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Helping you provide an improved client experience

Plentiful is on a mission to accelerate toward a more equitable food system by upleveling logistics to better serve food insecure people. Our platform helps access points enhance their services, reducing uncertainty and paperwork, while increasing efficiency and essential connection points. The result: Better outcomes for all, from funders to the food insecure people we exist to serve.

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How it works

Client of St. Clement’s Food Pantry, Manhattan

Julio Rosario

Director of Outreach, Xavier Mission, Manhattan

Christina Bowman

Devanie and Robert Jackson

Plentiful aims to make access to food easy in times of uncertainty.

Sometimes we have to cancel a pantry service, such as holidays. What should we do when our pantry has to close?

How do I add a new visitor in Plentiful?

How do I update or Correct a Client's Information?

Yes.
 
Plentiful allows you to send a message to any client who has opted into messages and has used your pantry in the past 61 days. You can send direct messages to individual clients, or blast messages to all of your clients.
 
You can also message clients who are:

<ul><li>Volunteers</li><li>Families with Children</li><li>Seniors</li><li>Upcoming Reservation</li><li>Active</li></ul>
 
 
Login to your pantry account and choose “Messages” on the left panel. It will walk you through the rest of the steps to get started.

Can I use Plentiful to communicate with my clients?

Yes.
 
Pantries can choose from multiple types of reservations, including walk-up, day-of reservations, and advance reservations. Pantries can use one reservation style or choose a different style for each service.

Does Plentiful allow clients to make reservations?

Yes.
 
Plentiful allows you to easily add a pick-up representative to a client’s profile.

Does Plentiful allow clients to designate a representative to pick up their food?

Yes!
 
We offer free Plentiful brochures, posters, registration cards, and other resources in multiple languages. Below, you can find a few links to online resources.

Do you have anything to help me tell my clients about Plentiful?

Contact the Plentiful team at <a href="mailto:info@plentiful.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">info@plentiful.org</a>.

Who can I contact for support using Plentiful Providers?

Plentiful is a technology app that allows individuals to locate, register for, and make reservations at their local food pantry, soup kitchen, or other free food events. It is available via SMS, iPhone/iPad, Android, and web app in nine languages.

What is Plentiful?

Plentiful Providers is a system for local food access points (pantries, soup kitchens, etc.) to connect to the Plentiful ecosystem by claiming or establishing their profile and use tools that:<ol><li>Improve line management through registrations or reservations</li><li>Enable direct communication with clients</li><li>Provide data insights about programs</li></ol>

What is Plentiful Providers?

Pantry staff and volunteers can login to Plentiful for Pantries on any computer, tablet, or mobile device that can surf the web. Most of our pantries prefer Google Chrome, Safari, or Firefox browsers on a lightweight laptop, tablet, or cell phone. It works the same on any device, just formatted differently! Internet access is necessary to use Plentiful, and required at the visitor check-in location.

What do food pantries need to use Plentiful Providers?

No.
 
We designed Plentiful to work best with just a client’s name, phone number, zip code, household size, and birthday. This information is stored away in our database and can only be found if you have the client's name or phone number. Other than that, we keep their information hidden unless you have added them to your pantries service. Besides the information above, any other information that you choose to collect is kept private and accessible only to administrators at your pantry.

Does Plentiful require me to collect sensitive information about my clients?

No.
 
A phone number makes Plentiful much easier to use while carrying over a lot of perks! It allows clients and pantries to communicate and fully take advantage of our Reservation features. It also helps to find a client based on their cell phone, which is very unique compared to a first or last name.
 
Clients greatly benefit if they provide an accurate cell phone number . Client's will receive a text message from Plentiful. Clients can use the SMS feature from Plentiful to easily find food pantries in their neighborhood.
 
If your clients have any questions, or are having issues with the SMS or Android features, you can download our <a href="https://pantry.plentifulapp.com/files/client_usage.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Client Usage Guide here</a> which can give them more information on how to utilize Plentiful.

