“Servire”

Jade Umberger

AmeriCorps VISTA, North Carolina Campus Compact

Volunteer and Service-Learning Center, ECU

AmeriCorps VISTAs: “Getting Things Done”

Goals:

To establish and enhance partnerships between and within the ECU community and the Greenville community

To increase local production of, knowledge of, and access to healthy food by and for low-income Greenville residents

To promote national service through campus and community collaborations

My Partners: Campus Kitchen

“Student-Powered Hunger Relief”

45 Campus Kitchens around the nation

Mission Strengthening Bodies, Empowering Minds,

Building Communities

Cooking and Delivery Shifts Ronald McDonald House: 2nd and 4th Mondays

JOY Soup Kitchen: Every Thursday

Operation Sunshine: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays

Little Willie Center: 1st and 3rd Fridays

Nutrition Education 2 times a month

My Partners: Cultivate Greenville

“Working with and among the community by educating Greenville residents about the importance of eating healthy and sustainable stewardship of the environment through community gardening.”

7 gardens in West Greenville All food grown goes directly to food-

insecure residents

Garden Workdays every first Sunday at noon

Why Pitt County?

Population (2014): 174,263

Below poverty level: 24.3 %

Greenville 30.0 %

North Carolina 17.5 %

United States 14.5 %

Poverty Threshold (4-person household): $23,492 Median income for white family: $48,761

Median income for black family: $28,487

(http://www.usa.com/pitt-county-nc-income-and-careers.htm)(http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37147.html)

Now What?

Talk to me!

Jade Umbergerumbergerj15@ecu.edu

Leadership and Service-Learning1612 Old Cafeteria Complex

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“Campus Kitchen at ECU”

“Cultivate Greenville”