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Education Program Research

Team members: Katie Bartholomew, Chris Chase, Bryce Hufford, Jojoe Nujoy, Rafael Ramirez, Taylor Robertson, Morgan Smith, Vanessa Steinberg, Kalie Wilburn and Yuzhu Zhang

+Objectives

Nutritional Education Program Research for program development 24 mixed method interviews

SWOT AnalysisStrengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats• FOOD For

Lane County is the number one non-profit organization

• FOOD For Lane County is a local non-profit

• There are a variety of programs offered

• Runs mostly off volunteers

• Relies heavily on donations

• Economy driven

• Nutritional education program

• Donations online

• Reach out to more families in the community

• Other non-profits

• Demand of hunger

• Compassion Fatigue

+Foods found to be challenging

Meat * Vegetables * German Food Italian Food Diabetic Desserts Chinese Food Balanced Meals

Beans and Rice * Enchiladas

Majority found that they had no challenges in the given food.

*foods with the highest votes

Categories Specific Foods

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How many days a week do you cook meals?

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+Possible locations for classes

Public schools close to food pantries for nutritional cooking classes 445 Royal Avenue - Bethel Food Pantry

Fairfield Elementary School 1464 West 6th Avenue - Catholic Community Services

South Eugene H.S. 1025 G St - Catholic Community Services

Springfield High School 1410 W 13th Ave - Eugene Faith Center

South Eugene H.S. 770 Bailey Hill - FFLC Food Pantry at FFLC

+Specific types of food interviewers want to learn how to cook Fried Chicken

Brisket

Mexican Style *

Vegan

Nutritious *

Food that does not require electricity

Meat

Beans and rice

Majority of the people found that they did not have a preference on the foods that they wanted to learn how to cook.

* foods that had the highest votes

Results

+Cooking Class - Themes

As a group the families did not specify a style of food they want to learn how to cook, instead expressing a general desire to learn how to cook a variety of food types.

Themed cooking nights Take home recipes

+Cooking Class - Schedule

Our results show that families are split between taking a class on weekends and taking a class on weekdays.

Locations suggested for a class were generally the same as location the survey was issued.

Families also mentioned that any place accessible by LTD is a good class location.

+What are the best days and times for you to attend a cooking class?

Weekdays Weekends Other times 0

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+How often would you like to attend

a cooking class?

Two times per week for three weeks

Once per week for six weeks

Either works for me

Other

+What would prevent you from attending a cooking and nutrition class, if it were offered?

Respondents were split on whether they would attend a class or not.

However, those respondents excited about attending a class have a variety of issues, some in our control (transportation, type of instruction, scheduling) and others not (weather, sickness).

+Recommendations

Significant interest for a program Already have basic knowledge Benefit from new recipes and nutrition Creating convenient time and place