Johnson County Food Pantry Workshop
Project focus area
Support existing food pantries in the county by bringing them together for a half-day workshop.
Demographics
Persons with low income
Evidence
The Food Pantry Networking Event brought together 30 unique Johnson County food pantry leaders and 15 community partners to discuss key challenges and opportunities in volunteer recruitment, network collaboration, and food procurement. The discussions highlighted innovative practices, shared concerns, and actionable strategies to strengthen pantry operations and community impact.
Pantry leaders identified their pantries' current needs and request ranging from specific food items to assistance with navigating technology. Pantries also offered unique resources they were willing to share with other pantries that included direct services such as utility assistance and hygiene products to sharing contact names for bulk pricing. An excel spreadsheet was created to match up individual request with those who can assist.
Each pantry was offered incentives including $50 towards printing cost and $50 towards proteins through the KHF funding.
A full report of the findings is available upon request
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Collaborators
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Renee Bryant
Dashboard
- Collaborators
- 1
- New partnerships
- 27
- Total investment
- $5,000
- People impacted
- 64