Part A: Since you’re not able to volunteer in person, choose an agency where you would have liked to volunteer if you were able to do community service. Research and write the following: (250 to 500 words)
1. Agency Name
2. Agency Mission Statement and Objective
3. Why Agency Started. How did it Start?
4. Who funds the agency? Include donations, monetary contributions and volunteer hours.
5. Length of Operation in Santa Clara County.
6. Target population of the Agency. How do social and cultural concerns affect the way the agency operates?
7. Discuss the Projects of the Agency and how they impact the nutritional status of the target population . If the program does not directly deal with nutrition, how does it empower the person to be able to feed themselves.
Part B: What made you choose this agency?Discuss what made it appear to be a place you would have liked to do your service. Have you ever volunteered before ? If so, you may describe your experience in a sentence or two. (250 words)
4. Local Agency Information
Look at the below list of Bay Area non-profit agencies who are helping those who are hungry or food insecure either directly or indirectly. These are local/Bay area agencies where my students have volunteered (in the past) and who have a contract with SJSU.
• Coastside Hope
• Hope’s Corner
• Community Services Agency
• LifeMoves
• Community Food Bank of San Benito County
• Garden to Table Silicon Valley (Taylor St. Farm)
• Martha’s Kitchen
• LifeSTEPS
• Meals on Wheels
• SOS Meals on Wheels
• Santa Maria Urban Ministry
• Second Harvest Food Bank
• Second Harvest Food Bank (Watsonville)
• St Joseph’s Family Center
• Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation
• Open Heart Kitchen
• The Health Trust
• Sacred Heart Community Service
• Family Supportive Housing
• Community Bridges
• Encompass Community Services
• Cesar E. Chavez Community Action Center Campus Community Garden
• Stanford University – Center for Population Health Sciences
• Project Access
• Cesar E. Chavez Community Action Center
• Loaves and Fishes Family Kitchen
• JW House
• Sunday Friends
• Tri-City Volunteers Food Bank + Thrift Store
• Yu-Ai Kai Japanese American Community Senior Service
• Spartan Food Pantry INI=IMI
