Second Harvest Food Bank of
Northwest North Carolina
NATIONAL SPONSORS

• Second Harvest Food Bank’s Mission
• The Problems: Hunger and Health
• SHFB Overview
• SHFB Nutrition Education Programs and Share
Our Strength – Partnerships, Reach, and Impact
• Volunteering with Us
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SHFB Mission:
To reduce hunger and malnutrition in 18-counties across northwest North Carolina. We are committed to:
• Acquiring and distributing food to supplement the food needs of faith and community-based organizations;
• Advocating for the rights of hungry people;
• Educating the public about hunger; and
• Pursuing partnerships with like-minded organizations.
Nutrition Education Mission:
Empower individuals and families with the skills, knowledge and confidence to better use their food resources in order to establish healthier eating habits and put nutritious meals on the table.
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Local Retail
Grocery
Partners
FOOD
DONATIONS
Local food manufacturers, distributors, processors and farmers
State
Nutrition
Assistance
Program
(SNAP)
USDA
Commodities through The
Emergency
Food
Assistance
Program
(TEFAP)
Local caterers, restaurants and food service organizations
Community
Garden at The
Children’s
Home
The Society of
St. Andrew, a gleaning organization
Community food drives and generous individuals
Feeding
Programs for
Seniors and
Children
Emergency
Food
Pantries
FOOD
DISTRIBUTION by non-profit
Partner Agencies
Shelters
Soup
Kitchens
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Service Area – Boone to Burlington
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• In 2011, we distributed over 21.8 million pounds of food and other grocery products; nearly triple the amount distributed in 2008 and the equivalent of 18.2 million meals.
• Since opening in 1982, Second Harvest Food Bank has distributed more than 143 million pounds of donated product to help feed the hungry.
• Served an estimated 300,000 different individuals through its partner agency network, including 100,000 children 18 years old and younger.
• Saved partner agencies more than $35 million dollars in food acquisition costs.
• Served over 450,000 children through targeted childhood feeding programs.
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• Kids Cafes address the growing problem of childhood hunger in urban communities by providing youth at risk of hunger with an evening meal, tutoring and enrichment activities three nights a week throughout the year.
• BackPack Program aims to address childhood hunger in rural and urban communities by providing school children at risk of hunger with backpacks full of healthy, child-friendly foods to take home over the weekends during the school year.
• Summer Feeding Programs provide nutritious meals to children that depend on free or reduced-priced meals during the school year.
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• Culinary and Life Skills Training
Program
• Food Stabilization
• Catering Program
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• Cooking Matters
• Shopping Matters
• Nutrition Matters
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National Rates
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16 million American kids live in families who struggle to put food on the table.
That’s 1 in 5 kids at risk of hunger .

North Carolina Rates
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621,650 kids in North Carolina live in families who struggle to put food on the table.
That’s 1 in 4 kids at risk of hunger.
*Feeding America. Mind the Meal Gap: Child Food Insecurity in 2012 . Table 1: Child Food Insecurity in 2010 by State. http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-inamerica/hunger-studies/map-the-meal-gap/~/media/Files/a-map-2010/2010-MMG-Child-Executive-Summary-FINAL.ashx
USDA Economic Research Service. http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/county-level-data-sets/poverty.aspx

National Rates
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Possible Pathways
Time
Access
Knowledge
Marketing
Hunger Coping Strategies
Culture/
Food Preferences
Food Prices
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Cooking
Matters®
Shopping
Matters®
Nutrition
Matters
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“Ending poverty is complex, feeding a child is not.”
Billy Shore

Surrounding children with the healthy food they need, every day.
• Ensuring kids get consistent access to healthy foods through public food and nutrition programs.
• Empowering parents and caregivers with education to get the most out of those programs – and all of their food resources – through Cooking
Matters.

