Mission
Our mission is to help food insecure children 800 plus weekly in our community and to provide nutritious meals over the weekends for these children.
Ruling year
2018
Exc Director
MRS DENISE BRAMLITT
Main address
P O Box 1321
PALATKA, FL 32178 USA
EIN
82-3992276
NTEE code
Food Service, Free Food Distribution Programs (K30)
Public Health Program (E70)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
PUTNAM COUNTY FACTS • 20.8% Food Insecurity Rate in Putnam County • 14,900 Food Insecure Individuals (Rounded) • 5,100 are children below the age of 18 are food insecure • 88% of Households below 200% poverty (SNAP,WIC,CSFP,TEFAP) EFFECTS OF CHILD HUNGER: 1. 100 missed meals per family per month 2. 84% of Households by cheap food verses health because of price 3. 20% of children in food insecure homes are NOT eligible for food assistance 4. Food insecure children are likely to: *Repeat a grade in elementary school *Experience developmental impairments (language / motor skills) *Have Social Problems *Have Behavioral Problems
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Feed the Need of Putnam County, Inc.
Feed the Need of Putnam County, Inc.'s purpose is to focus on food insecure children in our community and to provide nutritious meals over the weekends for these children.
We are a Non-Profit, 100% volunteer-based program. FEED the NEED of Putnam County exists to end childhood hunger over the weekends in Putnam County, by providing nourishing meals over the weekend to more than 850 children. We also educate the community on the statistics of food insecurity in Putnam
County, as well as educate how others can help through our program to help these children.
Our program requires the cooperation and support of the entire community, including school officials, community organizations, businesses, churches, parents, individuals and children.
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of meals delivered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Feed the Need of Putnam County, Inc.
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
800 children served a backpack of food for a weekend for 36 schools weekends
Number of meals served or provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Social and economic status
Related Program
Feed the Need of Putnam County, Inc.
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
800 students per week for over the weekend throughout the school year.
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our goal is to be able to have enough food for the weekend to send home with each food insecure child in Putnam County for every weekend during the school year.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
• Advocate
• Volunteer Recruitment
• Talk About Hunger with everyone
• We have local promotions like; food drives, annual garage sale to raise funds, yearly events that promote and generate funding to purchase food, one time and reoccurring donations.
• We have enlisted churches and civic groups to do a food drives, etc.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our capabilities come from our Board Members, community members, local businesses, churches, civic groups and youth lead groups who have the drive and passion that fuels them to their time by either working fundraisers, promoting Feed the Need of Putnam County, Inc., doing presentations about FTNPC and generating knowledge of the our program and the need for it. Waste Not Want Not of Orange Park (Non Profit Food Rescue Organization) also provides our Non Profit with staple items and drinks for our children. We have also partnered with Hunger Fight out of Jacksonville, FL in packing meals for our food insecure children.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have created contacts (community members, local businesses, churches, civic groups and youth lead groups , etc.) with in our community that help with our organization's progress, we have created annual events that provide food and money (for the purchase of food), we have formed a 501-c Non Profit Organization, we have created a Board of Members from various areas in our community, we now have a Facebook Page, a website, and a Logo for our organization.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
SMS text surveys, Suggestion box/email,
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve,
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
Children were having a hard time getting their weekend food home safely on the bus, FTNPC wrote a grant and purchased zipper bags for the children to be able to securely carry food on the bus to their house.
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
The people we serve, Our staff, Our board, Our funders, Our community partners,
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback,
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Feed the Need of Putnam County Inc
Board of directorsas of 8/19/2021
MRS DENISE BRAMLITT
Feed the Need of Putnam County, Inc.
Term: 2018 -
Denise Bramlitt
Renee Hough
Pamela Brown
Jackie Porter
Treasurer
Leisa Sykes
Rebecca Motes
Secretary
Justin Campbell
Leota Wilkinson
Randi Revels
officer
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Board composition
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Board performance
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