One person can hold both of the roles below. In general, the Red Cross doesn't do feeding at emergency shelters. They are just evacuation sites. However, if we have a large-scale disaster like a hurricane that displaces people for weeks/months, we would do feeding and would need community support.
Our current shelters need to be reevaluated every two years, and we also would like to identify new locations for shelters across the islands (Maui, Molokai, Lanai). While this work is done sporadically, it's crucial to our mission.
Feeding Surveyor: As a Feeding Surveyor, you'll identify food sources to provide meals for shelters. You'll go out into the community and connect with business owners (restaurants, caterers, Private Chefs) and work with them to determine:
- What they can provide during a disaster
- How many meals they're able to do in a day (generally need to be able to do 200-300)
- What's their capacity/can they "ramp up" their resources
- Do they plan to donate the food, or do we need to pay them/assist in some way
- Do they have the manpower, or do they need us to bring them volunteers
- Evaluate the kitchen
Sheltering Surveyor: Similar to the above role, you'll go out in the community and either do a survey for a new location, or you'll reevaluate our current shelters to determine if anything has changed.
- Visit site location and determine things like: How many people can be housed here, are there enough bathrooms, is it wheelchair accessible, etc.
- Who is/are the point of contact for this location
- Make notes, and updates to prior notes as needed for recertification as a shelter site
