Starting to plan for 2015 Food Drive

It's time to end childhood hunger in America. Here's how you can make youth-led food drives more meaningful, fun, and effective.   1 in 5 children in America face hunger; One in seven Americans turns to the Feeding America food bank network for assistance. Thirty-nine percent of their client households have a child under age 18. This is a problem we can solve, and it's time to get involved. Thank you for joining YSA, Sodexo Foundation, and our incredible partners and youth leaders for this online presentation to learn how youcan take action to end childhood hunger by making youth-led food drives more meaningful, fun, and effective. Watch and share the presentation.  Archived webinars, including the first two in this series, are also available at:www.YSA.org/engaging_youth_fighting_childhood_hunger    Links & Resources from the Webinar Here are the links to all the resources mentioned during the presentation. Introduction Get all the facts about childhood hunger. See the key findings from Feeding America's Hunger in America 2014 report. Watch a video about the work of Sodexo Foundation. Fighting for Food: A Guide to Running Successful Food Drives in High School Download Fighting for Food: A Guide to Running Successful Food Drives in High School. Hear more from Maria Belding and watch her share "Six Suggestions for Serving With Students." Service Story #1: Collecting Healthier Food Get resources to host a SuperFood Drive. National Coalition for the Homeless - National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week  Find out what's happening during National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week. Follow the action online at #HandHWeek. Use Hunger & Homelessness Week to start planning future activities.Download a planning manual. Service Story #2: Zach Bonner & Little Red Wagon Foundation Learn more about Zach's recent Food for a Million world-record breaking food drive.   FROGs (Friends Reaching Our Goals)  Learn more about Will Lourcey and how his organization makes helping others fun. Service Story #3: Making Food Drives Fun & Easy Be inspired by profiles of some of last year's Sodexo Foundation Youth Grant projects. Learn how Move for Hunger can make running your food drive easier - including getting moving trucks to help you transport donated food. Get activity ideas, including Hunger Banquets, from Oxfam America. Other Resources from YSA  Learn about YSA's 10 Ways You Can Help End Childhood Hunger.  Download YSA's No Kid Hungry Guide (for youth) or A Teacher's Guide to Engaging a New Generation of Anti-Hunger Leaders. Opportunities for Young Leaders Young leaders ages 5-25 can apply for Sodexo Foundation's Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarships to #Get5Give5 through December 5.   Youth ages 9-16, apply for a Katie's Krops Grant by December 31. The next deadline for Campus Kitchens Start-Up Grants is February 1. YSA's Sodexo Foundation Youth Grants will be awarded to 100 young leaders to support Global Youth Service Day (April 17-19, 2015) projects that help end childhood hunger. Apply by January 15.    This webinar was presented by YSA (Youth Service America) with the support of Sodexo Foundation.

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Food drive 2014 ends

 "Do the Right Thing Food Drive" 
4,456 cans and $135

Middle 2,230

High School 1,465

Lower 575

Primary   186

BETTER TOGETHER

YAC, YLOKC-Casady, YAC'S Peace Team Connected

International Compassion Games Cyclones' Action

SENIORS THANK PD DONORS FOR  DONATIONS

Peace Team member motivates high school teens to donate

Middle Division students motivate peers to donate

Lower Division donors pause for a picture

Primary Division donors take donations to the Food Bank trailer

Peace Team Member leads the PD Hope Trail to the Food Bank trailer

To give peace a chance-Hunger makes animals out of men- members of the Peace Team (Miranda, Johnny, Ananya, Sidney,and Turner) facilitated and supported the efforts of the service club, YAC  (Youth Acting in the Community) promoting a different kind of Food Drive the week starting on 10/31 and ending on 11/7/2014.

YAC's motto was: "Donate to end hunger in Oklahoma because it is the right thing to do."  The Food Drive was also Cyclones action during the Compassion Games International.  The games called for schools to promote acts of kindness, compassion and service on campuses around the world.

The 9th grade English teachers promoted learning about food insecurity in Oklahoma City with materials from the Food Bank.  The freshmen connected short story about hunger to their hunger simulation.  Father Blizzard read at Calvert hunger statistics provided by the government class and an English teacher challenge her classes to bring more cans than the 30 she personally brought.

The freshman YAC leadership sponsored, "Give without expecting anything in return."  YAC was inspired by a story told at a YAC meeting by an English teacher, Mrs. Stephanie Crossno.  Mrs. Crossno stated that a New York firefighter who helped at the bombing and died on September 11th,  came with $20  in his pocket and left OKC with the same $20 in his pocket.  Due to the generosity of heart of Oklahomans supporting his "human efforts" after the OKC bombing, that gesture became the "Oklahoma Standard" for the firefighter.  Mrs. Crossno stated, I know Cyclones care.  We just need a clear goal and reminders.

The YAC freshman organizers of the drive had a creative campaign of #30/6//26000 cans."  Sara wrote a letter to parents. Kira created a reminder flyer for other divisions Safra made a "lend a can" thank you sticker, and Miriam and Safra created a network of YAC members who helped made and decorate boxes as well as greeted and thanked early morning donors in all divisions and helped count cans.

The goal was to collect the most cans possible.  Monetary donations were also welcome because $1= 5 meals with the Food Bank .  If every student from k-12th brought one can a day, representing a mere one can per day of the month, or 6 cans every day of the food drive, or 30 cans one day of the drive, Casady could donate a huge number of cans to help feed 110,000 Oklahomans in need of food weekly.

Members of the YAC Peace team, Johnny, Ananya, Sidney and Miranda guided the ninth grade drive facilitators.  They also brought cans and were on duty motivating others to donate at different divisions. Kathy brought cans and Turner, Ananya and Sara organized an online reminder application, "celly," with limited success. YAC reminded peers with a"home made" chain of # Bring 30 cans  they placed in lockers and on backpacks the day before the drive ended.

At a reflective YAC moment, the freshman leaders of the drive in the Upper Division, Safra and Mariam stated that they were encouraged by the response, especially  the first days because, although they designed a sticker to thank donors, most did not even the stickers since "doing the right thing" was reward enough.  Next year, the freshman leaders suggested for YAC to continue the standard promoted this year, "Do the right thing Food Drive."

The Food Drive Team

 

 

November 6, 2014 Results of the Food Drive

High School : 1071, includes $30  donation  5 day total   1,662

Middle Division 4 day total 1,264

Lower Division:  5 day total: 469

Primary 4 Day total:  166

All Division Total for November 6:  3,561

November 5th Results

Primary:  111 cans

Lower:  313 cans

Middle: 803 cans

High School: 591 cans

Total for all divisions:  1,818 cans


Freshmen English Classes learn about Food Insecurity with Food Bank Program

SNAP Office

Food Pantry

Grocery Store

SNAP Waiting Area

Freshmen follow scenarios

At the Grocery Store