As a member of ANFP, you have many great benefits available through our affinity program. Some of those benefits include discounts on items or purchases needed for chapter business or meetings and events, or just for fun. Other benefits can be used for individual needs including insurance, hotel packages, rental cars, sporting events, and concerts. Consider some of the offers below to help your chapter or do something nice for yourself.

Office Depot
If you need supplies for your next chapter event or meeting, or even within your office or facility, take a look at the Office Depot discount program. Name badges, folders, giveaways such as mini hand sanitizer or portable flash drives, and even snacks are available to ANFP members at a discount. You can use the discount in-store, online, to pick-up your items, or have them delivered for free for orders over $50. This is a great way to save your chapter some money while making sure you have everything you need to successfully run your next meeting.

Gift Cards and Other Giveaways
Many of our chapters will raffle off or give away gift cards or other items. Our affinity program offers a wide array of gift cards for purchase, including Amazon, Home Depot and many restaurants and retail stores. Additionally, you may wish to raffle off a hotel stay, theme park pass, show or movie tickets as well. All of these can also be purchased at a discount through our affinity program.

Car Rental
If you are looking to carpool with a large group to your next ANFP event or want to take a group to the capitol (DATC) and need a larger vehicle, consider a rental car through one of our car rental partners. They offer 7% – 25% discount on rentals as well as a loyalty program.

Other Services & Discounts
ANFP volunteers are some of the hardest working individuals and deserve some time for rest and relaxation. Take a look at the discounts offered on hotels, cruises, vacation packages, or tickets for a night on the town, and make some time for yourself. Also, if you are still looking for health insurance, need assistance with selecting the right coverage or navigating the marketplace, our affinity program offers these services through the Auego Health Insurance Marketplace.

For more information about our affinity program and member benefits, please click HERE.

We Are Champions!

By donating $400 or more, your chapter can become an NFEF Chapter Champion. By joining, you are showing your chapter’s support for the Nutrition & Foodservice Education Foundation’s goal to raise visibility of the CDM credential.

If your chapter donates $400 or more by April 15, 2019 the chapter will be entered into a drawing for a prize that can be raffled at a state meeting.

When your chapter pledges to become a 2018-2019 Chapter Champion, it will receive special Chapter Champion recognition on your chapter’s website and the Foundation’s website and Facebook page. Chapters that remain champions for three, five, or 10 consecutive years will also receive special Chapter Champion badging on their website as well as the Foundation website.

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Congratulations to the following Chapter Champions!

ANFP offers an adversity rebate for chapters that need additional financial assistance in addition to their bi-annual rebate and revenue produced from chapter programs.

Adversity Rebate

The adversity rebate is to help off-set ANFP chapter operational costs related to meetings, programs, or other initiatives. If you would like to apply for the adversity rebate, the next deadline is March 1, 2019 for a March 30 rebate distribution. Applications are accepted quarterly and can be found on ANFPConnect, Volunteer Resources, Chapter Management.

If you have not yet submitted the required documents for the chapter rebate, please do so as soon as possible as rebates will no longer be given past February 28.

Chapter Rebates – Part 2

• Bylaws – Reviewed by all board members. Edited as needed. (Bylaws require membership review and approval of 2/3 vote.)
• Policies & Procedures – Reviewed by all board members. Edited as needed. Policies and procedures require board (majority) approval.
• Bi-Annual Chapter Achievement Rebate Report – Download from the chapter portal.
• Annual Succession Plan – Download outline from the chapter portal.
• ACE Award Nomination – For more information or to submit a nomination please click here.

Awards & End of the Year Statement

• Chapter Awards – Applications are found in the Chapter Portal. Due March 31
• End of the Year Financial Statement – Due May 15

Chapter Chat will take place on Tuesday, February 19, at 2:00 PM CT. This is our annual Town Hall meeting and an opportunity for our chapter leaders to ask any of their burning chapter-related questions.

Chapter Chat is a platform that allows us to directly engage with other volunteer leaders throughout the country. We encourage chapter leaders to participate and share their experiences, challenges, and best practices during this time, as each of us can benefit from these discussions. For the full Chapter Chat schedule, please click here.

