Areas of Focus: Maternal and child health, Community economic development
Activity Type:
Food/Agriculture: General
Summary: Packing nutritious shelf stable meals for a food pantry in/near San Diego, CA.
San Diego Hunger Coalition estimates that, as of March 2024, 1 in 4 (25%) San Diegans experience nutrition insecurity, or are unable to provide three, nutritious meals per day for themselves and/or their families. Our project will involve packing 10,000 nutritious shelf-stable meals for a local food pantry which will distribute the meals to people in need. We have partnered with the Outreach Program and Old Mission Rotary (OMR) to accomplish the project. The Outreach Program is a nonprofit dedicated to combating malnutrition that engages volunteers to pack shelf stable meals with 7-11 grams of plant-based protein that are fortified with 21 essential vitamins and minerals.
Our club will split the cost of the meals with OMR. The funds will be used to purchase the meal ingredients which cost $0.37 per meal. We have a goal of packing 10,000 meals and engaging 60 volunteers during our meal packing day in January/February 2025. We will invite OMR's sponsored clubs Francis Parker Interact and Pacific Beach Rotaract and our sponsored club City Heights Rotaract to join us as volunteers.
Signed
This project is "Signed". This means that the signatures from the club leadership have been collected. This project is now being reviewed by the district leadership for approval. Once a decision is made, the status of the project will be changed to "Approved".
Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
Mission Valley Evening (5340)
17-Jul-24
$1,450
$1,450
$2,900
Old Mission (San Diego) (5340)
22-Jul-24
$2,100
$0
$2,100
Total
$3,550
$1,450
$5,000
DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.
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History Log Entries
17-Jul-24
by Conrad Heede
System Entry: Creation of project page.
19-Jul-24
by Jessie Case
System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".
22-Jul-24
by Alan Turner
Please do not send signature requests to District
22-Jul-24
by Jessie Case
System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".
22-Jul-24
by Jessie Case
System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".
22-Jul-24
by Jessie Case
System Entry: Pledge of $2,100 by Steven Nunez of the Rotary Club of Old Mission (San Diego), District 5340.
22-Jul-24
by Jessie Case
System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.
22-Jul-24
by Alan Turner
System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user.
22-Jul-24
by Jessie Case
System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.
22-Jul-24
by Jessie Case
System Entry: Project signed by Jessie Case.
22-Jul-24
by Alan Turner
System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user.
