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Volunteer Interview (Page 1 of 1)Farm to Conclusions School Sample and Tools Recommendationsand ResourcesDear Volunteer,Th ank you for volunteering your time and energy with the Burlington School FoodProject. As part of this project’s evaluation, we would like to hear from you about yourexperiences. Please answer the questions below and email your responses to Michele,the project evaluator, at mschmidt@uvm.edu. You may also mail your responses to MicheleC. Schmidt, Center for Rural Studies, 207 Morrill Hall, University of Vermont,Burlington, VT 05405. Please feel free to email Michele if you have any questions.1. Please describe what trainings and activities you volunteered for with the BurlingtonSchool Food Project through City Market, taste tests, or field trips.2. Why did you decide to volunteer for the Burlington School Food Project?3. What specifi c skills or knowledge did you gain from your volunteer experience withthe Burlington School Food Project?4. How did your volunteerism for the Burlington School Food Project impact your life?What did you gain out of this experience?5. How does the volunteer activity that you did with the Burlington School Food Projectimpact your child or youth in Burlington Schools?6. How does the volunteer activity that you did with the Burlington School Food Projectimpact the larger community?7. What feedback do you have on ways to improve this type of volunteer experience forothers in the future?8. Please feel free to make any other comments.Th ank you for your participation in the Burlington School Food Project and for takingthe time to complete these questions.Adapted from “Volunteer Interview Guide,” Schmidt M.C., Kolodinsky J, The BurlingtonSchool Food Project, Final Evaluation Report, December 2006, Center for Rural Studies.196 Bearing Fruit: Farm to School Evaluation Resources and Recommendations