GHPFA SUMMIT 2

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GREATER HIGH POINT FOOD ALLIANCE

2016 Food Summit

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SUMMARYHigh Point is ranked first in the nation for food hardship. Local leaders created GHPFA to shift our approach from just ending hunger to creating a community with more just and sustainable food systems. The Executive Team created the vision and mission statements.

VISIONGHPFA will create just and sustainable supplemental food systems for Greater High Point by fostering unity, developing responsibility and empowering communities.

MISSIONGHPFA will strive to coordinate and improve the effectiveness of entities in Greater High Point focused on alleviating hunger by creating and executing citywide and neighborhood-focused initiatives to develop more just and sustainable food systems.

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2016 Food SummitExecutive DirectorRev. Carl W. Vierling has served as a leader in the private sector, the church and non-profit organizations. For ten years he served as a pastor of a racially and culturally diverse congregation where he started an innovative food pantry that was serving the homeless, seniors and those struggling with hunger. Prior to serving the church he worked in the private sector as a Human Resource Manager in manufacturing before becoming the Corporate Benefits Manager responsible for health and welfare benefits nationally

and internationally for a major corporation. While working in the private sector, he worked with a number of non-profits including serving as the President of the United Way Board of Richmond County. Carl is a regular contributor to the High Point Enterprise. He holds a Master of Arts in Ministry from Carolina Graduate School of Divinity and is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Masters in Personnel and Employee Relations. Carl has received numerous awards including the Governor’s Award by the State of North Carolina for volunteer service while in Richmond County, the LifeWay Excellence in Ministry Award and the Hunger Advocate of the Year Award. His greatest joy other than being a disciple of Jesus Christ is being married to his wife, Lisa. They have two grown children, four grandchildren and two Shih Tzus.

Latishia BahenaDana BentleyJoseph BlosserLatoya BullockBrittany BurtonShannon CampbellWanda DellingerCharles Fernandez Wendy Fuscoe Patrick Harman Paul Lessard Tina Markanda

Janet Mayer Angela McGill Bill McKenzie David Miller Jerry Mingo Karol Murks Brian Norris Bobby Smith Matt Thiel Carl Vierling Pat Wallace Megan Ward Ellen Whitlock

Board Members

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Food Summit ScheduleHPU Community Center: March 18-19

Friday, March 188 am• Registration• Breakfast• Non-Profit Fair

9 - 10:30 am• What is Food Security 101 • General Information Session • What does the data tell us about High Point’s ranking • Information on the Food Alliance • How to get involved• Neighborhood Network Meetings • Three Pilot Neighborhoods: 1. West End 2. Washington St. 3. Burns Hills• Task Force Meetings • What are your assests and needs? • Senior Task Force • International Task Force

10:30 - 11:15 am• Task Force Meetings

Noon - 1:30 pm• Lunch is provided by Senior Resources of Guilford • Invocation • Pledge • Year in Review: What We’ve Accomplished So Far • Case Study in Sustainable Solutions: Interfaith Food Shuttle with Jill Bullard (see page 8 of the program book for speaker bio)

2 - 4 pm• Working Group Meetings • Food Pantries • Backpack Programs • Urban Agriculture • Food Education

Saturday, March 1910 am - 3 pm• Community Garden Work Day (see page 12 in our program book for participating gardens)

4 pm Doors Open• Non-profit fair• GHPFA Working Group and Neighborhoods Poster Fair

4:30 - 6 pm• Welcome• Invocation• Pledge• Year in Review• Introduction of Speakers (see pages 7-10 of the program book for information on our speakers)• From Grassroots to Capitol Hill: Solutions for a Food Secure High Point• Presentation of GHPFA Action Steps for 2016• Awards • Food Security Advocate of the Year • Neighborhood Partner of the Year • Non-profit Partner of the Year• Benediction

6 - 6:30 PM• Non-profit fair• GHPFA Working Group and Neighborhoods Poster FairWW

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What is a Food Desert?Food deserts are areas where access to affordable, healthy food is limited because grocery stores are more than a mile away.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says that Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

High Point has seven food deserts.Please see maps below

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Facts About Hungerin High Point

> North Carolina is ranked fourth most food insecure in the nation> The Greensboro/High Point area is ranked first in the nation for food harship> Greensboro/High Point MSA ranks fourth in the nation for food insecurity, with Winston-Salem ranked as the third worst in the nation

Q: What is food hardship? A: At some point in the last 12 months you did not have enough money to buy food for you and your family

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Number of food deserts in Guilford Country

Number of food deserts in High Point

Percent of the population in Guilford County who are food insecure

1 of 4children in North Carolina

are at risk for hunger

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Get InvolvedNeighborhood

Networks

Food Access

Internationals Seniors

Food Education

Urban Agriculture

Our focus is to bring together neighborhood leaders, churches

and businesses to create local strategic plans to create food secure neighborhoods Please join us to end

hunger in your neighborhood!

