{"id":162,"date":"2018-03-03T13:33:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T17:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?p=162"},"modified":"2018-03-04T23:17:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T02:47:40","slug":"grocery-bagging-march-8th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?p=162","title":{"rendered":"Grocery Bagging – March 8th, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grocery Bagging at Dominion is always one of our best direct-donation fundraising efforts!\u00a0 Basically the way it works is that our youth provide a “Good Turn” by bagging groceries, putting away carts, cleaning up, picking up litter (when weather allows)<\/em>, etc.\u00a0 While this is on the go we have donation cans available to allow Dominion’s customers to donate if they so choose.\u00a0 Most do decide to donate, and donate a fair bit!<\/p>\n

Most youth enjoy grocery bagging, but it is hard work.\u00a0 While\u00a0grocery<\/span>\u00a0bagging we are effectively representing Dominion, so there are some specific rules and requirements that we need to work with.\u00a0 First off, youth need to big enough to properly get the job done.\u00a0 The minimum age is technically 12, but we traditionally allow younger youth to bag as well providing they “look old enough”.\u00a0 Also, youth will need to have a short training session with the Scouter volunteers at the store to ensure they can bag the groceries in a professional manner.\u00a0 Cell phones are not permitted while bagging, nor are headphones.\u00a0 Youth may have a sealed bottle of water with them, but may not have any other food or drinks while bagging.\u00a0 Gum is also not permitted.\u00a0 Conversation on the lines must be kept appropriate and professional.\u00a0 Most importantly, every single customer must be greeted in a friendly manor, every single donor must be thanked, and all Dominion staff must be treated with respect<\/strong>.\u00a0 Our relationship with Dominion is very important to the group, so youth that do not behave professionally or simply cannot do the work effectively will need to leave early.\u00a0 No warnings will be given for youth who break the rules; they will be sent home immediately.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seeing as we now have close to 30 youth and a dozen Scouters interested in traveling for 2019 we will need to build a schedule to prevent having too many youth on hand.\u00a0 We can accommodate a maximum of 14 youth at a time, but only if they are quite busy.<\/p>\n

For youth that are too small to\u00a0grocery<\/span>\u00a0bag, we do need at least one youth at our donation table and this is a GREAT job for the smaller youth.\u00a0 Please mark your availability and we will get you in as long as possible \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Please mark your availability on Doodle<\/strong> =>\u00a0https:\/\/doodle.com\/poll\/mkzebv4zvqyr3t3f<\/a><\/p>\n

Remember, this is your availability, not your desired shift.<\/strong>\u00a0 If you are available from 3:30-10pm but only want to work a 2hr shift, mark yourself down as available from 3:30-10pm and write in the notes that you only want 2hrs.<\/p>\n

Schedule will be done up on Wednesday evening, so if you haven’t responded by then there is no guarentee that a shift will be available for you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

GROCERY<\/span>\u00a0BAGGING PROCEEDS<\/strong><\/p>\n