About
The Half a Loaf project (HAL) seeks to address challenges in the local community in an effort to reduce childhood obesity and other food-related health problems by applying data compilation, community engagement and dissemination of information.
Description
- Overview -
Hunger remains a perennial problem in many US communities despite ongoing attempts by federal, state and nonprofit agencies to address the problem and its ill-effects among vulnerable population groups. In the Binghamton area, approximately, 47,000 people are at risk of going hungry with significant disparities in access to nutritious and healthy foods. These disparities are most evident in the urbanized tracts within the city, with some neighborhoods now designated as food deserts by the USDA. Through civic engagement and media, the Half a Loaf project (HAL) seeks to address these challenges in the local community in an effort to reduce childhood obesity and other food- related health problems. Through data compilation, community engagement and dissemination of information, we will strengthen the community’s capacity to address the nutritional needs of the local population.
- Project Details -
HAL will focus on the areas in the Northside and Eastside of Binghamton, and other designated food deserts in Broome County respectively. The key objectives of this internship are to:
1. Develop an inventory of all food support and service-related agencies in the community.
2. Connect at-risk residents to these partner agencies by producing maps on low tech devices to show the availability, geographical accessibility and operational hours of these nutritious food services.
3. Increase public awareness of these services by developing and testing a series of Public Service Announcements (PSA’s) to disseminate the information to diverse and needy groups.
4. Community engagement: Build efficiencies in the system by promoting synergies across organizations in the community; explore ways to expand and sustain access in underserved areas.
Hunger remains a perennial problem in many US communities despite ongoing attempts by federal, state and nonprofit agencies to address the problem and its ill-effects among vulnerable population groups. In the Binghamton area, approximately, 47,000 people are at risk of going hungry with significant disparities in access to nutritious and healthy foods. These disparities are most evident in the urbanized tracts within the city, with some neighborhoods now designated as food deserts by the USDA. Through civic engagement and media, the Half a Loaf project (HAL) seeks to address these challenges in the local community in an effort to reduce childhood obesity and other food- related health problems. Through data compilation, community engagement and dissemination of information, we will strengthen the community’s capacity to address the nutritional needs of the local population.
- Project Details -
HAL will focus on the areas in the Northside and Eastside of Binghamton, and other designated food deserts in Broome County respectively. The key objectives of this internship are to:
1. Develop an inventory of all food support and service-related agencies in the community.
2. Connect at-risk residents to these partner agencies by producing maps on low tech devices to show the availability, geographical accessibility and operational hours of these nutritious food services.
3. Increase public awareness of these services by developing and testing a series of Public Service Announcements (PSA’s) to disseminate the information to diverse and needy groups.
4. Community engagement: Build efficiencies in the system by promoting synergies across organizations in the community; explore ways to expand and sustain access in underserved areas.
