Food Pantry
This happened in 1993
What is the West Side Campaign Against Hunger created the first customer choice “supermarket-style” food pantry in the United States?
The mission of Westside Campaign Against Hunger
What is West Side Campaign Against Hunger alleviates hunger by ensuring that all New Yorkers have access with dignity to a choice of healthy food and supportive services?
This the first stop for new WSCAH customers
What is meeting with a social service counselor?
The food received at WSCAH should last this many days
What is 3 based on your family size?
Food cards specify _________ of food but not ___________ of food
What is quantity and type/brand?
Westside Campaign Against Hunger changes the perception of hungry people by doing this
What is working with them?
West Side Campaign Against Hunger can refer you to these employment and education programs
What are WSCAH's Customer Chef Training Class or GED, English as a Second Language Class, child care, resources for special needs, job training and resume assistance?
When WSCAH is open
What is WSCAH is open from 2:30pm – 6:30pm on Mondays and from 8:00am – 12:30pm Tuesdays through Fridays?
The supermarket system, allowing customers to select food based on preference and need, encourages this
What is WSCAH's goal of promoting self reliance?
This is what WSCAH means by having "a cooperative system"
What is the majority of our volunteers are customers themselves, and are involved in all aspects of the organization including representatives serving on our board?
This is the name of the organization that provides food assistance for 1.7 million New Yorkers that WSCAH connect clients to
What is SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)?
The only times you need an appointment to receive services at WSCAH
What is if you wish to obtain health insurance or enroll in food stamps?
Customers can come to the pantry this many times a year
What is 12?
It took this many years to to increase food distribution by 747%, reduce costs per meal from 80 cents to 55 cents, and improve food quality with fresh fruits and vegetables from the farmers’ markets and organic farms
What is 20 years?
The 5 partner organizations that provide workshops and onsite services at Westside Campaign Against Hunger
What are AARP Tax Aide, GMHC, NYLAG, Urban Justice Center, Visiting Nurse Services of New York?
This is how many days must between your shops at the pantry
What are none? You can come at the end of one month and beginning of another.
The shopping card is based on guidelines from My Plate which is created by this government department
What is United States Department of Agriculture?
The definition of a strengths-based approach
What is a philosophy and a way of viewing clients as resourceful and resilient in the face of adversity?
This is the name of a refundable tax credit for low- to moderate-income working individuals and couples, particularly those with children which WSCAH helps connect customers to from February through April
What is Earned Income Tax Credit?
This can be used as a form of identification and holds the benefits of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and potential cash benefits
What is an EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) card?