“Servire” Jade Umberger AmeriCorps VISTA, North Carolina Campus Compact Volunteer and Service-Learning Center, ECU Jade Umberger AmeriCorps VISTA, North Carolina Campus Compact Volunteer and Service-Learning Center, ECU

AmeriCorps VISTAs: “Getting Things Done” Goals:  To establish and enhance partnerships between and within the ECU community and the Greenville community  To increase local production of, knowledge of, and access to healthy food by and for low-income Greenville residents  To promote national service through campus and community collaborations Goals:  To establish and enhance partnerships between and within the ECU community and the Greenville community  To increase local production of, knowledge of, and access to healthy food by and for low-income Greenville residents  To promote national service through campus and community collaborations

My Partners: Campus Kitchen  “Student-Powered Hunger Relief”  45 Campus Kitchens around the nation  Mission  Strengthening Bodies, Empowering Minds, Building Communities  Cooking and Delivery Shifts  Ronald McDonald House: 2 nd and 4 th Mondays  JOY Soup Kitchen: Every Thursday  Operation Sunshine: 2 nd and 4 th Wednesdays  Little Willie Center: 1 st and 3 rd Fridays  Nutrition Education  2 times a month  “Student-Powered Hunger Relief”  45 Campus Kitchens around the nation  Mission  Strengthening Bodies, Empowering Minds, Building Communities  Cooking and Delivery Shifts  Ronald McDonald House: 2 nd and 4 th Mondays  JOY Soup Kitchen: Every Thursday  Operation Sunshine: 2 nd and 4 th Wednesdays  Little Willie Center: 1 st and 3 rd Fridays  Nutrition Education  2 times a month

My Partners: Cultivate Greenville  “Working with and among the community by educating Greenville residents about the importance of eating healthy and sustainable stewardship of the environment through community gardening.”  7 gardens in West Greenville  All food grown goes directly to food- insecure residents  Garden Workdays every first Sunday at noon  “Working with and among the community by educating Greenville residents about the importance of eating healthy and sustainable stewardship of the environment through community gardening.”  7 gardens in West Greenville  All food grown goes directly to food- insecure residents  Garden Workdays every first Sunday at noon

Why Pitt County?  Population (2014): 174,263  Below poverty level: 24.3 %  Greenville30.0 %  North Carolina17.5 %  United States14.5 %  Poverty Threshold (4-person household): $23,492  Median income for white family:$48,761  Median income for black family:$28,487  Population (2014): 174,263  Below poverty level: 24.3 %  Greenville30.0 %  North Carolina17.5 %  United States14.5 %  Poverty Threshold (4-person household): $23,492  Median income for white family:$48,761  Median income for black family:$28,487 (

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