Role: Evaluator
Audience: Stakeholders
Format: Evaluation Report
Task: Select an agency to evaluate with in this course
Feed More’s Agency Network is the agency that I have chosen to evaluate. Feed More has hunger-relief programs that works together with schools and communities, to provide food for families in need. The agency also has a food hotline for those who need food immediately. Feed More partners with other agencies including Direct Store Pick Up Program, The Emergency Food Assistance Program, and many other resources. The agency relies mostly on volunteers and is a nonprofit organization.
Feed More’s mission is more about the people who put their heart and soul into this agency. The staff that works for Feed More are very committed to helping the people in their community during their time of need. The purpose of Feed More is to provide service to neighboring families within the community with the inner rising of household and food products. The purpose of Feed Moore is to feed our neighbors who are food insecure and to give families some sort of relief. Feed More is dedicated to feeding families in times of emergencies, to ensure that children and their parents are not going around hungry and wondering where their next meal will come from. That is the reason Feed More reaches out to as many people as they can, and they saw a huge need in Central Virginia.
Feed More services of every diverse background in every community. Feed More is dedicated to feeding families across 29 counties and five cities. 1 out of 9 individuals in our service area is in need of food. More than 165,000 of our neighbor’s face hunger. Statistics prove that 50,500 children or 1 in 6 children are included in that 165,000 that face hunger. That is many hungry individuals. The agency distributes food through more than 250 community and nonprofit partners including, soup kitchens, food pantries, group homes, and other community sites, to reach as many food insecure individuals as possible (feedmore.org). The agency works within the schools in Halifax, County. The agency that I will be evaluating is at South Boston Elementary School. The school’s minority student enrollment is 68%. The student population is made up of 46% female students and 54% male students. The school has different diversities includes, African Americans, black, white, Hispanic, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Hawaiian, Native American, and Alaskan Natives.
The area that I’m evaluating is in Halifax, County, in a rural area. The school is South Boston Elementary. The school provides a schedule and a calendar which list the dates and times in which Feed More will be available to them and their families. There are stations set up in the cafeteria Each station provides fruits, vegetables, canned foods, box foods, and household essentials. Each tables provides instructions on the number of products that each family can be provided with. The families are to come in and walk around to each station and select which products that. The cafeteria is set up like a grocery store with a huge selection to choose from.
There are many reasons that I choose the Feed Moore agency. This agency captured my attention because it has been in Halifax County since 2017 and it has helped feed many families. I would like to know more about the stakeholders and how the agency started from the beginning until now. I want to learn ways that can make the agency better so that is continues to serve hungry families. It’s good to know how well the agency handles concerns and what ways are they improving each year. Most of all I want to know how the families feel about the program and the agency as a whole. There are so much that I can learn from evaluating this agency to help me learn how to organize and assist my future clients in the human services field. I can learn what works and what doesn’t work within agencies. I’m looking forward to learning different skills and how to communicate with people of different cultures. I’m passionate about helping people in need and this agency is needed and I’m glad that we have agencies such as this one in my location and in the United States.