Chapter Chat - Town Hall Meeting
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST

Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/894928989

You can also dial in using your phone.
United States (Toll Free): 1 866 899 4679
United States: +1 (571) 317-3116

Access Code: 894-928-989

Joining from a video-conferencing room or system?
Dial: 67.217.95.2##894928989
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First GoToMeeting? Let's do a quick system check.

Some of the most liked or interesting social media posts often involve memes (pronounced ‘meems’). They are images (some of them are recognizable internet images, others are not) that often have a funny or clever saying placed over it.

Social media posts don’t always have to be serious or informative, so consider using memes as a fun way to keep your members engaged and liking your posts. There are websites that allow you to create your own memes, such as imgflip.com, where you can use your own image or popular images from their meme bank. From there, you can add your own text or sayings. Meme Better also offers many of your favorite and popular meme images which can be customized and saved directly to your computer.

We are at the beginning of the end of winter; another few weeks and we’ll start to see signs of spring, which allows us enough time to start planning for new chapter initiatives, programs, or plans if we haven’t done so already. One of those initiatives should be to continually engage our members whether it's during our annual chapter meetings, via e-mail, or other means of communication. Below are some alternative methods and tools you may want to consider using, to keep your members engaged all year long.

Kahoot
A game-based, interactive platform to engage members through learning games, trivia, and quizzes. This interactive app allows you to build your own games or use existing games or trivia. It's great for teambuilding, mobile training, as well as meetings and will get your members engaged and hold their attention. Consider it as means to keep members thinking of ANFP in between meetings by sending them quarterly trivia quizzes. (Quiz them on chapter history!) It’s also a great way to make your board trainings and chapter meetings a little more fun, by sending out a quiz following the sessions to affirm what they have learned. There are various plans available and nonprofits receive a 50% discount on the Plus and Pro plans.

Slack
An online collaboration hub that allows you to easily exchange ideas, share projects, as well as instant message and connect with others based on topic or groups, as well as interests. This platform would work well for your committees and board as well as your members types or specialties that would like to connect (i.e. pre-professionals/Millennials, groups based on facility settings or region). Slack offers a free plan that lets you test drive the platform as well as plans that offer more features for a small monthly fee.

SignUp Genius
Looking for volunteers to help with stuffing bags or handing out agendas at your next meeting? Look no further than SignUp Genius. This website allows you to create an event or ‘SignUp’ and add jobs, tasks, projects or volunteer activities for members to add their names and commit to the task. Perhaps your chapter plans to hold a potluck dinner. Create a SignUp event and list all the items that are needed, send out the link and allow members to sign up for what they wish. This would also work well for other one-time or micro volunteering opportunities in your chapter that take place throughout the year.

Poll Everywhere
This online participation tool is a great way to get your members feedback and opinions whether its at your next meeting or throughout the year. Maybe you need to determine your space needs for your next meeting; you can quickly send out a poll to members asking who is likely to attend and get a better idea of meeting space needs. Or immediately following a session, poll your attendees and ask for their opinion on the speaker or topic. Plans, pricing and features vary.

Each of these is a unique tech tool that will help you to engage with your members as much as you’d like during the year and keep ANFP at the forefront of our members’ minds.

We Are Champions!

By donating $400 or more, your chapter can become an NFEF Chapter Champion. By joining, you are showing your chapter’s support for the Nutrition & Foodservice Education Foundation’s goal to raise visibility of the CDM credential.

If your chapter donates $400 or more by April 15, 2019 the chapter will be entered into a drawing for a prize that can be raffled at a state meeting.

When your chapter pledges to become a 2018-2019 Chapter Champion, it will receive special Chapter Champion recognition on your chapter’s website and the Foundation’s website and Facebook page. Chapters that remain champions for three, five, or 10 consecutive years will also receive special Chapter Champion badging on their website as well as the Foundation website.

Get Started

Congratulations to the following Chapter Champions!

