Waterloo 3.1 - Value Challenge - Links
Notes page Presentation Speaker's Notes: (Also available at presentation link) In Waterloo Region single person households needing food support rose from 27% in 2013 to 50% in 2016 and we decided to act on that. We decided to give to the Waterloo Region foodbank which uses 97% of their funds for its charitable program. We purchased packs of Gatorades rather than single bottles, but we are selling these bottles for less than the convenience store Over 1/3rd of the people that The Foodbank of Waterloo helps are under 18 As students ourselves we can testify that a full stomach is critical to learning And over 80% of teachers say that hungry students have difficulty concentrating resulting in lower academic achievement. So, to summarize. What value did we create? 91 meals because though Waterloo is a friendly city, hunger is not welcome here, and you can’t learn with an empty stomach. Our thinking was originally to stay on campus as that would save us hours in commute
