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College Food Pantries

College Food Pantries . John Bobb-Semple Project Manager Community Initiatives. About Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. Started 35 years ago by Executive Director and Founder, Rodney Bivens, out of the back of his pickup truck. FY 2013- 47.9 Million Pounds

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College Food Pantries

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  1. CollegeFood Pantries John Bobb-Semple Project Manager Community Initiatives

  2. About Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma • Started 35 years ago by Executive Director and Founder, Rodney Bivens, out of the back of his pickup truck. • FY 2013- 47.9 Million Pounds • Feed more than 90,000 Oklahomans every week • $1 = 5 meals

  3. About Hunger in Oklahoma • Oklahoma is the 5th Hungriest State in the Nation • 1 in 6 Oklahomans are considered food insecure • 1 in 4 are children • Children & Seniors • Working Poor • 3- Average Family size • $11,440- Average Yearly Income (Well below federal poverty line) • Less than 20%- Are classified as unemployed.

  4. Food for Kids • Backpack program • Elementary Students • 13,500 Students* • Kids Café • Afterschool and Summer Program • 49,445 Snacks and 74,417 meals* • Summer Feeding: • Children ages 1-18 • 4,057 Children** • School Pantry Program: • Middle and High School Students • 1,500 Students* *FY2012 *Summer 2012

  5. Did you know? During FY2013 Colleges & Universities donated 15,956 meals

  6. College Pantries: Nation Wide Colleges and Universities varying in size and location, are using campus pantries to fight hunger.

  7. Metropolitan Portland State University Associated Students of Portland State University’s Student Pantry 

  8. Research University of Arkansas Full Circle Campus Food Pantry Serves Students, Faculty and Staff 65% Student Used 35% Staff Student Organization Run

  9. Regional Austin Peay State University Save Our Students Food Pantry

  10. Community College Johnson County Community College Started by Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE)

  11. University of Central Oklahoma Opened in November of 2012 Operated by the UCO Volunteer and Service Learning Center Client Choice Model Focused on Students, Faculty and Staff. Investigating opening to the community 1 day per week. Lead by Dr. Sharra Hynes

  12. Langston University Opened in October of 2013 Operated by the Langston University Center for Community Engagement Client Choice Model Serves students in need at Langston Campus Nutrition Cove

  13. Langston University LU Center for Community Engagement Linda Tillman- Director Arthur Younger- Urban Affairs Coordinator

  14. Quick Facts about LU Nutrition Cove • Opened October 15th of 2013 • Located in Langston Retail Plaza • Served 181 Students • 13 Students with families • Provided 3230 meals and other miscellaneous items.

  15. FAQs

  16. Why Client Choice? • Focused on the Client (Student/Faculty/Staff) • Provides Structure • Decreases Waste • Empowers the Client and preserves dignity

  17. Where does the food come from? • Food Drives • Donations • Purchased through the Food Bank • Food Flex Plans*

  18. What is the cost to the institution? • Initial investment: • Equipment • Space • Staff time • Food

  19. Examples- UCO • Equipment – secured some shelving from campus surplus, also bought approximately $500 worth of shelving (industrial type) • Space – secured auxiliary space (rent, Masonic Lodge monies) • Staff Time – joint effort for VSLC and OCL staff, point person is our Coordinator for VSLC (40% of his time spent on initiative) • Food – successful food drives, flex drive partnership with Housing & Dining, Homeland partnership, purchasing through RFBO

  20. What are the Requirements? • Partnered with a 501 C3 entity • Proper Food Storage • Adequate Staff/Volunteers • Anti Discrimination Enforcement

  21. How do client qualify? Self-Declaration Means Testing (w/ USDA products) Universal Access (w/o USDA products) Students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community have access to the pantry by generally self-declaring need. This model does not allow the pantry to serve USDA commodities. • Self-declared verification that the client is within 185% of the federal poverty level. • This model allows the pantry to serve USDA Commodities.

  22. Internal Questions to Ask • What does hunger look like on your campus? • How can we measure the need? • Who do we want to serve? • What space is available? What space is optimal? • What partners do we need to be successful?

  23. Questions?

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