Essay Is There a Hunger Issue at the University of Kansas

School lunches are often unsung heroes of many modern American households. Frequently overlooked and disregarded because of their stigma, school lunches are a key ingredient that may help make the world a better place. Unknowingly, great numbers of individuals in our communities deal with food insecurities every day of their lives. It baffles me that in an advanced society many people do not have the resources to provide food for themselves or their families. Until it affected me personally, I was unaware nor passionate about the struggles of food insecurity. My passion for solving food insecurity in my local community has led me to gain both experience and leadership through understanding and advocating for those around me.

Thesis Statement: The Houston Food Bank uses the efforts of volunteers as well as donations to support the reduction of hunger in the community.

This year Millards South Student Council has decided to start our own student pantry. Our council really wanted to focus on a big project that would benefit our student body. Our administrative staff informed us that 27% of our student body needs financial assistance and qualifies for free and reduced lunch services. This number is significantly higher that our neighboring high school.Once we found this news out, our council knew that we wanted to relate our project to helping them. The first step we did was create a project proposed form and present it to our administrator to start the process of creating the pantry. We were approved and given a room in the school to use as our pantry. We did a lot of research and even visited ‘Ralston High

Hunger in America, a survey conducted by Feeding America in 2010, presented information on the clients served by the Food Bank of Alaska. The study provided a comprehensive profile related to hunger and food insecurity experienced by people who access charitable feeding agencies. It focused on emergency food providers and clients but also provided information about clients that received SNAP benefits. Among all client households served by emergency food programs of The Food Bank of Alaska, 82% are food insecure (Mabli,

I was the volunteer coordinator for a student service organization (SNAC) during my undergraduate work. SNAC’s goal was to improve the health of disadvantaged students through nutrition education and interventions. We provided food assistance, taught healthy cooking classes, and linked students to other assistance services as needed. I quickly recognized a relationship between nutrition, socioeconomic status, and health, which opened the door to my interests in public health. I saw the opportunity to help individuals by improving the wellness of their community.

Wilks, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs believed that “at BMCC, we have worked overtime to create a culture of care by taking responsibility for the whole student, for all the factors that affect student success.” (2018). Data from the report show that “71 percent of its students come from families earning less than $30,000 a year, many below the poverty line (BMCC, 2018). In the same report, a survey was done which show that out of 33,000 community college students, 56 percent reported food insecurity, or not having access to a reliable source of nutritional, affordable food (BMCC, 2018). Leading by example the Student Affair and Single Stop addressed the issue of food insecurity at BMCC by “providing cafeteria food vouchers and supermarket food gift cards, as well as assistance in processing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applications” (2018). On April, 24 2018 BMCC went a step further in taking care of the students’ needs by opening of the college’s new Panther Pantry. For those students who may be facing a food emergency can now visit Single Stop Office for a needs assessment will now be able to take home a three-day supply of nutritionally balanced, nonperishable food. This is a strong indication that BMCC is addressing the hunger need of its

The city of Dallas has been facing an issue of rising food insecurity for many years now. In fact, it ranks on a national level among the places in the country facing this same issue. Many children in Dallas Independent School District go day-to-day unsure of whether they will eat. This kind lifestyle greatly affects every day activities and personal health. Schools in the DISD provide free breakfast and lunch for most of the kids that struggle with this issue, however, there is nothing the district can do during the summer months while classes are out. The Dr. Pepper-Snapple Group would like to propose a solution to tackle this issue over the summer through the “A Summer without Hunger” project. We are requesting half of the funds necessary from the Dallas Chamber of Commerce

The diversity issue I chose to research and observe was the interlinking issues of hunger and poverty and what should be done to alleviate these struggles. I knew beforehand that these issues are globally rampant, but I did not know the extent of their effects in my own community, the Wichita Falls area. Government policies and programs such as welfare and SNAP are in place to help those in poverty provide basic needs for themselves and their families. However, I wanted to learn more about community organizations that are set up to help to provide food for those living in poverty. Whether or not government involvement or private-sector organizations are sufficient enough on their own in this matter and what would be the best possible solution

