north country hunger project
Post on 22-Mar-2016
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What We Do Overall
• Collect data about charities• Organize and confirm data• Make data easily accessible
Responsibilities• Think of creative ways to distribute information
– Calendar– Flier– Blog
• Brainstorm where to place this information– Church– Community areas
• Call all agencies to confirm information• Enter information in calendar/flier• Distribute information • Plan for future of NCHP• Work with student organizations to address hunger-related issues in North Country
Calls• Agency Name• Affiliation• Street Address (2nd) (sometimes directions)• Town• Zip Code• Area Code• Phone Number (search for if not available)• Fax• Contact First and Last Name• Contact Title• Hours• Services Provided• Restrictions on Service• Staff vs Volunteers• Number of Staff• Number of Volunteers
•Able to Volunteer?• When• Call first• What Does a Volunteer Do
•Are Donations Accepted• Food • Cash• Clothing• Household• Other
•How Many Clients•Male or Female•Special Assistance•Other Comments
Learned:
• Large number of generous people helping• Information about charitable agencies was not
well organized• Huge impoverished population in the North
Country
Field Research- Corn Subsidies
• Relative to CBL– Food insecurity leads to less choice in food– Subsidized corn-filled food is cheaper and usually more
unhealthy• Relative to Cason Reading– Cost of living forces people to buy cheaper food– Quote “Living below the poverty line puts tremendous
strains on a household-budget, adversely affecting the ability to purchase a nutritionally adequate diet (Clancy and Bowering 1992”
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