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Brownsville Independent School District “Youth Connection Project”

Brownsville Independent School District “Youth Connection Project”. Center for Civic Engagement 1301 E. Madison St. Cueto Building • 956 - 882- 4300 civicengagement@utb.edu • utb.edu/cce. TSC. UTB. Snack Pack Bag Alternative Spring Break March 11 th , 12 th , &13 th.

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Brownsville Independent School District “Youth Connection Project”

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  1. Brownsville Independent School District “Youth Connection Project” Center for Civic Engagement 1301 E. Madison St. Cueto Building • 956 - 882- 4300 civicengagement@utb.edu • utb.edu/cce TSC UTB

  2. Snack Pack BagAlternative Spring Break March 11th, 12th, &13th Drawing on the brown paper bags with inspirational words to the children!

  3. Assembling of Snack Pack Bags

  4. 200 Snack Pack Bags Delivered Ozanam Center 25 Church on the Street 18 Value Place Motel 30 Plaza Square Motel 30 Motel 6 8 Parks & Recs 88

  5. Delivered Bags toPlaza Square Motel, Value Place Motel & Ozanam Center

  6. Alternative Spring Break March 11th 12th & March 13th

  7. Food Bank of Brownsville

  8. WHO IS HOMELESS? The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Subtitle B—Education for Homeless Children and Youth), reauthorized in January 2002, ensures educational rights and protections for children and youth experiencing homelessness. The term “homeless children and youth”— (A) means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence …; and (B) includes— (i) children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement;

  9. (ii) children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings … (iii) children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; And (iv) migratory children who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses (i) through (iii).

  10. Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Unaccompanied youth include young people who have runaway from home, been thrown out of their homes, and/or been abandoned by parents or guardians. These young people are separated from their parents for a variety of reasons. • The term “unaccompanied youth” includes youth in homeless situations who are not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian.

  11. Snack Pack Bag Project BISD/UTB Food Bank of Brownsville “Help Fight Hunger in Our Community” There are ways to support your community through the BMA-BTC Food Bank of Brownsville, BISD Youth Connection Project & UTB: In support of over 1000 Homeless youth in Brownsville, children and college students living in substandard housing, motels, hotels, cars, etc. These items are used to supply back pack packages that children and college students are able to take to their living quarters. • Drink-Juice packet or box, Capri Sun or equivalent • Healthy snack – individual packages of peanut or cheese crackers, fruit bars, chewy bars, or granola bars • Fruit – individual packages of apple sauce, fruit cocktail and fresh fruit (provided by local markets) • Meats/Meals – pop up cans, pouches of tuna, canned meats, chicken, salmon, or microwaveable soups or meals of Hormel, Chef Boyardee, and Macaroni & Cheese (Items that don’t need refrigeration or can opener) • Individual trial size toiletries, toothpaste, shampoo, hand soap, etc. Donation shopping carts can be found at the following university locations: • Student Life – Old Education Bldg. Sala Room 1.10 • Student Health Services – Cortez Bldg. Room 224 • ITECC – G1 Facilities and Site Services Office • Campus Recreation – REK Room 1.520 • Oliveira Library – first floor by the free book section next to the first stairs • University College – Rusteberg Hall Room 143 “Your Donations are Acceptable and Appreciated”

  12. Youth Connection ProjectFood Distribution2012 - 2013

  13. YOUTH CONNECTION PROJECT FOOD DISTRIBUTION 2010-2011-2012

  14. UTB & CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 2012

  15. Food Bank of Brownsville-Concerted Efforts

  16. *Denotes Donation Drop off Locations throughout the City of Brownsville

  17. Food Bank of Brownsville Tentative Drop off Locations • First Baptist Church • Inteva Products, Inc. • Valley Christian High School • Restauracion Y Poder Church • Paul Luna’s Church  • Valley Baptist Hospital • Brownsville Municipal Golf Course • Immaculate Conception • T-Mobile • Best Buy

  18. BISD Youth Connection Project/Snack Bag Shopping List 40 Each Capri Sun Juice Packet 6.76 40 Each Capri Sun Juice Packet 6.76 40 Each Capri Sun Juice Packet 6.76 30 Each Individual Serving Cereal 9.08 • Each Quaker Chewy Bars 9.35 48 Each Granola Bar 9.35 48 Each Fruit Bars 12.47 48 Each Individual Fruit Cocktail 22.00 40 Each Chef Boyardee 7.5oz 35.00 36 Each Individual Applesauce 8.88 36 Each Cookie Packet Assorted 9.88 45 Each Cheese Filled Crackers 6.98 45 Each Peanut Butter Filled Crackers 6.98 Total Cost $150.25 NOTE: The items listed provide 45 Snack Pack Bags at an individual cost of $4.00 per bag.

