Voices at the Table: A Senior-Led Food Security Initiative
Project focus area
We hope to address food insecurity with a community-led conversation- among both the older adults we serve and organizations that help to provide food resources.
Plan for action
Support innovative, community-led solutions to hunger & food insecurity by bringing together the people we serve to better understand solutions and create lasting impact
Demographics
Persons with low income
Evidence
Food delivery 2 times monthly to 15 older adults = 360 deliveries
250 additional meals received and donated to older adult households, thanks to Cultivate KC and United Way of Greater Kansas City
Soup drive successfully held by Shepherd's Center participants for donation to Turner Community Collaborative food pantry
Free (sponsored) lunch (always with a to-go meal as well) served monthly at our Adventures in Learning; 35/ month = more than 800 meals for older adults annually
250 additional meals received and donated to older adult households, thanks to Cultivate KC and United Way of Greater Kansas City
Soup drive successfully held by Shepherd's Center participants for donation to Turner Community Collaborative food pantry
Free (sponsored) lunch (always with a to-go meal as well) served monthly at our Adventures in Learning; 35/ month = more than 800 meals for older adults annually
Progress
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Collaborators
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Melissa Bynum
Dashboard
- Collaborators
- 1
- New partnerships
- 1
- Total investment
- $5,000
- People impacted
- 250