Choice of Topic
I chose to write about food scarcity because growing up in Mississippi, I noticed how some of my classmate would eat lunch as if it was the only meal they would eat all day. At that time in my life however, I was too young and lacked the knowledge of how to conduct research. I would notice the homeless people who you not ask my mother for money but for a meal and the look in their eyes. During my Summer break visits to Virginia, my grandfather and his father grew a garden together in which they donated the vegetables and other food items to the foodbank. In my Fall 2016 semester of college, I did an informative speech in my public speaking class on food scarcity and my curiosity and desire to help started to grow. According …show more content…
Description of Selected Agency Thrive Peninsula
The mission statement for this organization is: To Encourage, Educate, and Empower our Peninsula neighbors in need toward transformed and self-sustaining lives.
Thrive Peninsula is a social service organization that is fueled by the Light of Christ to minister to the physical, economic, educational, emotional, and spiritual needs of their neighbors. The organization addresses essential living needs and the unique crisis affecting each person.
Thrive Peninsula has in existence sine 1973 and they provide emergency food and financial aid to eligible individuals to families; motivate, mentor, and equip people to participate in the resolution of their financial hardships, and referral to appropriate supportive resources, all at no cost. Their services extend all of their neighbors on the Peninsula, including the homeless and …show more content…
I would improve funding by getting grants to ensure that as many people that need help or food could get it and to pay the volunteers so that the hours could be extended. I would be clarify that even Thrive Peninsula is a Christian ministry that all denominations are welcome, especially since Christians have a bad stereotype of being judgmental towards others. I would change the service of the pantry and outreach center from being by call-ahead appointment to anytime since emergencies often happen unexpectedly.
5. Ideal Organization
My ideal organization is going to be called Food for Thought, LLC. I created this organization to offer aid to those in danger of not getting their basic need of food and shelter; also resources to help get housing and a solid income. A study by the government in 2015 showed that 43.1 million people were living in poverty and 42.2 million Americans lived in food-insecure households. Food for Thought will provide free food, both perishable and nonperishable. We will always provide room and board with free clothes for daily changing.
Our mission statement is to provide warm housing, clean clothes, and fresh food daily. We will provide specific resources to each person to help secure housing and a stable income within their trade and aid in their learning of a trade at no
I chose to write about food scarcity because growing up in Mississippi, I noticed how some of my classmate would eat lunch as if it was the only meal they would eat all day. At that time in my life however, I was too young and lacked the knowledge of how to conduct research. I would notice the homeless people who you not ask my mother for money but for a meal and the look in their eyes. During my Summer break visits to Virginia, my grandfather and his father grew a garden together in which they donated the vegetables and other food items to the foodbank. In my Fall 2016 semester of college, I did an informative speech in my public speaking class on food scarcity and my curiosity and desire to help started to grow. According …show more content…
Description of Selected Agency Thrive Peninsula
The mission statement for this organization is: To Encourage, Educate, and Empower our Peninsula neighbors in need toward transformed and self-sustaining lives.
Thrive Peninsula is a social service organization that is fueled by the Light of Christ to minister to the physical, economic, educational, emotional, and spiritual needs of their neighbors. The organization addresses essential living needs and the unique crisis affecting each person.
Thrive Peninsula has in existence sine 1973 and they provide emergency food and financial aid to eligible individuals to families; motivate, mentor, and equip people to participate in the resolution of their financial hardships, and referral to appropriate supportive resources, all at no cost. Their services extend all of their neighbors on the Peninsula, including the homeless and …show more content…
I would improve funding by getting grants to ensure that as many people that need help or food could get it and to pay the volunteers so that the hours could be extended. I would be clarify that even Thrive Peninsula is a Christian ministry that all denominations are welcome, especially since Christians have a bad stereotype of being judgmental towards others. I would change the service of the pantry and outreach center from being by call-ahead appointment to anytime since emergencies often happen unexpectedly.
5. Ideal Organization
My ideal organization is going to be called Food for Thought, LLC. I created this organization to offer aid to those in danger of not getting their basic need of food and shelter; also resources to help get housing and a solid income. A study by the government in 2015 showed that 43.1 million people were living in poverty and 42.2 million Americans lived in food-insecure households. Food for Thought will provide free food, both perishable and nonperishable. We will always provide room and board with free clothes for daily changing.
Our mission statement is to provide warm housing, clean clothes, and fresh food daily. We will provide specific resources to each person to help secure housing and a stable income within their trade and aid in their learning of a trade at no