Second Harvest Food Bank of
Northwest North Carolina
Community Partner
Training
NATIONAL SPONSORS
Agenda
• 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
• Next Steps
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Second Harvest
Food Bank of
Northwest NC
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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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How We Work
Local Retail
Grocery
Partners
Local food
manufacturers,
distributors,
processors and
farmers
FOOD
DONATIONS
Local caterers,
restaurants and
food service
organizations
Community
Garden at The
Children’s
Home
State
Nutrition
Assistance
Program
(SNAP)
USDA
Commodities
through The
Emergency
Food
Assistance
Program
(TEFAP)
The Society of
St. Andrew, a
gleaning
organization
Community
food drives and
generous
individuals
Feeding
Programs for
Seniors and
Children
Emergency
Food
Pantries
Shelters
FOOD
DISTRIBUTION
by non-profit
Partner Agencies
Soup
Kitchens
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Who We Serve:
Service Area – Boone to Burlington
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Impact & Effectiveness
• 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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Programs
Second Harvest Food Bank of
Northwest North Carolina
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Childhood Hunger Programs
• 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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Triad Community Kitchen
• Culinary and Life Skills Training
Program
• Food Stabilization
• Catering Program
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Nutrition Programs
• Cooking Matters
• Shopping Matters
• Nutrition Matters
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Hunger and
Obesity
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Food Insecurity: National Rates
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Childhood Hunger in America
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.
Food Insecurity: North Carolina Rates
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Childhood Hunger in Our Community
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
Obesity: National Rates
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Hunger and Obesity:
Possible Pathways
Individual
Factors
Time
Environmental
Factors
Access
Knowledge
Marketing
Hunger Coping Strategies
Culture/
Food Prices
Food Preferences
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SHFB Nutrition
Education Programs
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SHFB Nutrition Programs
Cooking
Matters®
Shopping
Matters®
Nutrition
Matters
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Share Our Strength
Share Our Strength’s Roots
“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.
National Sponsors
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Cooking Matters
Overview
Linking Access to Food with the Skills
Needed to Make Healthy Meals
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Cooking Matters: 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
15%
11%
SNAP (Food
Stamps)
WIC
Average Household
Size: 2.66
Average Number of
Children: 1.05
12%
1%
Head Start
28%
Free/
Reduced-Price
School Meals
Adults with Children
in the Home: 49%
Food Pantry or
Commodities
Participant Race/Ethnicity
White
21%
Asian
2%
Asian
3%
Pacific
Pacific
Islander
1%
Islander
2%
African
American
76%
Latino
20%
Native
Native
American
American
8%
5%
*Respondents could select more than one response to each question, so percentages will not sum to 100%.
Other
8%
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Cooking Matters: Food Skills Education
www.CookingMatters.org/ItsDinnertime
Cooking Matters:
The Ingredients
Cooking Matters:
The Ingredients
Participants
SHFB Staff/
Course
Coordinator
Host Agency
Volunteer
Instructors
Curricula, Food
and Supplies,
Graduation
Gifts
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The Ingredients
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The Ingredients:
Cooking Matters Curricula
EXTRA for
Diabetes
Adults*
Kids,
rd
3 – 5th grade
* Available in both
English and Spanish
Teens
Child Care
Professionals
Families*
EXTRA for
Wellness
EXTRA for
Parents
of Preschoolers*
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Educational Model
and Gold Standards
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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Gold Standards for Volunteers
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
Gold Standards for Volunteers
1. Interacting with Participants
• Build a welcoming environment
• Demonstrate respect and cultural sensitivity
• Manage inappropriate classroom behaviors
Gold Standards for Volunteers
2. Demonstrate Subject Expertise and Classroom
Leadership
• Knowledge of subject
• Prepared and organized
• Keep class on schedule
Gold Standards for Volunteers
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
Gold Standards for Volunteers
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
Cooking Matters:
Impact
Cooking Matters:
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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Cooking Matters: 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
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.
Shopping Matters: Tour Objectives
2. Practice
comparing unit
prices.
1. Identify at least
three economical
ways of
purchasing fruits
and vegetables.
3. Practice
comparing food
labels.
4. Practice
identifying whole
grains.
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Shopping Matters: Curricula
Shopping Matters
for Adults
Shopping Matters
for WIC Parents
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Shopping Matters:
The Ingredients
SHFB Staff/
Course
Coordinator
Local Stores
Volunteer
Nutrition
Instructors
Participants
SHFB
Partner
Agencies
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Nutrition Matters
Nutrition
Matters offers
one-time nutrition
education
activities and
events, centering
around healthy
eating.
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Nutrition Matters:
The Ingredients
SHFB Staff/
Course
Coordinator
SHFB
Partner
Agencies
Volunteer
Instructors
and Interns
Participants
Nutrition
Matters
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Next Steps
Next Steps
Congratulations! You just have a few more steps to
complete the Community Partner Training.
• Review Gold Standards documents
• Review the Community Partner Training Module 2
PowerPoint to learn how to recruit and train
volunteers
• Visit the Course Implementation page on our blog
to plan your first Cooking Matters course
Keep it up! You’re doing great!
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Thank You!