Our team strives to connect all food pantries, mobile meals, backpack programs, hot meal programs and other food programs. We want to

ensure food is accessible to everyone by sharing best practices

and improving communication across our city.

We are a task force that includes non-profits, social groups, religious organizations and individuals who represent our diverse international

population in High Point. We use the strengths the international community

has to create understanding and community as we all work to make

High Point food secure.

The Senior Task Force goal is to increase Senior food security by

focusing on educating our seniors on how to increase their access to

food and increase their knowledge of utilizing their food resources to the

individual’s maximum benefit.

Our team strives to create a more educated community. We are

creating and providing resources to agencies about cooking on a budget,

doing cooking demonstrations and healthy eating.

Our team’s task is to encourage the growth of gardening in High Point.

We are interested in connecting people and providing resources to develop individual gardens,

community gardens, food parks and social entrepreneurship

opportunities.

To support the Greater High Point Food Alliance go to www.ghpfa.org

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SpeakersUS Congressman Mark Walker

Congressman Mark Walker represents North Carolina’s Sixth Congressional District. The district is comprised of portions of Guilford, Alamance, Durham, Granville and Orange Counties and all of Caswell, Person, Rockingham, Stokes and Surry Counties. Congressman Walker is currently serving his first term in Congress and serves on the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Homeland Security and Administration. Prior to being elected, Congressman Walker served as the Pastor of Worship and Music for Lawndale Baptist Church in Greensboro, NC. Before ministry, Congressman Walker worked in sales and as a manager for a local small business. Congressman Walker earned a B.A. in Biblical Studies from Piedmont International University in 1999. He and his wife, Kelly, a flight trauma nurse, reside in Greensboro with their three children.

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SpeakersJill Bullard

Jill is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, a nationally recognized food rescue organization serving the central area of North Carolina. The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s first operations were out of Jill’s house, with freezers filling the garage and paperwork filling the dining room table. She has overseen its growth from a small grass roots movement to a driving force in the fight against hunger, currently employing a fleet of 16 refrigerated trucks, a staff of 45 and a workforce of 4,500 volunteers. The Food Shuttle’s hunger relief programs include the recovery and distribution of fresh foods, job training for the underemployed, nutrition education for low-income individuals and families, community gardens and farms, BackPack Buddies to ensure childhood food security and more.

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SpeakersRev. Deon Parker

Pastor Deon was born in the state of Michigan. He is a 2004 graduate of Piedmont Baptist College (now Piedmont International University) in Winston-Salem, NC. In addition to serving as a Senior Pastor, Pastor Deon has served as an Associate Pastor, Church Planting Missionary, Christian School Teacher, Music Leader, Sports Program Director, Rescue Mission Chaplain and Sports Chaplain. Pastor Deon has been married to his wife Julie since 2001. They have four children. Pastor Deon’s interests include reading, writing, watching movies, listening to music and watching sports.

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SpeakersJ. Carlvena Foster

J. Carlvena Foster is a native High Pointer. She graduated as part of the last class from the historic William Penn High School, Class of 1968. She earned a B.S. Degree in Business Management from Shaw University, a Master of Science Degree in Public Administration from High Point University and is finishing a Doctoral Degree in Educational Leadership. Mrs. Foster serves as Vice President of District Operations for the Carl Chavis Memorial Branch YMCA where she has been employed for over 15 years. She was elected to the Guilford County Board of Education, representing District 1 in 2008, and now serves the citizens as a member of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. Highlights of her career include being selected to receive the McDonald’s Award for Community Service in the Triad in 2003 and selected to receive the Carl Chavis YMCA’s 2014 Minority Achiever’s Legacy Award. She is married to Otis Foster, has two children and one granddaughter. Her favorite scripture is, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” and she lives each day believing that if she can help somebody along the way, then her living is not in vain.

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High Point Food FinderThe High Point Food Finder app was created in

partnership with Small Footprint, Inc. and funded with a grant from the High Point Community Foundation.

Get it FREE!For more information visit www.ghpfa.org

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Community Gardens

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Special Thanks To:

Happy Rentz Inc.

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See the Chefs compete to become the next King!

DATE: April 5th TIME: 7 - 9pmLocation: Centennial Station121 S Centennial St.High Point, NC 27260

Benefiting theGreater High Point Food Alliance



To support the Greater High Point Food Alliance go to

www.ghpfa.org



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