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Linking Access to Food with the Skills
Needed to Make Healthy Meals
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Collaborators
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Cooking Matters:
National Reach http://cookingmatters.org/where-we-work/lead-partners/
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Cooking Matters:
North Carolina Reach
In 2012, the Lead Partner in North Carolina, Inter-Faith Food
Shuttle, partnered with the following organizations in the community:
• Alliance Medical
Ministry
• Apex United
Methodist Church
• Bull City Fit
• Calvary Ministries of
West End
Community, Inc.
• CNP
• Communities in
Schools
• Community
Workforce Solutions
• Durham Housing
Authority
• Durham Nativity
School
• Durham Teen
Center
• EFNEP
• Energize! Wake
Med
• Estes Hills
Elementary School
• Fellowship HR
• Full Circles
Foundation
• Longview School
• Morehead Avenue
Baptist Church
• Neighbor to
Neighbor
• NCSU
• Parrish Manor
• Raleigh Boys Club
•
Second Harvest
Food Bank of NW
NC
• Sir Walter
Apartments
•UNC HPDP
• Urban Ministries
• Western Wake
Crisis Ministry
• YFTP
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Cooking Matters:
Local Reach
In 2012, a Satellite Partner in North Carolina, Second
Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC, partnered with the following organizations in the community:
• Sedgefield
Elementary School
•Sedgefield
Presbyterian Church
•Hinshaw United
Methodist Church
•Gateway YWCA
•Christian United
Outreach Center
•H
• Durham Nativity
School
• Durham Teen
Center
• EFNEP
• Energize! Wake
Med
• Estes Hills
Elementary School
• Fellowship HR
• Full Circles
Foundation
• Longview School
• Morehead Avenue
Baptist Church
•Sedgefield
Elementary School
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Cooking Matters:
Participants in NC
Participation in Nutrition Assistance Programs
46% of participants receive at least one form of assistance
WIC
11% 15%
SNAP (Food
Stamps)
Free/
28%
Reduced-Price
School Meals
Average Household
Size: 2.66
Average Number of
Children: 1.05
Adults with Children in the Home: 49%
1%
Head Start
12%
Food Pantry or
Commodities
Participant Race/Ethnicity
White
21%
Pacific
Pacific
Islander
2%
African
American
76%
Asian
2%
3%
Native
American
5%
*Respondents could select more than one response to each question, so percentages will not sum to 100%.
Latino
20%
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Other
8%
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Food Skills Education www.CookingMatters.org/ItsDinnertime

Cooking Matters:
The Ingredients
Participants
SHFB Staff/
Course
Coordinator
Volunteer
Instructors
Host Agency
Curricula, Food and Supplies,
Graduation
Gifts
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The Ingredients:
Cooking Matters Curricula
Adults*
EXTRA for
Diabetes
Teens Child Care
Professionals
EXTRA for
Wellness
Kids,
3 rd – 5 th grade
* Available in both
English and Spanish
Families*
EXTRA for
Parents of Preschoolers*
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Cooking Matters:
Learner Centered Approach
Hands-On Learning
Allows participants to learn while they cook, shop and participate in nutrition education activities!
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Cooking Matters:
Learner Centered Approach
Hands-on Learning
Allows participants to learn while they cook or participate in nutrition education activities!
Team Teaching
Creates an engaging learning experience for both the participants and the instructors.
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Cooking Matters:
Learner Centered Approach
Hands-on Learning
Allows participants to learn while they cook or participate in nutrition education activities!
Team Teaching
Creates an engaging learning experience for both the participants and the instructors.
Facilitated Dialogue
Method of group teaching that involves active participation of both the learner and the educator.
Meets the participants where they are and creates an environment to develop realistic solutions to shared challenges.
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We prepare volunteers to meet these Gold Standards:
1. Interacting with Participants
2. Demonstrating Subject Expertise and Classroom
Leadership
3. Delivering Course Content
4. Using Appropriate Delivery Methods

1. Interacting with Participants
• Build a welcoming environment
• Demonstrate respect and cultural sensitivity
• Manage inappropriate classroom behaviors

2. Demonstrate Subject Expertise and Classroom
Leadership
• Knowledge of subject
• Prepared and organized
• Keep class on schedule

