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3/24/2015 Cracking the Code on Summer: Innovative Strategies to Reach More Kids Let’s Take the Food to Kids‐ What a Great Idea! Let’s Take the Food to Kids‐ What a Great Idea! • Mobile sites grew from traditional site leaders recognizing the need to do something differently to ensure that more children would be served. • Community leaders recognized the need and the lack of resources to host traditional model. Earline E. Middleton Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina Vice President of Agency Services and Programs 919‐865‐3035 emiddleton@foodbankcenc.org Let’s Take the Food to Kids‐ What a Great Idea! • Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC began Mobile Sites as pilots in 2014 ‐ 3 sites • Rented a school bus and subcontracted drivers and a cafeteria supervisor Let’s take the Food to Kids‐ What a Great Idea! Ice Cream Anyone? • We believe the ice‐cream model would be a great solution to the disconnect between time and distance. • The ice‐cream model would allow more geography to be covered. Let’s take the Food to Kids‐ What a Great Idea! It gets Hot In North Carolina! • Heat Index wavier has been helpful however it is strict. • Documentation showing the heat index warning for the specific day is required each time non‐congregate feeding occurs. • Inclement weather is problem Let’s take the Food to Kids‐ What a Great Idea! In 2014 through our 16 mobile sites • FBCENC provided 11,600 meals to 890 children in 7 of our 34 counties 1 3/24/2015 Let’s take the Food to Kids‐ What a Great Idea! Let’s take the Food to Kids‐ What a Great Idea! Sandwiches are good, but what about a hot meal? • FBCENC began hot meals service in 2014 • Selection of the caterers was the key to the success of program – Experience , meal patterns, regulatory knowledge (menu plans, delivery receipts, temperature and time) and in providing food service to independent schools Let’s take the Food to Kids‐ What a Great Idea! Let’s take the Food to Kids‐ What a Great Idea! Sandwiches are good, but what about a hot meal? Sandwiches are good but what about a Hot meal? • Local health inspectors created a “camp” model which is less restrictive than regular inspections If sites serve family style they must have • Health inspections and/or three compartment sinks for cleaning utensils and/or • Agreement with caterer to return utensils for cleaning at the caterer’s facility. • We plan to work more with small, local caterers, we believe this will add to the local economy. • Providing hot meals does require a certain amount of capital equipment, Cambro boxes, coolers and more consumables (plates/trays, cutlery, etc.) Cracking the Code on Summer: Innovative Strategies to Reach More Kids Let’s Take the Food to Kids‐ What a Great Idea! Thank you Earline E. Middleton Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina Vice President of Agency Services and Programs 919‐865‐3035 emiddleton@foodbankcenc.org 2
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