Food Dignity® Institute Module 4: Organizing a Food Pantry

Course
11 Lessons

This module is for you! Whether you work in a food pantry or not, I promise this module is for you. You will practice what Food Dignity® looks like in this work so you can tie it into what you do! Module Time: 3 hours and 45 minutes

Buy now

Clancy's Conference Keynote Presentation for Anti-Hunger Professionals

Activity Type: Video Learning

Activity Time: 30 minutes

Introduction: The recordings linked below share Clancy's Keynote for anti-hunger professionals attending a food bank summit. Engage and listen to her message, and think how it applies to the specific populations you work, volunteer, or wish to work with. You can listen to her Keynote, breakout session, and listener interviews.

Pre-lesson Component:

4 videos sharing the Clancy Harrison's unique perspective on creating innovation in the food pantry setting.

Course Components:

3 videos from Clancy's time presenting at the York County Food Bank Summit

During the course, you will:

Listen to the diversity of stories from Clancy and audience members who have roles within the food pantry and emergency food system.

After the course, you will:

Bring these messages and ideas back to your work.

Watch: York County Food Bank Keynote Presentation with Clancy Harrison

Watch: York County Food Bank Presentation Audience Interview with Ms. Paulette Hawkins

Watch: York County Food Bank Presentation Audience Interview with Ms. Linda Eisenhart

Dignity in Pantry Design

Total time for the section "Dignity In Pantry Design": 3 hour 40 minutes

Introduction: Food pantries can be important tools to address hunger in a community. These are places where food insecure families can receive food at low or no cost. They often distribute food on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. What does Food Dignity® have to do with food pantries? This module encourages participants to consider how to broaden their view of what a pantry can be and implement the core values of dignity into pantry spaces.

Pre-lesson Component:

3 Food Dignity® Podcasts sharing the speakers unique roles and programming addressing food insecurity across their communities.

Course Components:

Group or individual opening activity to discuss the qualities of Food Dignity®
Group or individual activity integrating these qualities into a food pantry or Food Dignity® project
A video of lessons learned at Clancy's food pantry during COVID-19
Group or individual activity conducting a Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threat (SWOT) analysis in this arena

During the course, you will:

List five aspects of Food Dignity® that are most important to you and your community.
Draw a map or diagram of your food pantry.
Code the map according to the five aspects of Food Dignity®.
Create three strategic steps to promote Food Dignity® within your pantry.

After the course, you will:

Identify qualities that have to do with Food Dignity®.
Map out a food pantry project.
Highlight current opportunities and threats to Food Dignity® within a pantry space.
Bring this work back to apply in your job, circumstance, and community.

Listen: Food Dignity® Podcast "Everything You Want to Know about Temple University’s Farm to Families Program" with Providenza Loera Rocco

Listen: Food Dignity® Podcast “The Best Donations for a Food Pantry” with Yvette Quantz

Listen: Food Dignity® Podcast “Virtua Health’s Mobile Grocery Store Serves South Jersey” by April Schetler

Practice: Features of Food Dignity®

Watch: Lessons Learned at Clancy's Food Pantry

Practice: Food Dignity® In Pantry Design

Practice: SWOT Assessment for a Food Pantry

Congratulations! You're done!