Does Plentiful require a client to provide a phone number?

Yes.
 
Plentiful takes privacy seriously. We use industry standard best practices for data security and in April 2019 we commissioned a data security audit to ensure that Plentiful data is absolutely safe.

Is my data safe with Plentiful?

Yes we do!
 
Below is a list of Resource Guide that you may use:
 
<a href="https://pantry.plentifulapp.com/files/plentiful_qr_code_wic.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">QR Code</a>
<a href="https://pantry.plentifulapp.com/files/chinese_plentiful_qr_code.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">QR Code in Simplified Chinese</a>
<a href="https://pantry.plentifulapp.com/files/spanish_plentiful_qr_code.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">QR Code in Spanish</a>
 
<a href="https://pantry.plentifulapp.com/files/pantry_usage.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pantry Guide</a>
<a href="https://nyc-fac.s3.amazonaws.com/client_usage_en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Client Guide In English</a>
<a href="https://pantry.plentifulapp.com/files/client_usage_mandarin.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Client Guide in Simplified Chinese</a>
<a href="https://nyc-fac.s3.amazonaws.com/client_usage_es.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Client Guide In Spanish</a>
<a href="https://www.plentiful.org/">Plentiful for Families</a>
<a href="https://www.plentiful.org/#map">Plentiful Map</a>


 
Are you having a hard time finding what you need? Please feel free to RSVP to attend one of our <a href="https://www.plentifulapp.com/workshops" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Workshops Here</a> or feel free to email us at <a href="mailto:info@plentiful.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">info@plentiful.org</a>

Do you have any resources to help me operate Plentiful at my food pantry?

Yes! Here are some tips on how to fully maximize Plentiful messaging:

1) Proofread ALL of your messages before you hit Send!

Typos can confuse your clients and lead to disruptions in pantry services due to misinformative messages.
 
2) Always check to ensure you are sending your messages to the appropriate groups.
If you are messaging your clients (who have a Reservation) about tomorrow's service, it might be easier to text "Clients With An Upcoming Reservation" instead of “All Clients” or "Active Clients."
 
3) Refrain from sending confidential information, such as passwords, phone numbers, and client names.
Instead, feel free to share an office or Google Voice number that your clients can reach YOU.
 
4) Only send pantry-related messages to your clients.
Some ideas on pantry-related messages include: reminders of pantry services, extra food announcements, a quick list of items you will distribute, and changes to your pantry operations.
 
5) The best time to message your clients is between 10 am - 7 pm.
Sending messages outside of these hours may lead to an increase in unsubscribed visitors, as many visitors will be frustrated to receive messages during their own personal downtime.
 
6) Don't forget to update your client's languages.
Updating your client's preferred language makes it easier for clients to understand your messages about your pantry's updates and announcements.
 
7) Instead of sending messages about when your pantry will be open, switch to Reservations and let us update them every week!
Switching to Reservations means reminders to clients are sent automatically letting clients know when to come in to avoid the line.
If you have any other suggestions, please email us at: <a href="mailto:support@plentifulapp.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">support@plentiful.org</a>.

Do you have any tips on Messaging?

Can I reset my password?

Yes.
 
Plentiful is available via SMS, iPhone/iPad, Android, and web in nine languages:
<ol><li>English</li><li>Spanish</li><li>Chinese</li><li>Russian</li><li>Arabic</li><li>Haitian Creole</li><li>Urdu</li><li>Bengali</li><li>and Korean</li></ol>
 
At this time Plentiful Providers is available in English and Spanish.

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Helping you provide an improved client experience

We are on a mission.

Are you looking for food?

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How it works

Create an account

Add a program

Use our tools

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“I just downloaded and installed the Plentiful App, which helps you find food providers all over New York City, and I love it!”

Julio Rosario

Plentiful aims to make access to food easy in times of uncertainty.

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