Healthy Food

Vanderbilt companions with OneGenAway to deliver college neighbors with access to nutritious foods | Vanderbilt Information

10/10/2020 10:17 AM
Myrtle G. Corbo
Anna Walker, chair of the Community Outreach Committee in the Vanderbilt Woman's Club, prepares food packages during Saturday's event.
Anna Walker, chair of the Group Outreach Committee in the Vanderbilt Woman’s Club, prepares foodstuff deals all through Saturday’s celebration.

Vanderbilt University and OneGenAway, a nonprofit firm that strives to eradicate foods deserts, partnered to provide 30,000 kilos of healthy food items to households in the Midtown, Edgehill and Chestnut Hill neighborhoods on Oct. 3.

Daniel Culbreath, assistant vice chancellor for state government relations, assists with food distribution efforts during Saturday's event
Daniel Culbreath, assistant vice chancellor for point out govt relations, helps with food stuff distribution attempts through Saturday’s function

Food items deserts are parts the place citizens deficiency obtain to contemporary fruit, veggies and other healthier complete food items due to absence of grocery stores, absence of transportation and financial hardship. Households in nearly 400 cars and trucks had been served by somewhere around 100 volunteers that day.

OneGenAway rescues foodstuff 7 days a week from neighborhood grocery outlets and places to eat this sort of as Complete Foods, Costco, GFS, Publix, Outback Steakhouse and Aldi. Then each individual week OneGenAway, in partnership with Next Harvest and with the help of lots of volunteers, brings truckloads of meals shipped immediately on the streets of neighbors in have to have.

Lynn Maddox, County Liaison, Community, Neighborhood, & Government Relations
County Liaison for Authorities and Local community Relations Lynn Maddox distributes foodstuff at Saturday’s party.

Vanderbilt’s Business office of Government and Community Relations partnered on the celebration as section of its efforts to construct associations in the community and make a beneficial affect.

Volunteers from the Vanderbilt Woman’s Club, Subsequent Methods at Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt College Law enforcement Office and faculty members were also on hand to assistance. They stacked and filled containers of meals and also shared information and facts regarding the Vanderbilt, Let us Vote marketing campaign.

“This event was a great prospect to spouse with an incredible local firm performing to present wholesome meals solutions that are not easily available in these neighborhoods,” mentioned Nathan Inexperienced, vice chancellor for govt and local community relations. “We want to proceed the momentum from this party and find strategies to assist our university neighbors in strategies that will be helpful to their lives.”

Vice Mayor Jim Shulman and Associate Vice Chancellor for Neighborhood Relations and Neighborhood Government Relations Alfred Degrafinreid assisted with food items distribution endeavours for the duration of Saturday’s occasion.

This function will be the 1st of a lot of programs and activities between the college and the surrounding neighborhoods. More facts will be shared in MyVU as other situations are scheduled.