Kendall-Whittier Inc

Programs: Emergency food pantry:our overall objective is to improve the quality of our neighbors' lives by meeting their needs for healthy emergency food services. Our emergency food pantry (efp) provides, at no cost, one week's worth of food for a family or individual in need up to four times per a rolling 12 month period. We protect the security of our donated space, our frugal budget, and the dignity of our clients by utilizing carefully screened volunteers for home deliveries. During our 2016-2017 fiscal year we served 2,119 unduplicated individuals(3,251 duplicated). The hispanic liaison we hired in september 2013 has helped us significantly expand our efp outreach and delivery to that population. Since this hiring, we have doubled the number of hispanic residents we serve. Our pantry is clean, organized and efficient, and our efp director exceeds expectations with care, compassion and attention to details that matter to our clients. Our team works with partner organizations to make sure that our clients receive information about other services in the neighborhood that can help them avoid future need for emergency food. Our objectives for the emergency food pantry for our 2017-18 fiscal year are to:- provide nutritious and culturally appropriate emergency food in a timely manner- make sure that information about our service gets into the hands of those in need - continue to increase our outreach to hispanic families in need- decrease repeat applicants

grow teaching garden (garden to reach out and welcome)our grow teaching garden is in its ninth year of operation and its main use is as an outdoor classroom for the university of tulsa's true blue neighbors youth mentoring program (ymp), an afterschool program at kendall-whittier elementary (kwe). The garden also offers inspiration, increased neighborhood security, and a meeting place for neighbors. It is well-loved and has a creative, dedicated garden coordinator. Last year we increased our outreach by offering "walking field trips" to all of the classes at kendall-whittier elementary. We also established a collaboration with the neighborhood educare center and we have regular interaction with the students in the earth matters club at the university school. In our fiscal year ending june 30, 2017, we served 335 unduplicated participants. We added a shade pergola in february 2017, which, in addition to adding beauty to the garden, enables us to provide a more comfortable learning environment in summer months. Our objectives for the grow garden for our 2017-18 fiscal year are to:- continue to serve the children who come to our garden, furthering their hands-on educational experiences, developing their understanding of growing organic produce and expanding their appreciation of eating nutritious and healthful food. - increase the number of children and adults we serve - increase our outreach to neighbors by welcoming them into the garden to enjoy its beauty and by providing them with volunteer opportunities, honoring our mission of "gardening to reach out and welcome. "- expand the variety of "kid friendly" produce grown and increase overall yield- promote the environmental benefits of gardening, especially in an urban areatipton community gardenin april 2015, we officially opened our tipton community garden (tcg) sponsored by kendall whittier incorporated. It functions as a traditional community garden in that local residents have formed a garden council and self-manage its operations. Kwi vice president kara joy mckee is volunteering as the tcg coordinator and has additional council members working with her to oversee the 28 raised planting beds. There are approximately 15 gardeners who have adopted plots. Our objectives for the tipton community garden for our 2017-18 fiscal year are to:- continue to promote the garden and encourage more neighborhood residents and area businesses and organizations to adopt plots- continue to develop and strengthen the garden council so that tipton community garden is largely self-sustaining-promote the environmental benefits of gardening, especially in an urban area

community development and outreach program:through our community development and outreach program efforts, in june 2017, we were able to help provide a week-long summer camp experience to a total of 6 neighborhood children. The financial generosity of the bob coleman family and dwight mission camp and the dedication of the true blue neighbors youth mentoring program staff make this incredible experience possible. Our partners in education efforts at kendall whittier elementary school included participation in back-to-school night events and volunteer and financial support of the annual holiday gift sack preparation. We also support the school's trunk or treat event. In the fall of 2016, we became partners with sequoyah elementary school and initiated and planned a holiday gift sack event for their approximately 550 students and participated in their back-to school event as well. Through our emergency food pantry, in december 2016, we provided food items for approximately 1,500 holiday gift sacks for neighborhood elementary school children and expect to the same in december 2017.