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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!

68% ARE DEFICIENT!

Needs Assessment

A study in Buffalo found that only 32% of teens reported eating the recommended daily serving of fruits and vegetables.

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

– Winter session:

– Completed 9 weeks, 16 teens

– Teen Empowerment: Voice opinions to shape programming – recipes, guest speakers, field trips

Average 6 teens/week

Character Development

Community Role Modelling

Hands-on Nutrition Education

Mission Hydration Mission Nutrition

Mission Hydration: Pop Propaganda

• 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

SCIENCE-MADE ICE CREAM! INSTRUCTIONS

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!

Buffalo Community Benefit

1) Investment in our Youth

Safe, enriching learning experience

2) Investment in local economy

Field trip destinations in WNY ↑ Group Bonding ↑ Self-Awareness ↑ Connectivity with Nature ↑ Global Curiosity ↑ Environmental consciousness

Manifest civically aware and engaged Buffalo citizens!

Timeframe and Fund Usage

Summer 2016, 1 field trip/week

Asha Sanctuary (animal farm) Tift Nature Preserve Becker Farms (seasonal fruit picking) The Botanical Gardens Hawk Creek Wildlife Center Letchworth State Park overnight trip:

fishing, hiking, + outdoor food prep

1) Travel expenses 2) Admission fees 3) Ingredients budget

Evaluations, Reporting, Giving Back

1) Measure teen learning with pre/post-test 2) Teens will journal their reflections 3) FFT will post field trip photos

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4) Share their experience at Community Soup!

Provide a healthy snack for community!

Food For Thought’s Proposal

Nature-Based Field Trips

Food For Thought’s Proposal

Nature-Based Field Trips

Summer 2016

Questions?

Your vote supports the development of confident, self-reliant, and academically successful teens!