3. Delivering Course Content
• Present, practice, and encourage use of information and skills regarding: o Healthy Eating o Food Resource Management o Cooking and Meal Preparation o Food and Kitchen Safety
• Discuss course materials with participants
• Distribute appropriate materials to participants

4. Using Appropriate Delivery Methods
• Have participants cook and eat together
• Ask participants open-ended questions to encourage discussion
• “Team-teach”, or work collaboratively with your co-instructor to guide discussion
• Build on content from the previous weeks

North Carolina Impact
37 Cooking Matters signature courses in 2011
424 participants and a 75% graduation rate!
Eating
More
Veggies
Eating
More
Fruits
Eating
More
Whole
Grains
Drinking
More
Water
Making
CM
Recipes at
Home
Improved
Cooking
Skills
Would recommend course to others
60% 67% 37% 53% 67% 85% 96%
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Local Impact
““It changed my life and my family’s life. We eat healthier and plan meals together.” – Cooking
Matters Participant.” – Cooking Matters Adult participant [Guilford County]
“‘“I learned that fruit tastes good and how to help my Mom in the kitchen.” – Cooking Matters Kids participant [Guilford County]
“This is great! I can try healthy food here first to know if I like it.”– Cooking Matters Adult participant
[Forsyth County]
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Shopping
Matters is an interactive, guided grocery store tour that teaches adults to make real changes to their food shopping habits by helping families learn how to make healthy food choices on a limited budget.

Tour Objectives
1. Identify at least three economical ways of purchasing fruits and vegetables.
2. Practice comparing unit prices.
3. Practice comparing food labels.
4. Practice identifying whole grains.
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Curricula
Shopping Matters for Adults
Shopping Matters for WIC Parents
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The Ingredients
SHFB Staff/
Course
Coordinator
Volunteer
Nutrition
Instructors
Participants
Local Stores
SHFB
Partner
Agencies
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Nutrition
Matters offers one-time nutrition education activities and events, centering around healthy eating.
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The Ingredients
SHFB
Partner
Agencies
SHFB Staff/
Course
Coordinator
Volunteer
Instructors and Interns
Participants
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Culinary
Instructor
Health
Educator
Nutrition
Instructor
Tour Facilitator
Class Manager/
Assistant
Nutrition
Matters
Volunteer
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Cooking Matters
Culinary
Instructor
Teaches:
Healthy, low-cost recipes, knife skills, kitchen and food safety, and cooking techniques.
Qualifications:
Professional training or experience in the culinary industry.
Nutrition
Instructor
Class
Assistant
Teaches:
Weekly topics based on Dietary
Guidelines for
Americans
(MyPlate).
Qualifications:
Dietitian, professional training or nutrition coursework at an accredited school.
Assists with:
Set up and cleaning, packing grocery bags, inclass activities and photography.
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Shopping Matters
Teaches:
Strategies for buying fruits and vegetables on a budget, how to identify whole grains, how to read food labels and compare them to make healthy food options, and how to compare unit prices to find the best prices .
Qualifications:
Background in nutrition.
Cooking, food budgeting, and teaching skills are also useful.
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Food Matters
Teaches:
How to make healthy snacks, food identification, basic nutrition education skills
Using:
Food Matters curriculum; Cooking Matters in the Community toolkit
Qualifications:
Background in nutrition and/or cooking; experience teaching diverse groups.
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As a volunteer with any SHFB nutrition program, volunteers can expect SHFB to:
• Provide necessary training
• Coordinate program logistics with the host sites/agencies
• Provide curricula, food, and materials for all programming
• Attend first and last Cooking
Matters classes
• Be available to answer questions and provide assistance
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Congratulations! You just have a few more steps to complete the volunteer orientation.
Step 2: Review Gold Standards documents
Step 3: Review volunteer roles
Step 4: Complete the Volunteer Application
Step 5: Send volunteer application and availability to
Amanda at aschroeder@secondharvest.org or fax
(336-784-7369) or mail (3655 Reed St. Winston-
Salem, NC 27107.
Keep it up! You’re doing great!
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