Student-led community action plan created and presented during an Ambassador Leadership Summit in 2018 at UCLA.

1. A Veggie A Day Keeps The
Hunger Away
By: The Fresh-fanatics
Group Leader: John Derik

2. Fresh
Fanatics
● The Fresh Fanatics are all about
delivering fresh produce to help
end hunger in the U.S.

3. Big Goal
● Our big goal is to provide fresh
produce to people that do not
have access to it
● We will be providing this service in
Hawaii, Mississippi, and Alabama

4. SNAP
● SNAP is a national program which
helps to feed hungry families
● Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program
● Debates over SNAPs affect are
active
● They help provide food for the
needy

5. Where this
is
impacting
● Hawaii
● Alabama
● Mississippi

6. Food
Insecurity
● The USDA defines food insecurity
as the limited or uncertain
availability of nutritionally
adequate or safe foods. It is very
common amongst residents in
these states and in college
students around the country.

7. Hawaii
● In Hawaii 168,030 people face
hunger
● Around 54,650 children face
hunger
● People struggling report needing
$93,916,000 more for food needs
● 62% of people have to choose
between food and utilities
● The number of people that visited
the Hawaii food bank has risen
from 183,500 to 287,000
● Hawaii is greatly affected by
natural disasters such as
volcanoes and floods

8. Alabama
● 17.1% of the population is below
the poverty line as of 2016
● 16 percent of seniors in Alabama
are below the poverty line
● 911,440 people in Alabama go
hungry
● 1 in 4 children are hungry
● Top 5 poverty rate as of 2014
● People facing hunger in Alabama
are recorded needing 406,639,000
dollars a year to meet their food
needs

9. Mississippi
● 47.1% of SNAP households have
children
● Top hunger rate in the country
● 1 in 5 people go hungry
● About 30% of children have
inconsistent food sources
● Hunger has increased in the last 3
years
● People are estimated to report
needing 304,654,000 dollars in
order to meet their food needs per
year

10. Meet a Family: Emery
A family that struggles from hunger because of unemployment

11. The Vision
● Partnering with a multitude of
nonprofits to help us accomplish
our goal
● Hopefully our plan will spread
across the country
● We wish for less and less people
to starve

12. Action plan
● We will begin our plan of bringing
everyone fresh produce in our 3
states we chose
● Eventually, we will slowly expand
to the whole United States
● This can be achieved by gathering
donations and volunteers
● Non-profit organizations can also
help spread our cause

13. Do it
Yourself
● You can partner with your local
grocery store and ask for leftover
produce donations
● Also, you can go to your
community food bank and bring
them fresh produce and help them
distribute food

14. Organizations
● Meals On Wheels: an organization
that will help us deliver the fresh
produce
● Helps 2.4 million seniors annually
● Provides the ability for every
community across the country to
aid in caring for our aging
neighbors
● Publix: a grocery store that is
owned by employees
● Provides free prescribed
medication and carryout service

15. Organization
● Feeding america
● Will help distribute the food
around to people that are hungry
● Fresh Produce
● Organization that focuses on
feeding healthy foods to kids in
school
● We plan to partner with them to
expand there program with
organizations such as meals on
wheels

16. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT8WSVezFiA