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Become a Team Leader
Love participating with CC, but want to do more? CC is always looking for Cooks to become Team Leaders!
Teams of volunteers are formed around Team Leaders—experienced Community Cooks volunteers who coordinate the monthly meal delivery for their team. Team Leaders are an integral part of the Community Cooks structure.
The Basics:
Team Leaders are tasked with making sure their team’s monthly meal is delivered.
Team Leaders keep the entire roster of Cooks on track, in addition to providing a monthly dish as part of the team.
Team Leaders send reminders out to their Cooks one week before a meal delivery, and Cooks on the team need to respond.
Team Leaders confirm their meal with CC staff as soon as possible via the email confirmation link.
Team Leaders are the best and most accessible resource for Cooks with questions regarding the meal.
The Specifics:
Every four months, CC Staff sends a Meal Schedule out to our Team Leaders with Meal Dates and dish assignments. We ask TLs to confirm that schedule with us, after confirming who on your team can cook for that session. If cooks leave the team, CC helps the TL to recruit new ones.
Once the schedule is set, CC will send you a Meal Reminder one week before each of your monthly Meal Dates. We ask you to confirm with your cooks, and if everyone is on board for the meal, you confirm with us. If a Cook is unable to participate on a given date, TLs reach out to the Flexible/Back-up slot Cook to cover OR forego the Dessert that month to ensure that the main dishes are covered.
You can reach out to CC Staff with any issues or questions, and we will respond as soon as we are able. Please note that CC regularly solicits meal feedback from partner agencies and your meal schedule guidelines reflect all the latest information we have obtained. We will update you via email as we receive new feedback, but please know that we cannot expect our partners to provide this each month. We ask that you do not communicate directly with the staff at our partner programs.
Team Leaders are truly the backbone of our work at CC and we could not fulfill our mission without outstanding volunteers like you, so thank you!