Volunteer Profile: Isabel
Being a small nonprofit, we depend on our dedicated volunteers! Classroom volunteers help our Food Geniuses deliver top-quality food literacy classes in 8 elementary schools every week. Special event volunteers help us host fundraisers like the Sacramento Food Film Festival.
Want to know more and why they love to help the kids? We are profiling a few volunteers to share their stories.
Join the fun by becoming a volunteer today.
What is your name?
Isabel “Izzy” Matick
What is your occupation?
Project Manager for Post Modern Marketing (a digital agency in
Sacramento)
How long have you been a volunteer?
Going on 4 years!
What do you do for Food Literacy
Center?
I volunteer at special events in the classroom and work on
the planning committee for the Sacramento Food Film Festival.
Why do you volunteer your time with Food Literacy
Center?
I think the mission to bring food literacy/knowledge to young
children to bring home to their families is an integral part of
the community and this type of personal, on-the-ground effort is
important in sustaining health and wellness.
What is your favorite part of volunteering with
us?
Seeing the kids faces as they try new food and identify which
food they like to bring home to their families. Being able to
inform my community of this mission and that volunteering
inspired me to start my own garden!
Tell us about your favorite moment or memory while
volunteering with us.
I had a group of three boys decide they didn’t want to try a
chef created bite at the Veggie of the Year competition. I
asked which of them had to try the bite to get the others to
follow and two of the boys looked right at the third!
So I coaxed him to try and they all tried it! It just shows that
one person can make a difference and turn kids into Food
Adventurers.
What is your favorite fruit or veggie?
Fruit: Peaches and raspberries. Veggie: Cucumbers and Brussels
sprouts!
