Caring Hearts Food Ministry Inc
Unrestricted access to food, nutrition and a FreshChoice
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Due to exponential growth of our food & nutrition community outreach programs we have outgrown our existing facility. As of November 6, 2018, we were given an ultimatum to find a new building and expand our community outreach services or, close our doors at our existing facility. We served 1 million pounds of fresh food to over 15,000 households during 2018. We also experienced a 200% increase in weekly, food donations and food procurement from local corporate donors. This growth presented challenges for food pick-up, food storage, and food processing capabilities. Coupled with a growing service area in a widespread food desert, 19.1% food insecurity and a 240% increase over 2017-2018 in the number of households we served, there is an overwhelming demand to expand and improve nutritious food accessibility for working families. There is an urgent need for our agency to improve infrastructure and build capacity to accommodate the demand of those we serve.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Operation Feed Our Vets
A FreshChoice pantry program for Veterans and their families. Community Outreach, nutrition education, and advocacy.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
By filling gaps in service, boosting capacity, and improving food accessibility with a Client-Choice pantry model we will improve the quality and quantity of nutritious food distributed throughout our service area. Our intention is to provide highly efficient service by directly touching client’s lives through sustainable, supplemental food & nutrition initiatives and lifestyle options; and improve food insecurity by providing unrestricted access to greater quantities of high-quality nutritious, supplemental food choices, targeted nutrition education, tasting demos, recipe sharing, cooking & gardening classes, grocery tours and social support. These outreach services directly influence food security and combat diet-related ailments, as well as, reduces food industry and client food waste.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Outcome projections will be approximated and supported by past annual growth data collected thus far, to indicate an anticipated 100% increase in pounds received for direct distribution and a conservative 25% increase in households served. Qualitative surveys and clinical reviews will substantiate family health benefits.
- Extended service hours for evenings and weekends
- weekly neighborhood mobile pantry events
- FreshChoice Pantry alternatives
- nutrition education, cooking classes, grocery shopping tours, food labels, teaching garden
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
1000's of Volunteer hours monthly. Generous in-kind donors. Partnerships. Grants & Awards. Supportive community members and businesses.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Our objectives include a county-wide expansion of our programs, with alternate hours and additional pantry service days for Veterans, Seniors, Students; and to advance educational & nutritious FreshChoice food initiatives for working families and after school-food programs. Current projections indicate that we will serve over 1,800,000 pounds of food to more than 25,000 households over the next two years. We need assistance from donors and community organizations to help us pull it all together. With your support we can all capitalize on this investment and development opportunity for the direct benefit of food insecure families throughout northwestern Arizona.
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Operations
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Caring Hearts Food Ministry Inc
Board of directorsas of 03/29/2019