ANFP offers an adversity rebate for chapters that need additional financial assistance in addition to their bi-annual rebate and revenue produced from chapter programs. The adversity rebate is to help off-set ANFP chapter operational costs related to meetings, programs, or other initiatives. If you would like to apply for the adversity rebate, the next deadline is March 1, 2019 for a March 30 rebate distribution. Applications are accepted quarterly and can be found on ANFPConnect, Volunteer Resources, Chapter Management.

The January rebate requirements deadline is right around the corner. The following items are due on January 15, 2019.

Chapter Rebates – Part 2

Bylaws
Reviewed by all board members. Edited as needed. (Bylaws require membership review and approval of 2/3 vote.)

Policies & Procedures
Reviewed by all board members. Edited as needed. Policies and procedures require board (majority) approval.

Bi-annual chapter achievement rebate report
Download from the chapter portal.

Annual Succession Plan
Download outline from the chapter portal.

ACE Award Nomination
For more information or to submit a nomination please click here.

Awards & End of the Year Statement

Chapter Awards
Applications are found in the Chapter Portal. Due March 31.

End of the Year Financial Statement
Due May 15.

Chapter Chat will take place on Tuesday, February 19, at 2:00 PM CT. This is our annual Town Hall meeting and an opportunity for our chapter leaders to ask any of their burning chapter-related questions. Please email questions to asolazzo@ANFPonline.org no later than February 5th.

Chapter Chat is a platform that allows us to directly engage with other volunteer leaders throughout the country. We encourage chapter leaders to participate and share their experiences, challenges, and best practices during this time, as each of us can benefit from these discussions. For the full Chapter Chat schedule, please click here.

Chapter Chat - Town Hall Meeting
Tue, Feb 19, 2019 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST

Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/894928989

You can also dial in using your phone.
United States (Toll Free): 1 866 899 4679
United States: +1 (571) 317-3116

Access Code: 894-928-989

Joining from a video-conferencing room or system?
Dial: 67.217.95.2##894928989
Cisco devices: 894928989@67.217.95.2

First GoToMeeting? Let's do a quick system check.

We receive many photos of our chapters' events and meetings throughout the year (which we love!). However, you may find uploading multiple photos to social media accounts (or websites) can sometimes be cumbersome.

Rather than upload your photos to multiple platforms, consider using a program such as Google Photos that allows you to upload your photos one time and share with many people as well as post the albums on social media accounts. Links to photo albums can also be posted on ANFP chapter websites and included in electronic newsletters.

This is a simple process once you have a Google/Gmail account set-up. To learn how set up a Google account click here. Once this is set up, you may want to add the Google Photo app to your phone for easy and automatic upload.

To learn more about Google Photos, click here. It's a great way to keep all your chapter photos in one place and easily share with your members.

With the holidays behind us, the new year presents an opportunity to re-direct our attention to the year ahead. Now is the time to start prepping your incoming volunteers for the upcoming volunteer year. This will ensure that our new volunteers can hit the ground running in June and the transition among leadership is seamless and easy. While onboarding and orientation are critical to the success of your new chapter leaders, we also want to see our volunteers be held accountable for some of their own education and understanding of their roles and the role of chapters within ANFP. There are many ANFP resources available for our incoming volunteers that they should take advantage of before June.

Online Courses
ANFP offers several volunteer-related online courses that are available in the ANFP Marketplace for a reasonable fee. They cover the roles and responsibilities of chapter leaders, such as the president, treasurer, and secretary. There are also courses that cover meeting planning and a general overview of chapters. Also, please be on the lookout for new chapter-related online courses coming out this year!

Chapter Chats
Each of our chapter chats are recorded and posted on ANFPtv for members to view at any time. Simply log in on the ANFP website and go to ANFPtv. Once in ANFPtv, go to the Video Library and expand on the Member Center and Chapter menus to find all the Chapter Chats. Chapter Chats range in topics from developing leadership skills to setting goals to engaging Millennial members.

Volunteer Leaders
Volunteer Leaders is ANFP’s monthly volunteer-focused newsletter. Each newsletter offers tips or useful information related to chapters or specific roles, as well as important deadlines on other timely information. Archived Volunteer Leaders can be found within the Chapter Volunteer Leader community. Once you are signed into ANFPConnect, go to ‘My Communities’ and look for the Chapter Volunteer Leader community. Volunteer Leaders from 2016, 2017 and 2018 can be found in the library.

