Conference Agenda

Food Waste & Recovery

This session is designed to educate participants on the critical issue of food waste and explore effective strategies for food recovery. The session will provide insights into the environmental, economic, and social impacts of food waste and equip participants with the knowledge and tools needed to reduce waste and implement recovery practices in their personal and professional environments.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Join Marissa Saunders, founder of Essential Conceptions Consulting, to discuss how to get your organization engaged in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work and the steps needed to sustain the work.

"Where Does the Ketchup Go? - A Cultural Awareness Conversation"

This session will be fun! Explore the multicultural character of the Central New York region through a conversation about food, language and cultural preferences. Highlights about refugee and immigrant communities will be included. Take away some ideas for how to better serve and engage our new neighbors.

Service Insights Seminar

During the next few years, Food Bank of Central New York will be introducing Service-Insights® to our small part of the world. This robust project, championed by Feeding America, will implement tools for collecting intake information electronically. Join Food Bank staff coordinating this project to learn about this exciting no-cost digital platform that will simplify the intake process at your program and give you data-based insights into the services you provide.

Food Package Updates

This session will preview the upcoming food packages changes that were recommended by the New York State Department of Health.

Succession Planning

This training focuses on ensuring that your program has the necessary people in place to continue thriving even as volunteers transition out of their roles. It aims to create a structured process to identify, assess, and develop volunteers to fill these critical positions.

RPP Seminar
Formerly known as "Grocery Rescue," the Retail Partnership Program (RPP) is a vital initiative dedicated to acquiring and distributing goods donated by our retail partners. This program plays a crucial role in reducing food waste while ensuring the availability of healthy produce to our partner agencies throughout our entire service area.

Tough Choices Workshop

This workshop is designed to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the complex decisions and challenges faced by individuals who rely on emergency food programs. By exploring the realities of food insecurity, attendees will gain insight into the difficult choices these individuals must make daily and learn how to better support their needs.

New Coordinator Seminar

Are you a new food program volunteer or just need a refresher? Do you want to know more about food insecurity and what partner agencies can do to help in the fight against hunger? Join Food Bank’s Agency Relations team as they provide a deep look at cause and effects of food insecurity, and how to leverage your partnership with Food Bank to be impactful in your communities

Feeding the Soul: How SNAP and Partner Agencies can Bridge the Needs of Our Diverse Neighbors by Working Together

We are going to show how the pantries and SNAP can come together to help our neighbors create comforting and culturally appropriate food for themselves and their families. By using SNAP together with pantry visits, we will show how different neighbors can create meals that can foster a sense of familiarity and comfort.

We will have samples of pantry boxes along with food we have purchased with the minimum SNAP amount and we will be displaying them along with a “ model meal” that can be made from those ingredients. We will be showcasing meals from different cultures that our many diverse neighbors in our service areas might chose to create.

We want our partner agencies to see how important they are to our work in helping our neighbors.

JUST ASK THE QUESTION ALREADY (Part 1 of 2)

In this engaging and interactive session, we’ll delve into the practice of conducting informal surveys to gather insights quickly and effectively. Informal surveys offer a flexible and accessible way to capture individuals' opinions, experiences, and preferences.

Now that you have answers, how do you use them? (Part 2 of 2)

Join us for part two, where we’ll explore how to identify and communicate data effectively to different audiences. We’ll discuss strategies for making this information accessible and engaging and how to leverage these data points for advocacy. This workshop will equip you with essential skills for impactful data storytelling and advocacy.