Community Soup Project Proposal Food For Thought Teen Empowerment - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Community Soup Project Proposal Food For Thought Teen Empowerment Program Sunday, March 13, 2016 Presenter: SJ Gillespie and Ariel Manney Organization: Gloria J. Parks University District Community Development Association

Overview – Stakeholders Committee and Needs Assessment – Program Structure: Eligibility, Enrollment, Attendance – Structure: Character Development & Resiliency Strengthening – Community Role Modelling – Nutrition Education – Outreach Strategies and Community Engagement – Community Soup Proposal – Evaluations, Reporting, and Giving Back!

Needs Assessment A study in Buffalo found that only 32% of teens reported eating the recommended daily serving of fruits and vegetables. 68% ARE DEFICIENT! 14214/14215 : ↑ rates of teen pregnancy, school dropout, cyclical poverty, and obesity Solution? Food For Thought | Teen Empowerment Program

Program Structure – Free program with open enrollment – Capacity = 60 Buffalo high school aged girls – 2 Counselors, 15:1 ratio – Thursdays, 5p-8p and offer van ride home – Summer pilot session: – 11 weeks, 26 teens Average 6 teens/week – Winter session: – Completed 9 weeks, 16 teens – Teen Empowerment: Voice opinions to shape programming – recipes, guest speakers, field trips

Character Development

Community Role Modelling

Hands-on Nutrition Education Mission Hydration Mission Nutrition

Mission Hydration: Pop Propaganda

SCIENCE-MADE ICE CREAM! INSTRUCTIONS 1. Take a small Ziploc bag and add 1 cup of milk, and 2 tablespoon (tbsp.) of honey. To your preference, use 1 teaspoon (tsp.) of vanilla and/or crushed mint leaves. Seal bag, and remove as much air from the bag as you can. Now double bag it inside a similar -sized bag. 2. Place 4 cups of cubed ice with 6 tablespoons of salt in a larger bag. Now, put the double bag into the larger bag and seal it, getting rid of as much air as possible. 3. Shake, shake, shake! After about 10 minutes, voilá, homemade ice cream! 4. Add your toppings. Makes 2 scoop in 15 minutes

Community Outreach & Social Media

Food For Thought’s Proposal Nature-Based Field Trips Summer 2016 Community Benefit, Timeframe, Soup Funds, Evaluations, Reporting and Giving Back!

Food For Thought’s Proposal Nature-Based Field Trips Evaluations, Timeframe Buffalo Reporting, and Community Giving Back Fund Usage Benefit 1) Investment in our Youth Summer 2016, 1 field trip/week 1) Measure teen learning with Safe, enriching learning experience pre/post-test Asha Sanctuary (animal farm) 2) Investment in local economy Tift Nature Preserve 2) Teens will journal their Field trip destinations in WNY Becker Farms (seasonal fruit picking) reflections ↑ Group Bonding The Botanical Gardens 3) FFT will post field trip photos ↑ Self -Awareness Hawk Creek Wildlife Center online ↑ Connectivity with Nature Letchworth State Park overnight trip: 4) Share their experience at ↑ Global Curiosity fishing, hiking, + outdoor food prep Community Soup! ↑ Environmental consciousness 1) Travel expenses Provide a healthy snack for Manifest civically aware and engaged 2) Admission fees community! Buffalo citizens! 3) Ingredients budget

Food For Thought’s Proposal Nature-Based Field Trips Summer 2016 Your vote supports the development of confident, self-reliant, and academically successful teens! Questions?