Mobile Food Day #7 (Indoor) Westwood Neighborhood
Greater Harvest Baptist Church
Thursday, October 25, 9:00 a.m., the seventh Mobile Food Day served west Dayton residents in the Westwood neighborhood. The Westwood Neighborhood is one of the four neighborhoods targeted by the Dayton Neighborhood Corps. The location for this event was the Greater Harvest Baptist Church, 2819 W. Second Street (45417).
The registration time for clients was scheduled at 9:00 a.m. Clients living in the 45417 zip code were served, however no residents were turned away. All who registered were served.
Our continued goal for this project is to address the growing need of community residents who have no ability to shop for fresh fruit and vegetables from local area markets in their immediate neighborhood. The Dayton Food Bank Mobile Truck provided free produce, fruit, and bread products to clients who registered with the local food bank. This was the first Mobile Food Day event to be held inside a church location. The next six food events will be indoors. There will be two events in the month of November. November 15, 2018, Dixon United Methodist Church, 1691 Infirmary Road, Dayton, OH 45417 and November 29, 2018, Grace United Methodist Church, 1001 Harvard Blvd., Dayton, OH 45406.
The Dayton Neighborhood Corps (Department of Planning & Community Development/U.D.) was responsible for the recruitment of volunteers including members from other community churches in Residence Park neighborhood. Other volunteers were members of the Residence Park neighborhood association, Greater Harvest Baptist Church, City of Dayton Community Development staff, Dayton Neighborhood Corps, and staff from the Dakota Center, Inc.
The following represents reporting from the Food Bank Pantry Trak System (October 25, 2018):
• Total Families Registered (served) 53
• New Families 42
• Families without Children 22
• Families with Children 31
• Total Individuals 184
• Children 67
• Adults 84
• Seniors 33
• # Pounds Received (Food) 5,521 lbs.
City of Dayton Planning and Community Development (Neighborhood Corps) promoted this event through area neighborhood associations, area churches, staff, and volunteers. Major media and news networks were notified.
Sis. Carolyn Marks, Community Resource Chairman (Greater Harvest) assisted with this event. Rev. Bettus Petersen is the Pastor of Greater Harvest Baptist Church.
