Wildwood Soup Kitchen-Volunteers

To our volunteers:

This page is designed to communicate important information to all the wonderful volunteers who help prepare, serve and deliver meals, and who support the Wildwood Soup Kitchen in so many other ways.

If you have any comments or suggestions regarding information that should be included here, please contact Dana McCarthy at 750-9875 or send an email to mail@wildwoodsoupkitchen.com.

Food Safety (NOTE: all of the below documents are PDF files and require Adobe Reader software.)

The following document is the Wildwood Soup Kitchen's policy document on food safety and will form the basis of the food safety training conducted for kitchen volunteers.

New Food Safety Guidelines - Wildwood Soup Kitchen Policy

Here are some other documents prepared by outside agencies. The first two documents, prepared by the government of British Columbia for soup kitchens in that province of Canada, contain much good information on food safety. Certainly worth reading...

Soup Kitchen Guidelines (169 KB) Prepared by the government of British Columbia

Soup Kitchen Guide (259 KB) Prepared by the government of British Columbia

Understanding Food Labels (292 KB) Prepared by the Florida Division of Food Safety:

Preventing Foodborne Illness (260 KB) Prepared by Washington State University's food safety center.

For additional information on hygiene and related issues, go to the food safety and nutrition section of this website's links page.