Nutritional Assessment of Food Served in Heartside Area Missions Presenter(s): Anthony Matson, Shannon Lee, Amy Peterson, Rachel Prince, Laura Haiderer
Those who are homeless or in transitional housing have a limited ability to obtain food that meets their nutritional needs. Shelters and soup kitchens concentrated in the Heartside District of Grand Rapids, Michigan provide meals to the homeless and those in transition. Nutritional value of the food served may be limited by the kitchens' resources and their staffs' understanding of nutrition. This project assesses the nutritional value of food served to the homeless in the Heartside District. The goals are twofold: To evaluate the nutrient content of food served in soup kitchens to the homeless adult population in the Heartside District and to determine the impact of nutrition education of staff at soup kitchens on the nutrient content of food served to the homeless adult population in the Heartside District. Three sites that feed the homeless participated in this study: Gods Kitchen, Guiding Light Mission, and Mel Trotter Ministries.
26 HTM students recently accompanied Professors Stansbie, Sisson and Rood to:
HTM student Vanessa Snelgrove, is at the International College of Management in Australia this term. Click the picture to view the clip. Vanessa introduces this short, and really cool clip of what she and all the other U.S. study abroad students at ICMS recently did on March 22. They planned, organized and ran a special event on campus that raised $10,000 to donate to three schools in Victoria, Australia that were destroyed in the terrible bush fires in February. This event, the "Victorian Bushfires Benefit Concert" was held on March 22. It drew 600 people and all kinds of Australian celebrities, actors, musicians and performance troupes. Students worked under the event management faculty to pull off the event from concept to completion.
Kim Jacobsen
I didn't really "select" the department - I just fell into it. When I learned that I could plan events for a living, I visited the department and knew by the types of courses, the quality of the professors, and the atmosphere of the industry that it was a perfect fit f...read more
