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��Hunger�in �Haverhill

Closer to home than you think

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Addressing Food Insecurity in Haverhill�

connecting community resources

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Loss of school breakfasts/lunches
Loss of jobs = increased demand on food pantries

Current Cracks in Haverhill’s Food System:

Pantry volunteers stayed home
Siloed coordination amongst food sources
Limited dock space/time from Food Bank

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No existing platform to help with

communication and coordination

amongst organizations

Vulnerabilities

20+ food pantries & meal sites in Haverhill plus

other community organizations

Coordinated pantry

& meals

calendar

Strengths

Passionate

volunteers

Sourcing more food,

more dock space

& refrigeration

Some available

trucks

and CDL drivers

Volunteers

have

physical limitations,

Covid-19 concerns

Need reliable

transportation

to and from

Food Banks

Existing Strengths & Vulnerabilities:

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Source

more locally produced food to families

Connect

farmers, food manufacturers and food pantries

Reduce

Haverhill’s carbon footprint

Link

volunteers with food sites

Engage

local companies with food storage capacity

Manage

excess food inventory

Opportunities:

Utilize a platform to connect food pantries in need of resources to food manufacturers and farms in greater Haverhill with excess food to donate, volunteers with muscle and transportation and refrigerated and non-refrigerated storage

Resources do not meet community needLack of Coordination:

Volunteers

Locally sourced food

Manufacturers to eliminate waste

Food waste is the single largest component of municipal landfills. Many people affected by hunger and poverty live in food deserts and often lack adequate transportation and enough hours in the day to access traditional food pantries.

Food Rescue Hero combine technology, last-mile logistics and community engagement to create a new food recovery and redistribution network that effectively delivers fresh and highly perishable food directly to those who need it most. At scale, Food Rescue Hero has the potential to be one of the most disruptive innovations to reduce food waste and hunger.

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Download the Food Fighters App!

Food

Fighters

Introducing

An intermediary platform that connects all the puzzle pieces to reduce food insecurity in Haverhill

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MVP

Food Fighters

Platform

ABC Manufacturer:

2 boxes of traditional Hummus ready for pick up today

Food Pantry XYZ: Sold - will pick up at 4pm today Happy to share with others locally

Food Pantry EFG: Could use some hummus, will pick up from your location

Farm A: Boxes of cucumbers and peppers available today for pick up

Food Pantry 123: Can pick up today at 2pm

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Food Pantries

Surveyed

12 Food Pantries

in Haverhill

Food Pantries

Steps Taken to Date:

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YEAR II

(Rollout)

Add second FT employee
Assess data to develop beta testing site (if needed) or partner with existing platform
Increase community partners and survey existing food pantries/meal sites/other nonprofits/manufacturers/farms
Rollout in Haverhill
OUR ASK: $185K (salaries, marketing, outreach, engagement & fees)

YEAR I

(Pilot)

Partner with Groundwork Lawrence
$7.5K, support Groundwork Lawrence in planning phase
Invest in 1 full time employee
Pilot a private Facebook page as a beta platform
OUR ASK: $92.5K (salary, technical program support & development for Merrimack College)

Business Plan, Budget & Our ASK:

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CONNECT US
FUND US
OUR WORK STARTS NOW!

YEAR III

(Scale)

Widescale implementation with other communities: Lawrence & Lowell
Add third FT employee (Lowell Food Bank)
OUR ASK: $275K (salaries, continued marketing, outreach, engagement & fees)

Thank you for this opportunity!

Questions?

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