Pantry

reducing food waste. I have been involved in a non-profit organization called “C the Difference: Cory Cares” created to stock the food pantries across Long Island and feed the hungry for five years now. Over these five years through various efforts we have raised an impressive $60,000.00. We have delivered thousands of pounds of food to eight different food pantries across Long Island. This charity means a lot to me and being so close to home while extending the good deed through NYU, I would be…

However, the social worker still needed to organize the structure and location where they keep supplies. I would not do anything to change their system in the way they work with the clients. However, their food Pantry and clothing supply room was in disarray. I observed outdated can food items on the shelf and clothing all over the storage area. I discarded and organized both areas before the end of my summer assignment. I was told both areas looked like a supermarket…

Services (DFACS). Each month, money is automatically loaded on the cards of qualifiied individuals and families based on income levels and the number of dependent children. Dave Iverson is the Executive Director of the Columbia County Cares Food Pantry. They are open five days a week. On an average, they see about 150 individuals or families a week. Ninety to Niney-five percent of these individuals or families…

Capacity Building Involving the group of refugees in the community of Ripon is very important during the relocation process. One of the key players in involving the refugees is the Ripon College Center for Diversity and Inclusion. This multicultural group does various events on campus to promote diversity as well provide students and faculty with different cultural education opportunities. I plan on getting in contact with the Center for Diversity and Inclusion so together with the refugees…

I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to express my gratitude or your incredibly generous support. Through the Mother's Day Scholarship, you have improved my college experience tenfold. I will no longer have to worry how I will pay my tuition next semester, when TAP runs out. As a child, my grandparents would always tell me that anything is possible with an education. As it turns out, they were right. College has been such an eye opening experience. I have been presented with so…

Reflective Journal 6- Food Inc. The rise of the fast food industry brought on an entirely new idea of how to produce food within restaurants as well as American household kitchens (Food, Inc.). This type of mass food production has allowed three major companies to dictate the entire food system and control what information is released to consumers regarding their products (Food, Inc.). This is extremely problematic because not only are consumers uneducated about the products they are buying,…

My mom was in the same group as I was so that was really good. Another staff member came in and told us that we are going to be volunteering at the emergency pantry. The emergency pantry is like a grocery store where people who have a job and regular income but they don’t have much money for food get to do their shopping. I thought that it was amazing how that works. We were supposed to put the products on shelfs and make…

When thinking about homelessness, the elderly people issue doesn’t immediately come to our mind. Homeless elders, although increasing in numbers, continue to be a forgotten population. The number of elderly adults who have become homeless has increased around the county. An example of this increase has occurred in Massachusetts, where from 1999 to 2002, the number of people over 55 using shelters increased by 60% (HEARTH, 2007). The increased homelessness among elderly persons is largely the…

"Alright, I have a plan." He nodded. "Shoot." "So, you know how I invited Carson over to my house. Basically, you bring Oliver to my house and we 're going to stuff them in the pantry together and lock it." He smiled, then frowned. "Okay, but how am I supposed to get him to your house?" I snorted. "Just tell him that you need to stop at your uncle 's house. I 'll leave the door unlocked you walk into the kitchen and we attack.…

few months and I had not eaten a whole lot off sweets or any other kind of junk food. One day, however, I began to truly crave some sweets. At the time, I was very hungry, my stomach was grumbling and carrying on loudly about wanting to be fed. Our pantry had hardly anything we can eat because people were too lazy to go grocery shopping. I would have gone to get them myself, but at the time I didn’t have a driver’s license. This craving convinced me to go to the kitchen and find something…