Peer to Peer
Overview
The Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Program is a Feeding America San Diego (FASD) program designed to provide an opportunity for a mentee agency to visit a mentor agency in order to have direct exposure to a high-performing food program (pantry and/or soup kitchen), and to facilitate the development of a strong and long-lasting mentoring relationship. The goal of developing these professional relationships is to advance creativity, knowledge, passion, and strategic innovations that will support our mission: to feed the hungry; to advocate; to educate.
To achieve this goal FASD will select high-performing agencies, with well-developed food programs to serve as program mentors.
The Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Program is an intricate tool for creating successful new food programs as well as improving existing programs as it provides best practices, hands-on training, and peer support. Participating agencies, both mentees and mentors, will gain knowledge and experience that will contribute to the continuing success of their food programs.
Get Involved
Do you have a new food program (pantry and/or soup kitchen)? Or would you like to improve your already existing food program? If you answered yes, then this is the program for you! Feeding America San Diego’s (FASD) Peer-to Peer Mentoring Program is geared to help you start or improve your food program. If you are a new agency click here to become a mentee. For existing agencies, please click here to apply. Thank you!
How does it work?
• Agencies applying to this program will be paired with a neighboring, high-performing FASD partner agency, who will act as their mentor. Whether you are paired with a food pantry, soup kitchen, or both depends on the goals for your food program.
• As a mentee, you will be required to complete 20 hours of service within a 1-month period at your mentoring agency’s site location. Your service will include any tasks and assignments that will contribute to your knowledge and experience for running a successful food program.
• As a mentor, you will guide your mentee(s); providing information, skills, and tips for running a successful food program. You will verify the total hours served by your mentee(s) and provide performance feedback to FASD upon completion of the program.
What are the benefits?
Mentees
New food programs (programs less than 6 months in operation)
Completion of this program replaces the minimum of 6 months in operation requirement for new agencies applying as partner agencies with FASD. Your application will be considered for approval upon completion of this program!
All participants:
Will gain knowledge and experience that will contribute to the start or improvement of their food programs
Will learn how to run successful food programs (pantries and/or soup kitchens) under the direction of well-developed, local agencies
Will expand their network and get to know their neighboring agencies
Will have opportunity to exchange new ideas for successful operations