Volunteer Handbook
One of the most useful and steadfast pieces of information a new volunteer can use is the Volunteer Handbook. This document provides almost every piece of chapter-related information and is a great reference to have during a volunteer’s term. It is updated at least once annually and lives on ANFPConnect in Volunteer Resources under Volunteer 101.

With these resources, along with an onboarding and orientation session, your new volunteers are bound for success!

One of the many ways ANFP likes to recognize our members is presenting an award for CDM of the Month. ANFP recognizes a CDM each month who has incorporated an innovative program or operational change in their facility/organization that has received positive results for the facility, staff, or residents. The CDM of the Month is featured on ANFP social media, in eNews, on www.ANFPonline.org and in the Edge Magazine CDM Spotlight feature.

Nominate a Colleague

We Are Champions!

By donating $400 or more, your chapter can become an NFEF Chapter Champion. By joining, you are showing your chapter’s support for the Nutrition & Foodservice Education Foundation’s goal to raise visibility of the CDM credential.

If your chapter donates $400 or more by April 15, 2019 the chapter will be entered into a drawing for a prize that can be raffled at a state meeting.

When your chapter pledges to become a 2018-2019 Chapter Champion, it will receive special Chapter Champion recognition on your chapter’s website and the Foundation’s website and Facebook page. Chapters that remain champions for three, five, or 10 consecutive years will also receive special Chapter Champion badging on their website as well as the Foundation website.

Get Started

Congratulations to the following Chapter Champions!

ANFP offers an adversity rebate for chapters that need additional financial assistance in addition to their bi-annual rebate and revenue produced from chapter programs. The adversity rebate is to help off-set ANFP chapter operational costs related to meetings, programs, or other initiatives. If you would like to apply for the adversity rebate, the next deadline is March 1, 2019 for a March 30 rebate distribution. Applications are accepted quarterly and can be found on ANFPConnect, Volunteer Resources, Chapter Management.

The January rebate requirements deadline is right around the corner. The following items are due on January 15, 2019.

Chapter Rebates – Part 2

• Bylaws – Reviewed by all board members. Edited as needed. (Bylaws require membership review and approval of 2/3 vote.)
• Policies & Procedures - Reviewed by all board members. Edited as needed. Policies and procedures require board (majority) approval.
• Bi-Annual Chapter Achievement Rebate Report – Download from the chapter portal.
• Annual Succession Plan – Download outline from the chapter portal.
• ACE Award Nomination – For more information or to submit a nomination please click here.

Awards & End of the Year Statement

• Chapter Awards – Applications are found in the Chapter Portal. Due March 31, 2019
• End of the Year Financial Statement – Due May 15, 2019

Chapter Chat will take place on Tuesday, February 19, at 2:00 PM CT. This is our annual Town Hall meeting and an opportunity for our chapter leaders to ask any of their burning chapter-related questions. Please email questions to asolazzo@ANFPonline.org no later than February 5, 2019.

Chapter Chat is a platform that allows us to directly engage with other volunteer leaders throughout the country. We encourage chapter leaders to participate and share their experiences, challenges, and best practices during this time, as each of us can benefit from these discussions.

Chapter Chat - Town Hall Meeting
Tue, Feb 19, 2019 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST

Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/894928989

You can also dial in using your phone.
United States (Toll Free): 1 866 899 4679
United States: +1 (571) 317-3116

Access Code: 894-928-989

Joining from a video-conferencing room or system?
Dial: 67.217.95.2##894928989
Cisco devices: 894928989@67.217.95.2

First GoToMeeting? Let's do a quick system check here.

Are you on Instagram? If so, please search for ANFPonline and follow our account. Instagram is a photo sharing platform that allows users to upload and share photos or stories (videos) for their followers. It’s fun and easy to use!

Instagram is becoming one of the most popular social media platforms among younger generations and is a great way to get our younger members excited about ANFP and being a CDM, CFPP. Chapters should consider creating their own Instagram accounts as well. Posting photos or creating stories from your chapter or social events is a great marketing tool and gives members and non-members a peek into the chapter. Or, consider having members submit their own photos (to your Instagram administrator), that exhibits unique and interesting glimpses of their everyday routines in their facilities.

