. Each year, the YWCA Salute to Women recognizes women in Bucks County making exceptional contributions to their businesses, organizations, and their communities. Over the last 27 years, the YWCA has honored hundreds of women while raising much‐needed funds to support our mission of eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

For more information and to join us as we salute women who make a difference in Bucks County, visit www.ywcabucks.org! This will be a night of celebrating the many accomplishments of outstanding women in our community. The event will take place on May 16, 2019 at Spring Mill Manor, in Ivyland, PA. Buy your event tickets here.

We are now accepting applications for our 2019 Summer Internships, and want you to be part of our dynamic team! Help us work towards creating a fairer, more equitable local food system that benefits all!