Global Youth Service Day: Childhood Hunger Awareness-WtW2011

Global Youth Service Day
We have applied to $2,000 from Youth Serve America to have a special advocacy and awareness project at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma on Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17 if Church who has reserved the Food Bank allows us to volunteer with them. 

PASSPORT TO A CHILD HUNGER FREE WORLD
Youth and compensated adults from pertinent organizations will manpower the following information booths. Volunteers will received a Passport to a Child Hungry Free World and get stamps-STICKERS- at every booth. They will also have the choice to make small and giant banners for Walk the World OKC 2011 or a patch of the Hungry Free World Quilt


Awareness and Advocacy Booths
1. United Nations of Greater Oklahoma-Information about the United Nations World Food Program, School Meals and Walk the World OKC 2011

2. Food Bank, Food-4-Kids Program

3. Food Bank, Kids Cafes Program

4. Food Bank, Summer Feeding Program for kids

5. Sodexo, Institutional meals for kids

6. Casady Service-Learning: Global Youth Service-Day

a. One heat, one beat, one mission: A Hungry Free World by 2015 Quilt area

b. Walk the World 2011 banner making area (local & global hunger statistics and quotes)


Schedule
7:30-8:00:  Set-up booths and supplies

8:00-9:00: Childhood Hunger awareness booths and activities time

9:00-12:00 Working at the Food Bank

12:00-1:00 Box Lunch at the Food Bank . Booths and activity time.  Booths end, but activity area remains open until 4:30

1:00-4:00 Continue to work at the food bank.

4:30:  Activity area closes (If Food Bank volunteer Coordinator approves)
Breaks: Opportunities to keep on visiting booths and making banners or quilt patches



POST GYSD Plans

May 22, 2011: Walk the World OKC 2011, at Casady School, time of day TBA after February 18th meeting at the Food Bank. $10 per lap around the lake. Proceeds benefit school feeding programs at the Food Bank and the United Nations World Food Program

September, 21 2011: Intentional awareness of childhood hunger challenge during International Day of Peace and Pinwheels for peace. Pinwheels and Walk the World OKC 2011 banners will be placed around the Casady Lake.

October 2011: Casady Cans Do, Students Against Hunger Food Drive. Collaboration between all divisions at Casady School. On October 2011, STUCO, YAC, Gales, and Art Club motivated creatively, 840 Casady students, grades k-12 to collect 8,000 cans and $1,500. 1=7 meals through our Food Bank. Casady students volunteering twice a month at the Food Bank sorted the donated cans and personally delivered the Casady fundraising Check

For the past 5 years, on MLK Day, the Casady YAC has sponsored a service opportunity at the Food Bank in collaboration with our rival school Heritage Hall High School to honor the memory of a Casady student uncle, Dr. Robbie Johnson, who graduated from Heritage Hall and passed away due to Lou Gehrig's Disease. On January 17, 2011 we made healthy snacks for one the Food Bank's Kids Cafes, Boys and Girls Club at Memorial park with supplies provided by the Kid's Food Bank under the guidance of the director of the Kids Cafe, Mrs. Debbie Bell. We could not serve that day at the Food Bank because it was scheduled to capacity. Casady pioneered MLK Day at the Food Bank 5 years ago. We were the only students at the Food Bank then.

November 2011: Work with Positive Tomorrows, school for homeless children and families: Service projects: healthy snacks, fitness and clothing drive

May or June 2012: Walk the World OKC 2012