Faculty Chapter Advisors - Back to School Guide
On behalf of the team at Food Recovery Network (FRN), welcome back! We hope you had an amazing summer, and we can't wait to kick off a new school year supporting student leaders on your campus as they continue to fight climate change and hunger.
At FRN, we recognize the pivotal role that you, FRN Chapter Advisors, play as mentors and advocates to the students in our network. Thank you for being an FRN advisor and for all your hard work!
We’re putting all of the important dates, forms, and a helpful resource link here, all in one place, so you can bookmark it and reference it at any point in the year.
Fall:
8/26 -Fall Welcome Back Call
Quick 30 min call with FRN national staff to help provide updates to FRN’s programming and a glance at the upcoming year.
9/21 - FRN’s 15th Anniversary
9/30 - Official Chapter Agreement
(required): Review and sign by September 30th. Only one chapter member needs to submit.
10/01-10/31- Photo Raffle/Contest
December - Keep an eye out for our End of Semester Surveys in December & May
Spring:
February and March - Bowl to Bracket Bingo
April - Earth Month Panel
May - Leadership Team Forms
ONGOING - Update Leadership Team Transition form at the end of each semester/when a change in leadership occurs
ONGOING - Update Volunteer contact information when new volunteers sign up for your chapter
ONGOING - FRN Connect (formerly Food Tracking Forms). With FRN Connect, chapter leaders will be able to create an account to track recoveries, volunteer metrics, environmental impact, and funding.
Official Chapter Agreement (required): Review and sign by September 30th. Only one chapter member needs to submit.
Funding: Your chapter has received $300 of funding from FRN National to use this academic year! Chapter leaders can view their funding balance via FRN Connect. You may have funding that rolled over from last year. To view funding, chapter leaders must be assigned to the Chapter Leader Workspace. FRN National will assign you to your chapter after sign-up.
Request supplies and reimbursements using this form.
Care Package: Fill out this form to receive a care package from FRN. Please note there is only one care package per chapter.
Food Tracking Forms (FTFs) have transitioned to a new platform, FRN Connect. This is a platform that official chapters in our network can use to report their food recovery data. Your chapter will be able to log recoveries as before. This can be input after each recovery, weekly, biweekly, monthly, or just once at the end of every semester. The number of times is flexible, but we want to ensure that your hard work is recorded and celebrated!
Student Resources: Check out our website for resources and guides for building and maintaining a robust chapter.
Leadership Team Changes:Please fill out any time you have a change in the executive board.
Volunteer Information: This allows FRN National to update our record of students in our network. Let us know who volunteers with your chapter!
If you’d prefer to talk with FRN staff one-on-one about your chapter’s goals and how we can support you this fall, please schedule a call with us here. We’d love to hear from you.
Thank you so much for your investment in our mission and for helping FRN student chapters fight food waste and feed people in your community. We would not be able to do this important work without you, and we look forward to staying in touch!