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Feeding America Service
            Project
              Smrithi ‘Simi’ Sridhar
What is Feeding America?
Provides low-income individuals
 and families with the fuel to
 survive and even thrive.
Supplies food to more than 37
 million Americans each year,
 including 14 million children and 3
 million seniors
                     http://www.faswva.org/network/how-we-work.html
The Service Project
 Participated in a service project with this organization
  through the LEAP program at Pamplin College of
  business

 Was done as a group
We had to sort, re-
organize the
donated food


By checking the
expiry date and for
any apparent
damages, we
screened out the
good food products
The boxes were then sorted according to the
type of food: juices, water, solid food and
damaged food containers
Finally we moved all the boxes to the
storage space where they were then
ready for distribution to different
parts/regions
The Experience
• It was a wonderful
  and satisfying
  experience
• Became fun as it
  was done with a
  group




  I continue to volunteer at Feeding America! 

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Service project

  • 1. Feeding America Service Project Smrithi ‘Simi’ Sridhar
  • 2. What is Feeding America? Provides low-income individuals and families with the fuel to survive and even thrive. Supplies food to more than 37 million Americans each year, including 14 million children and 3 million seniors http://www.faswva.org/network/how-we-work.html
  • 3. The Service Project  Participated in a service project with this organization through the LEAP program at Pamplin College of business  Was done as a group
  • 4. We had to sort, re- organize the donated food By checking the expiry date and for any apparent damages, we screened out the good food products
  • 5. The boxes were then sorted according to the type of food: juices, water, solid food and damaged food containers
  • 6. Finally we moved all the boxes to the storage space where they were then ready for distribution to different parts/regions
  • 7. The Experience • It was a wonderful and satisfying experience • Became fun as it was done with a group I continue to volunteer at Feeding America! 