1. + Education Program Research Team members: Katie Bartholomew, Chris Chase, Bryce Hufford, Jojoe Nujoy, Rafael Ramirez, Taylor Robertson, Morgan Smith, Vanessa Steinberg, Kalie Wilburn and Yuzhu Zhang

2. + Objectives Nutritional Education Program Research for program development 24 mixed method interviews

3. SWOT Analysis StrengthsWeaknessesOpportunitiesThreats FOOD For Lane County is the number one non-profit organization FOOD For Lane County is a local non- profit There are a variety of programs offered Runs mostly off volunteers Relies heavily on donations Economy driven Nutritional education program Donations online Reach out to more families in the community Other non- profits Demand of hunger Compassion Fatigue

4. + Foods found to be challenging Meat * Vegetables * German Food Italian Food Diabetic Desserts Chinese Food Balanced Meals Beans and Rice * Enchiladas Majority found that they had no challenges in the given food. *foods with the highest votes CategoriesSpecific Foods

5. + How many days a week do you cook meals? # of responses # of days/week 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

6. + Possible locations for classes Public schools close to food pantries for nutritional cooking classes 445 Royal Avenue - Bethel Food Pantry Fairfield Elementary School 1464 West 6th Avenue - Catholic Community Services South Eugene H.S. 1025 G St - Catholic Community Services Springfield High School 1410 W 13th Ave - Eugene Faith Center South Eugene H.S. 770 Bailey Hill - FFLC Food Pantry at FFLC

7. + Specific types of food interviewers want to learn how to cook Fried Chicken Brisket Mexican Style * Vegan Nutritious * Food that does not require electricity Meat Beans and rice Majority of the people found that they did not have a preference on the foods that they wanted to learn how to cook. * foods that had the highest votes Results

8. + Cooking Class - Themes As a group the families did not specify a style of food they want to learn how to cook, instead expressing a general desire to learn how to cook a variety of food types. Themed cooking nights Take home recipes

9. + Cooking Class - Schedule Our results show that families are split between taking a class on weekends and taking a class on weekdays. Locations suggested for a class were generally the same as location the survey was issued. Families also mentioned that any place accessible by LTD is a good class location.

10. + What are the best days and times for you to attend a cooking class?

11. + How often would you like to attend a cooking class?

12. + What would prevent you from attending a cooking and nutrition class, if it were offered? Respondents were split on whether they would attend aclass or not. However, those respondents excited about attending a classhave a variety of issues, some in our control (transportation,type of instruction, scheduling) and others not (weather,sickness).

13. + Recommendations Significant interest for a program Already have basic knowledge Benefit from new recipes and nutrition Creating convenient time and place