Give Us This Day Our Daily BreadSmall Group Notes
Community Needs
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People who cannot provide for themselves due to illness, disability, lack of knowledge
Marginalized
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Transportation
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Time Constraints for cooking fresh food especially
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Increasing numbers of people who are hungry/in poverty
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Latch-key children; children/youth in charge of meals at home
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Media focuses on fast food
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Nutrition—healthy food accessibility—health issues in population
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Obesity—over eating to compensate for insecurity
no sense of “full”
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Homelessness—More university federal programs on avg./ nutrition
Advocacy
Green spaces
Constitution/Legislative changes
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Jobs
Employment and documentation barriers
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Low on food (healthy eating)
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Education of Families
Bridging the gap between nutrition knowledge with Adults andkids
Access to literacy
Awareness of Resources and Information
Eradicating complacency
Understandable process and applications
Canterbury suggests grocery list each week
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Available services in neighborhoods
Grocery store proximity
More leadership
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Lack of food for children—little parent/community interchange
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Storage of donations/utilizing volunteers
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“1 stop shop”—centralized organization of resources
Unified resources/database list for food seekers
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Supplement Emergency Assistance
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Multi-generational needs
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Donation best practices unknown
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Cyclical demand
few links to long-term support
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Serve elderly and working poor
Reduce stigma of “need”
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Overcome chronic poverty
Local Resources
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Food Banks/Pantries
Churches
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