Holidays often bring out generosity in ourselves and others. It comes in many forms: volunteering, donations, gift giving, and recognizing those among us (family, friends, staff, etc.) that we appreciate. One of the ways we can recognize our colleagues or coworkers, not just at this time of year, but any time of year, is by nominating them for awards and other CDM recognition programs. ANFP offers a variety of ways to recognize others for their achievements and hard work.

CDM of the Month
Take a look around you at your next chapter meeting and think about the CDMs in attendance. There is sure to be more than one member that is bringing innovation and progress to their facility or within their position (and maybe it’s you!). The CDM of the Month is featured on ANFP social media, in eNews, on www.ANFPonline.org and in the Edge Magazine CDM Spotlight feature and is automatically eligible for the CDM Spotlight award. Nominate another member (or yourself) for the CDM of the Month by clicking here.

ACE Awards
Take time to recognize your colleagues, fellow members, non-members, and industry partners by nominating them for an ACE award. Some of the awards include the CDM Spotlight for outstanding CDMs, the Legacy Award for those that have dedicated their lives to the credential and service to ANFP, and the Horizon award for those rising stars in the industry. Individual recipients of the national awards will receive a free registration at ACE and are honored at the Honors Gala. To nominate yourself or another peer, click here.

Chapter Awards
As we continue working on our chapter programs and projects throughout the year, keep in mind the chapter awards: communications, government affairs, membership, and the coveted Diamond award. Be sure those members that oversee these areas within your chapter are aware of the awards and receive the application, which can be found in the chapter portal under the chapter management tab.

WELCOME to the third edition of ROOTS Roundup, a quarterly newsletter containing information about what's happening at ANFP Headquarters, updates from your Government Affairs Committee, and valuable information you can share with your state chapter and leaders. If there are any topics you would like us to cover in a future issue, please e-mail Mindy Theesfeld.

Craig Brightup, ANFP’s Washington DC Representative, reported to the Government Affairs committee in October on the Licensing Reform in the United States. He explained that model legislation drafted by the American Leg. Exchange Council (ALEC) is the basis for bad state bills confusing state licensing with certification and credentialing and ANFP is following this issue.

Brightup also reported on the Implementation of CTE Legislation and that A DC summit of state and federal officials with employer groups to implement the Careers and Tech. Ed. for the 21^st Century Act will not take place November 16 but might happen in December.

ANFP-PAC flyers promoting the new ROOTS campaign have been distributed to chapter presidents along with the PAC Donation Policy and donation form, encouraging volunteers to solicit PAC fundraising at their upcoming state meetings.

One of the many ways ANFP likes to recognize our members is presenting an award for CDM of the Month. ANFP recognizes a CDM each month who has incorporated an innovative program or operational change in their facility/organization that has received positive results for the facility, staff, or residents. The CDM of the Month is featured on ANFP social media, in eNews, on www.ANFPonline.org and in the Edge Magazine CDM Spotlight feature.

Nominate a Colleague

Congratulations to the following Chapter Champion!

By donating $400 or more, your chapter can become an NFEF Chapter Champion. By joining, you are showing your chapter’s support for the Nutrition & Foodservice Education Foundation’s goal to raise visibility of the CDM credential.

If your chapter donates $400 or more by April 15, 2019 the chapter will be entered into a drawing for a prize that can be raffled at a state meeting.

When your chapter pledges to become a 2018-2019 Chapter Champion, it will receive special Chapter Champion recognition on your chapter’s website and the Foundation’s website and Facebook page. Chapters that remain champions for three, five, or 10 consecutive years will also receive special Chapter Champion badging on their website as well as the Foundation website.

Donations to NFEF help fund education for current and aspiring CDMs, and research activities. In the last 3 years, CDMs from these states have been awarded grants:

To obtain the Chapter Champion status, all donations comprised of Silent Auction at ACE, Giving Tuesday or general donations will be totaled through April 15, 2019.

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