Butler Hunger Initiative

A SUSTAINABLE PERMANENT FOOD PANTRY COOPERATIVE WITH AN AWARENESS FOCUS Renata Herrmann and Ashlea Lorance

From a class to a potential roadmap

Why we joined the class? Expectations Lessons learned from our course
Hunger is not a surface issue Ritu Sharma and Alastair Summerlee, UFWH

Struggles

Not knowing where to start Location Time crunch 12 week Spreading the word

OUR MISSION: Permanent Pantry, Awareness, and Fun!

Goals
A Campus Food Bank
Where When
From Initiation to Sustainability

How
Who staffs Who helps Funding

Logistics of Butler Food Pantries

Collection Location on Every Campus
2 or 3 high profile places (cafeteria, dorm, etc.)

Pantry Location on Every Campus

Library at BOE, First United Methodist in Andover, and

efforts to find a location at BOA

Honors System
PTK volunteers to hand out food at library desk

Weekly Drop-offs
Voluntary delivery from collections to pantry

The pantry could later be extended for:

hygiene products, such as soap, deodorant, etc. educational materials, such as backpacks, notebooks, etc.

PANTRY:FULFILLING THE NEED

Inspired Cooperation
A Permanent Donation

Sorting imperishable goods

Center at Each Butler Campus Permanent Groceries

Donation Drop Offs Donation Days

Store Sustainability

Donations

Supporting the Pantry Event #1: Enchilada Feed

Hunger Kickoff : August 2013
HALO has generously
Black Beans and Rice are one of the most balanced food combos!

offered their support to the hunger initiative Proven success with SGA An enchilada feed would be an excellent time to:
Raise money Raise awareness

Collection Activity #2: Competitive Game Drives

ACTIVITIES and EVENTS
Game Challenge
November Football Drive February Basketball Drive Partnership with other school

School Spirit!!!!!!!!!!!

Sales at these Drives Awareness

Video for dining areas
Played one week before the game

Posters and marketing

Two weeks prior

Collection Activity #3
BUTLER CHOIR CHRISTMAS CAROLING An Amazing Collection Opportunity!!!

Collection Activity #4
The Class Cancellation Can Challenge!!
The Day Before Spring Break is an Option

This would be a day highly

coordinated with the Butler faculty Throughout a chosen day, students will bring cans and place them outside of a classroom door If the cans stack to a certain height, evening class is canceled

MARKETING
Facebook Posters

THE LANTERN:

AN OUTLET FOR MONTHLY ACTION AWARENESS EVERY MONTH, ONE

WRITER COULD BE GIVEN THE TASK OF COLLECTING LOCAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT STUDENTS COULD GET INVOLVED IN. WE CANT DO EVERYTHING AT BUTLER, BUT WE CAN DO EVERYTHING THROUGH BUTLER!

Delegating the Butler Community

Student Groups and Organizations

The Butler County Professional Community

HALO

Enchilada Feed

Nutrition Department
Enchilada Feed Soup Feed (with Student

Sports Teams and Grizzly Growlers

Game Drives
Sales Christmas Can Drive Awareness Funding and Guidance Soup Feed

Butler Business Organizations Butler Choir Staff of Lantern and IT Groups SGA

Ambassadors)

Faculty
Class cancellation Challenge

Local Stores
Permanent Food Banks

Childhood Educators
Trick-or-Treat Collection Educating the Community

Ambassadors

What can YOU do?

Join the club Donate to the pantry Look around, see what the

issue is, you know the campus Feel free to offer new ideas

IN CONCLUSION:
Thank you!

A Sustainable Long-Term Plan