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Making a Difference Locally: The Senior Hunger Coalition. Dr. Shannon O. Wilder Director, UGA Office of Service-Learning October 15, 2013. By the Numbers: Over 6500 students enrolled in 350 course sections. Courses in all 17 schools & colleges and 25% of study abroad programs - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Making a Difference Locally: The Senior Hunger Coalition
Dr. Shannon O. WilderDirector, UGA Office of Service-Learning
October 15, 2013
By the Numbers: Over 6500 students enrolled in 350 course sections.
Courses in all 17 schools & colleges and 25% of study abroad programs
More than 215,000 service hours provided by students, equivalent to $4.3 million donated to local and international communities
Service-learning engages students with core aspects of UGA’s mission—teaching and service.
Georgia is—• 8th in the nation for older adults
at risk of hunger• By 2030, Georgia’s aging
population is expected to rise 21.2% (2.5 million people)
In Athens-Clarke County—• 1 in 5 (20.4%) residents are
food insecure – 9% of residents aged 50 and older
• By 2030, ACC will experience a 41% growth in residents aged 65 and older.
Athens Community Council on Aging
• 14 Programs• 7500 clients served per year• Delivers 300 home-delivered
meals per day• Serves 12 counties in NE Georgia
UGA research revealed an overall food insecurity rate of 40% among ACCA programs:• Meals on Wheels – 36%• Center for Active Living – 32%• Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren – 60%
“It was haunting to think so many of our clients could be silently suffering from hunger. We knew our clients were in need. And that need far exceeded our agency’s resources and capacity. Something needed to
be done, but we couldn’t do it alone. So we turned to UGA.” Eve Anthony, COO Athens Community Council on Aging
Senior Hunger Coalition goals are to—
• Raise awareness of senior hunger in the Athens community
• Identify older adults who are food insecure using standardized measurements
• Create innovative, sustainable, cost-effective, and research driven interventions.
• Form multi-sector partnerships with the shared goal of ending senior hunger
Senior Hunger Coalition Partners
Campus Kitchen at UGA
Office of Service-LearningDepartment of Foods & Nutrition
Talmage Terrace/Lanier Gardens Senior Living Community – Wesley Woods
Senior Hunger Coalition Programs
• Lunch Buddy • Georgia Café SNAP application
assistance program• Take Out Tuesday • Mobile Pantry distributes 10,000
pounds of food to 225 older adult households with mobility barriers
• Summer Food Program • Weekly UGArden Mobile Produce
Stand and Cooking Demos• Onsite ACCA Community Gardens &
Garden Club
Senior Hunger Coalition’s Impact (2010-13)• Engaged nearly 400 students in 26 service-learning courses• Distributed 11,000 meals and 80,000 pounds of food to 375
individuals in the local community• Provided supplemental food to 80 clients on the home-delivered
meals waiting list• Saved ACCA nearly $100,000 by providing an additional 13,000
meals for less than $5,000 in direct cost.• Created a model adopted by the State Unit on Aging to conduct
outcomes research and determine the effectiveness of nutrition and aging services in Georgia.
• Filled gap from federal sequestration funding loss to provide 2500 additional meals at a savings of $20,000.
Food insecurity rate dropped 40% across all ACCA programs
Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren
Meals on Wheels
Center for Active Living
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
20102013
Food Insecurity
Rate
ACCA Program
60%
33% 36%6%
32%
3%
Thank you for your support of service-learning at UGA!
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