  19. Donations Provide for Snack Pack Bags: $20.00 Provides Snack Pack Bags for 5 Children/Youth $40.00 Provides Snack Pack Bags for 10 Children/Youth $60.00 Provides Snack Pack Bags for 15 Children/Youth $80.00 Provides Snack Pack Bags for 20 Children/Youth $100.00 Provides Snack Pack Bags for 25 Children/Youth $_____ Please Provide as many Snack Pack Bags as possible with this donation! WILL ADVISE INFORMATION BELOW: Other ways to Donate: The BMA-BTC Food Bank of Brownsville is proud to be a partner with BBVA Compass Bank. If you open an individual account with BBVA Compass Bank, $50.00 will be donated to our programs. If you open a Business Account with BBVA Compass Bank, $200.00 will donated to our programs. Secondly! .25 % of your purchases will be donated to our program. Just think! Every time you make a purchase on your BBVA Compass bank card some child/youth is provided funds towards receiving a Snack Pack Bag. All you have to do when opening your account is say “We want to be a partner of the BMA-BTC Food Bank of Brownsville” If you currently have an account and already bank with BBVA Compass bank and want to be a partner let your Account Representative know that you what to partner with us. Your donations are “Tax Deductable” as to the laws of our 501 (c) 3 Non-Profit Corporation. “Your Donations are Acceptable and Appreciated”

  20. Hunger and Poverty • Hunger is a term which has three meanings (Oxford English Dictionary 1971) • The uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food, craving appetite. Also exhausted condition caused by want of food. • The want or scarcity of food in a country • A strong desire or craving • There are 925 Million Hungry People in the World or as now stated as food insecure. • 19 Million in Developed Countries • 37 Million Near East and North Africa • 53 Million Latin America and the Caribbean • 239 Million Sub-Saharan Africa • 578 Million Asia and the Pacific • According to statistics no one really knows how many people are malnourished

  21. In round numbers there are 7 billion people in the world, thus with 925 million hungry or food insecure people in the world, 13.1 percent, or almost 1 in 7 people are hungry. Children are the most visible victims of under-nutrition. Children who are poorly nourished suffer up to 160 days of illness each year. Poor nutrition plays a role in at least half of the 10.9 deaths each year-Five million deaths. Hunger in the United States Three years after the onset of the recent financial and economic crises, hunger remains high in the United States. In 2010, 17.2 million households, 14.5 percent (approximately) one in seven were found to be food insecure, the highest number ever recorded in the United States. In 2010 the U. S. Poverty Rate was 15.1% Up from 12.5% in 1997

  22. 1% of the budget of the United States is in support of welfare of our population, that percentage would be 2% if food assistance was included (Snap, Food Stamps, etc.) • 50 Million people in the United States receive some type of food assistance out of a population of 320 million • State of Hunger (Texas) • Nine states exhibited statistically significant higher household food insecurity rates than the U. S. national average in 2008-2010 • United States 14.6% • Mississippi 19.4% • Texas 18.8% • Etc….Etc… • Currently New Mexico is now number three • Our Community-Poverty Rate • The Texas Region defined by the cities of McAllen, Edinburg, and Mission has the highest poverty rate in the country at 33.4%

  23. Brownsville, Texas Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009. Brownsville 33.3% Whole State 17.2% Brownsville-Poor Families by Type in 2009 42.3%-Married Couple Family 2.9%-Male, no wife present 54.8%-Female, no husband present www.city-data.com

  24. Collaboration Definition: The act of working together, united labor. UTB Students-Thank you for the support of the BISD Homeless Youth Connection Project through your generous donations for Snack Pack Bag Program. What’s next? Kid’s Cafes? Community Involvement? Community Awareness? Blank___________________ Blank___________________ Blank___________________ Blank___________________

  25. Can we fill in the blanks? Can we make a difference? Giving: My definition-Take inventory, if you have a willing mind to give either, money, resources, time, talent, use these things. Don’t sell yourself short, giving is accepted as to what a person has, not according to what someone does not have (Explain) Close-A Mission Field

  26. Initiative: An introductory act of a leading action or task. It is often done without managerial influence. • To achieve specific objectives in the near-term. • Examples: • 1.) Reduce Cost • 2.) Increase Efficiency • 3.) Improve Sales Performance. These are from a business prospective however we can use these examples • as an understanding of an initiative. • Initial • First Step • Originating • Beginning • What are some first steps of our initiative? • 1.) • 2.) • 3.)

  27. Q & A Youth Connection Project Diana Clough (956) 698-0147 clough@bisd.us Food Bank of Brownsville Kenneth D. Parks (956) 621-1234 Ken.parks@foodbankofbrownsville.com www.foodbankofbrownsville.com

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