Service Learning Project:

FeedMore
Ashley Bingham, Zach Bingham, Tara Horne, Bethany Porter
Assessment of
Community
 Who does FeedMore Serve?
Demographic Data

Kids Senior Citizens and Families

Kids Caf Program

Back Pack Program Meals on Wheels
Mobile Pantry
Distribution Center to help families in
need

Feed More TM. (n.d.). Retrieved October 29, 2017, from

https://feedmore.org/
Feed More TM. (n.d.). Retrieved November 01, 2017, from https://feedmore.org/index.php/food-bank/food-bank-
programs/childrens-program/kids-cafe/
 FeedMores Kids Caf Program (CACFP)

Dedicated to children at risk of hunger, providing nutrition snacks and/or hot, health
evening meal at afterschool programs through greater Richmond and Tri-cities.

With Kids Cafe sites located in some of the most impoverished communities in the region,
in addition to a healthy meal, these programs also offer students mentoring, tutoring,
cultural enrichment and social activities.
 Program Qualifications

In order to receive meals, a site must be located in a school

zone whose free and reduced meal eligibility is greater than 50
percent.

Feed More TM. (n.d.). Retrieved November 01, 2017, from https://feedmore.org/index.php/food-
bank/food-bank-programs/childrens-program/kids-cafe/
We sorted 1800 apples
and oranges to go to
various after school
programs in Richmond
We had to cull out any bad fruit for the
kids.
It may seem like a silly job, but sorting
the fresh fruit for those kids who may
not otherwise have fresh fruit made us
feel special and happy to help.

Plus we got to work on our math skills!

 Milk
We also helped bag 1800 milks (white and chocolate) for
the same after school programs.

We sorted them into 5 different routes that would be

divided to 5 different drives for delivery.
 The Data
Economic: In the most recent Hunger in America 2010 study by Feeding
America, the Commonwealth of Virginias food banks served 42% children
(11% are children 0 5 years old),
Health Resources: When the No Kid Hungry Virginia campaign launched in
2011, more than 321,000 children in the state were at risk of hunger, or food
insecure. Today, nearly 17 percent of children in Virginia face food insecurity.
Environmental: According to the USDA Food Desert map a large
percentage of the city of Richmond is zoned in areas designated as food
deserts.

Virginia | No Kid Hungry. (n.d.). Retrieved November 01, 2017,

from https://va.nokidhungry.org/
 Mortality
In 2012, the CDC recognized the top 3
leading causes of death were:
1. Heart disease
2. Cancer
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Stats of the State of Virginia [PDF]. (n.d.). CDC.
Morbidity
According to the Virginia Health Care
Foundation Community Health
Assessment, Obesity, heart disease
and diabetes are the top three
leading health issues in Virginia.
Virginia Health Care Foundation. (n.d.). Retrieved November 01,
2017, from http://www.vhcf.org/data/community-health-trends/
 Community Partnership

Community Liaisons Community Needs

Partnerships with local and state Governments
Donations from private vendors and donors Access to nutritional food
Volunteers from the local area Education on healthy meals and life styles

Combined efforts throughout out private and

government sectors allows for donations of goods
and money to aid afterschool nutrition programs, as
well as other Feed More meal services
 Assessment Summary

Strengths Weaknesses

Multitude of dedicated volunteers and staff Not enough staff or volunteers to support
further efforts
Large amount of donated food, produce and
supplies Client and family access to healthy food within
living environment
Well established packaging and distribution
system
Plans in place in case of inclement weather or
disasters
Want to help the CACFPhere is what they need
Planning & Implementing
Service-Learning Activity
 Our group spent 4hours on October 19th
helping where ever we were needed.

FeedMore runs with 12 staff and according

to FeedMore, it takes over 250 volunteers a
day to stay operational.
Target Population: Kids age 5-17 throughout greater Richmond and the Tri-cities
who are at risk of hunger.

Describe methods planned for evaluation: We had specific objectives that we

hoped to accomplish as a group through this experience, and by using these goals
we were able to gauge our success. We also reflected together on how our
experience was able to meet our goals.

Describe resources used: Our primary resource was the Service-Learning Toolkit,
which gave us direction in how we were focusing our efforts.
By brainstorming our service-learning best practices, objectives of service-
learning, summarizing our activity, selecting program outcomes, and reflecting
Community Involvement

How strengths were utilized in planning/implementing the service-learning:

Based on the strengths of the program, we knew that volunteers were crucial to
the daily production and success of the program. Once we were there, we were
utilized effectively to help accomplish the daily tasks of the program.

Discuss methods used to include the community in the planning and

implementing of the activity: Feedmore includes the community in this process
by accepting food donations, individual donations, sponsorships from local
businesses, fundraising events, and scouting volunteers.
 Evaluation of
Service-Learning Activity
Formative evaluation
Target Population: Children in the Greater Richmond area that are at risk for hunger.
These children are provided with a healthy snack and/or evening meal for afterschool
programs or the weekend
We assume the target population was reached as we finished all the bags packed for
routes during our four-hour shift
We had to strategize on the best way to pack the bags in a timely manner. All
participants did something different, to get the bags done for all 5 routes that were
on the daily list. We worked well as a team and got everything and ready to be taken
on the truck!
Challenges: The main challenges were dealing with sorting fruit and having to assess
whether the fruit was good enough to send out for the children. This seems like an
easy task, but it took time to evaluate each piece of fruit to decide if a child would be
okay eating it. We had to throw away hundreds of apples and oranges, due to them
being rotten or bruised.
 Summative Evaluation

Community members who participated in the activity: Volunteers of all ages,

races, socioeconomic statuses were volunteering at FeedMore. Everyone who
participated was helpful and wanted to make a difference for the community.
80% of the community kitchen is made up of volunteers.
Objectives: The objectives were met. The objective was to prepare and pack
after school meals for children throughout the greater Richmond area, and we
successful packed a full day worth. The bags were together and ready to go on
their routes when we left FeedMore.
 Actual experience: The FeedMore employees and volunteers seemed to be very pleased
with our service. They expressed their gratitude multiple times and reminded us of all
the children that we were making a difference for. This was a great experience and we all
left feeling like we made a difference in our community.
Conclusion: The whole experience was a great experience. As students, we worked well
as a team together and packed after school snacks and lunches for children in desperate
need in our community.
What could have been done differently? The only real issue we had during our
experience was difficulty finding good fruits to send out to the kids. We wouldnt change
a thing about our experience
Lessons learned: There are many children in our community that dont have nutritious
snacks or even meals to get them through the weekend. Not everyone in our
community is as blessed as us, and now we see that. We are grateful to know about such
an incredible organization, and we hope that we will go back and continue to serve the
children in our community!
This program is important because several of
the kids who come wouldn't normally have a
meal prepared for breakfast and lunch. This
meal is the only meal that some of the children
will receive."
 References
Feed More TM. (n.d.). Retrieved October 29, 2017, from
https://feedmore.org/
Feed More TM. (n.d.). Retrieved November 01, 2017, from
https://feedmore.org/index.php/food-bank/food-bank-programs/childrens-
program/kids-cafe/
Stats of the State of Virginia [PDF]. (n.d.). CDC.
Virginia | No Kid Hungry. (n.d.). Retrieved November 01, 2017, from
https://va.nokidhungry.org/
Virginia Health Care Foundation. (n.d.). Retrieved November 01, 2017, from
http://www.vhcf.org/data/community-health-trends/