Post on 18-Jan-2016
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“Servire”
Jade Umberger
AmeriCorps VISTA, North Carolina Campus Compact
Volunteer and Service-Learning Center, ECU
AmeriCorps VISTAs: “Getting Things Done”
Goals:
To establish and enhance partnerships between and within the ECU community and the Greenville community
To increase local production of, knowledge of, and access to healthy food by and for low-income Greenville residents
To promote national service through campus and community collaborations
My Partners: Campus Kitchen
“Student-Powered Hunger Relief”
45 Campus Kitchens around the nation
Mission Strengthening Bodies, Empowering Minds,
Building Communities
Cooking and Delivery Shifts Ronald McDonald House: 2nd and 4th Mondays
JOY Soup Kitchen: Every Thursday
Operation Sunshine: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays
Little Willie Center: 1st and 3rd Fridays
Nutrition Education 2 times a month
My Partners: Cultivate Greenville
“Working with and among the community by educating Greenville residents about the importance of eating healthy and sustainable stewardship of the environment through community gardening.”
7 gardens in West Greenville All food grown goes directly to food-
insecure residents
Garden Workdays every first Sunday at noon
Why Pitt County?
Population (2014): 174,263
Below poverty level: 24.3 %
Greenville 30.0 %
North Carolina 17.5 %
United States 14.5 %
Poverty Threshold (4-person household): $23,492 Median income for white family: $48,761
Median income for black family: $28,487
(http://www.usa.com/pitt-county-nc-income-and-careers.htm)(http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37147.html)
Now What?
Talk to me!
Jade Umbergerumbergerj15@ecu.edu
Leadership and Service-Learning1612 Old Cafeteria Complex
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