The practitioner intends to utilize qualitative approach as a tool in measuring the outcomes of the Clarksville Food Bank through the involvement of residents facing the challenge. And, the method of qualitative research helps to identify the perceptions about the program by observing, interviewing, and analyzing them. Also the researcher hopes to apply the qualitative data because it allow for detail and wider understanding of issues affecting the Food Bank by building a theory. For example, qualitative research method provides descriptive information hinging on verbal or written words that can be verified through observation of screening process. And, as a procedure it can assist in recognizing the existing and non existing issues in the

In order to increase the capacity to nourish low -income families and to enhance food purchasing and preparation skills, a six-week cooking program, Cooking for a Cause, will be implemented in the local food pantry, Christ the King Food Pantry, in Concord, NH. Studies have shown that community nutrition intervention leads to a significant increases in self-reported knowledge of food preparation, positive food purchasing practices, and confidence in following a recipe and carrying out basic cooking skills. The Concord community is largely composed of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries and low-income individuals who are faced with the challenge of inadequate health, education, and resources. The goal of Cooking for a Cause is to increase capacity to nourish low-income families on a budget and to enhance food purchasing and preparation skills. Short term objectives for the program are that during the first year of this program, at least four, six-week programs will be conducted.

A major role Fresno Unified School District Nutrition Center (FUSD) plays in their school lunch program is making sure that the items they provide the students are nutritious and delicious. To get this feedback, the district conducts taste tests of current and possible upcoming lunch items. The district can gather this information three different ways. The first way FUSD can gather information is through student opinion. They do this by hosting a meeting with student groups; here FUSD has the opportunity to inform the students of what FUSD does and how their group can impact next year’s lunch by providing feedback.

In a world in which millions of people do not have enough food available to them in order to lead a healthy life, it is saddening to think of how much food goes to waste everywhere. The Food Recovery Network works to reduce the impact of that issue; it is a national network in which students recover food. The Food Recovery Network here at Wagner College’s campus is run through Wagner Cares and we recover food twice a week from the Main Dining Hall. People volunteer and work with those of us in the Food Recovery Network and together we work to both be less wasteful and help those in need of food.

Recently, UCI has made some progress on lowering food insecurity on their campus. UCI’s Student Outreach and Retention, otherwise known as SOAR, has taken steps to reduce the crisis. In 2016, six dollars and fifty cents will be charged quarterly for the next thirty years to fund the program. The program is a student initiated project initiated to help those who are food insecure. The Soar Food Pantry opened up in 2015, and with a Student ID any student at UCI may access the pantry. Visiting the pantry once a week allows a student to have up to three days-worth of nutritional food. All information remains confidential. UC President Janet Napolitano even allotted UCI with two hundred twenty thousand dollars to help combat the issue (Watanabe). In publicizing the issue, more people may be informed and learn that this issue is not a joke. The next step now is to build to a system made to lower food insecurity rates at UCI.

The food service at University of Houston-Downton is terrible with only five fast food restaurants for a school of more of 14 000 students. With a record enrollment for UHD a better food court is needed for the high demand for food choices. The majority of foods on our campus are fast food with no meal plant for the benefit of the students who spend a great amount in tuition. Speaking of unhealthy food, four out of those five restaurants are considered bad for student’s health and with only one salad bar that runs out vegetables when the demand is high. Many of students face the issue of having to go out of school to eat because of the insipid food options at the food court causing them to leave campus, driving to restaurants and with this

The purpose of this paper is to examine the value that the Convenience Meal (CM) program has to Regina Education and Action on Child Hunger (REACH). The CM program sells frozen meals primarily to senior citizens in Regina. It is a unique program which serves an undeserved demographic. This paper will seek to first better understand the environment in which the CM program operates, before examining its importance to REACH as an organization. In doing so it will become clear if and how the program should be expanded.