Kansas Food Bank Case Study

The Trussell Trust website says that their food banks “help prevent crime, housing loss, family breakdown and mental health problems”. I think food banks can actually make a huge difference to people’s lives and the government seem to be offering no better solutions anyway. The Trussell Trust are also running courses and providing help to get people back on their feet. Mark, a former food bank user who now volunteers for the Trussell Trust, says “Without the food bank I’d probably be back on the streets, drinking and shoplifting for food. The food bank has changed me as a person, it gives me a reason to get up… Food banks do so much for communities; every town should have one”. Food banks rely on public donations and volunteers, and receive no help or funding from the government. Most people are under the impression the government will protect us when we fall on hard times, as it is one of their most fundamental duties to do so. So why are they not giving people the help they

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

4. A single bag of food—which provides highly nutritious meals for six children—costs around $1.44 to produce, and 93 percent of all donations to FMSC goes directly toward the food program.

contributing determinants for this case. Food banks are initially started to help those in need, but

Luckily, Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters is in a great position right now as there are many opportunities that they can undertake. For example, they have a waiting list of over 4,000 children who are wanting to be matched with a Big. If the right mentors can be located throughout the state while continuing to find the resources needed, then the organization has the ability to serve over 10,000 children in Kansas. As over 70 percent of children on the waiting list to receive a Big are male, Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters has the opportunity to target males in the community specifically. Fortunately, many of the counties that are being served in Kansas are in college towns and so many of the students attending college are looking for philanthropic opportunities and will be willing to engage with the organization. There is a huge need for this organization looking ahead.

The Plain City food pantry collects donations from people and/or stores like Wal-mart, Wendy’s etc. They also have a small thrift store that they run based off only donations. Their mission is to contribute to the small community of Plain City by providing food, toiletries, clothes etc. They want to feed people who struggle and can’t afford to put food on the table or clothes on their back. The specific area they provide for is the locals in Plain City. The schools in Plain City will have food drives and all the donations would go to straight to the pantry.

The South Texas Food Bank was one of the many agencies that we were working with through Rebranding the Border, a non-profit social venture that I co-founded. Rebranding the Border, at the time was focused on tackling one of the many side effects of the ongoing border violence, a decrease in the number of volunteers assisting local community organizations. Through Rebranding the Border we were able to set up partnerships and deliver

The homeless program, feeds over 250 homeless and at-risk individuals in and around the Atlanta metropolitan area. We assist approximately 150 families monthly through our Food Pantry program, located in Jonesboro. Our Food Pantry program provides nutritious, perishable and non-perishable

Soup kitchens and food pantries are also important and mostly unfunded organizations that are helping to fight hunger. Food pantries are located throughout North Carolina and almost every county or town has one. Here, families can purchase foods at a discounted price or receive them for free. Most are set up just as a grocery store would be and have many different options for food. Almost all sites accept donations of money or food. The most common donated items are canned foods, such as soups and canned vegetables; and boxed sides such as mashed potatoes and macaroni, because most just need to have water added and can be easily fixed. Although there are thousands of food pantries, twenty-eight percent of clients get turned away because a shortage of food, which means many end up going hungry (“All About Hunger”). Soup kitchens also provide free meals to families and their children. Soup kitchens rely on citizens to volunteer to cook and serve food. Volunteers must buy and cook the meals with their own money and some money donated by the kitchen. Most kitchens serve foods with a lot of carbs to keep the children full longer since most only get one to two meals a day. This is also a good resource for children because they can come by themselves to have a free meal, or by coming with their

What began in 1979 as a clearinghouse for national food donations is now the nation 's largest domestic hunger-relief

The East Texas Food Bank is a nonprofit hunger relief organization based in Tyler, Texas. The East Texas Food Bank serves children, families and seniors through out network of Partner Agencies. Additionally, we target specific demographics such as children for our BackPack, Kids Cafe and Summer Food Programs. Seniors are targeted through our Senior Box Program. Our Priority Population are those who are deemed the “working poor”. This mean they are working, however they still can not meet all obligations for their household, especially regarding food. Needs for the community are assessed through a variety of surveys and data analysis. Some of this information is provided by the US Census, USDA and Feeding America. The subgroups that need

The Field Education Experience I chose Food bank/ Pantry, is a non-profit, charitable organization that distributes food to those who have difficulty purchasing enough food to avoid hunger. Food banks/ pantries are usually faith based operations. However, they can operate on a much larger scale, such as a warehouse (Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.). The warehouse act as a storage that holds large quantities of food for smaller agencies. Some of the smaller agencies are churches, schools, food pantries, homeless shelters, also soup kitchens just to name a few (www.foodbankcenc.org).

They distribute their food to over 230 agencies, including food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters (“About Gleaners”,

From this experience volunteering I will hopefully be able to continue tutoring or helping students who are struggling in school. I am going to remember this experience when I am a teacher and be able to pay more attention to the students who are struggling and try my hardest to make sure that no one falls too far behind. I will also make sure that all my students get the help that they need in order to succeed. Overall this experience has taught me a lot and enlightened me with new perspectives from where people come from and their home

Most of these children with with extended family, such as an aunt, uncle or grandparent. However, the people who have taken them in already live in extreme poverty. KCC fills the gap to see that the children's basic needs are met.