Organization name and
address:
Consortium to Lower Obesity in
Chicago Children (CLOCC): Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
680 North Lakeshore Dr. Chicago, IL
60611
Organization website:
Project
goals/objectives:
This position will assist with coordination of the West Side
United (WSU) Food Pantry Initiative Work Group. West Side United is a coalition
of six hospitals (Lurie Children’s, Rush, Mt. Sinai, Cook County, Amita, and UI
Health) that are working to decrease the life expectancy gap in West Town, East
Garfield, West Garfield, Austin, Near West Side, North Lawndale, South Lawndale,
Lower West Side, and Belmont Cragin neighborhoods.
The Food Pantry Initiative Group is part of the WSU Food
Access Initiative. The Food Access Initiative has the goal of better connecting
patients, screened as food insecure to healthy food resources in their
neighborhoods. One resource for free, healthy (emergency) food is food
pantries. Each of the six hospitals have selected one pantry to support. The
hospital will offer this pantry additional help based on the pantry’s needs.
This could be financial assistance, volunteers, food donations, mental health
screenings and more.
The food pantry that Lurie Children’s Hospital is supporting
is Iglesia Evangelica Emanuel, located in Belmont Cragin.
Description of
activities/function of the MPH student:
·
Participate in monthly Food Access Initiative
meetings with representatives from each Hospital
·
Participate in and lead discussions during
monthly Food Pantry Initiative Work Group Meetings
·
Identify resources and pathways to connect
pantry clients to nutrition education
·
Identify new channels for receiving fruit and
vegetable donations
·
Identify and coordinate community resources for
screenings and wraparound services
·
Assist in the development and administration of
a baseline client survey
·
Assist in the development and implementation of
a quarterly food pantry coordinator survey
·
Assist the Pantry with day to day operations
including
o Volunteering
at the Food Pantry
o Helping
with ordering, coordination, and receiving of donated food items
o Volunteer
Recruitment
o Assistance
with updating social media
Project timeline
(anticipated start/end dates):
Flexible
Qualifications/Professional
Skills Required: Check one
·
Experience working with computer software,
including word processing and spreadsheets.
·
Attention to detail, excellent organizational
skills, experience working in an office environment, filing, copying, and
developing internal systems to manage workflow is required.
·
The ability to communicate effectively
through email, face to face, and through telephone interactions.
·
Ability and willingness to travel
throughout Chicago access to a car is preferred but not required.
Anticipated hours per
week:
Mondays the pantry runs from 4 pm to 6 pm; however, there
are many donation drop-offs, sorting and set up that happen during the day.
Ideally a candidate would be available for most of the day to help onsite at
the pantry. (Approximately 8 hrs)
The offsite work has much more flexibility. Hours dedicated
per week are flexible and students are also able to work from home when
appropriate.
Is travel required as
part of the position?
Every Monday to Iglesias Evangelica Emanuel: 5016 W Armitage
Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Occasionally to the downtown office: 680 N Lakeshore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60611
There may be rare travel to other community locations
If travel is
required, will the student need to provide their own transportation?
Yes
If travel is
required, will the student be reimbursed for travel expenses associated with
their work assignment(s)?
Yes
