Posted by Kallie B

Program Host	Chapter
Host Region and Chapter	Cotton States ROSE BELZ KRIGER BBG
Program Type	Education Judaic Sisterhood Social Action
Time Required	Less then 2 hours
Target Population(s)	Girls (BBG)
Folds Targeted	Community Service Social Action Jewish Heritage Creativity Recreation Sisterhood
People Participating	10-30

Program Summary:

Inspired by JVIBE, this was a six-fold program that was fun and educational for everyone.

Full Description:

The basis of this program was food stamps. We gathered and researched many statistics about the uses of food stamps, how to get them and who is eligable for them. Most of all, what a food stamp is worth. A food stamp is worth twenty one dollars, and that is for the entire week.

Inspired by JVIBE, we educated members on all of this information. This is how we began the program.

The next step was splitting off into three groups, with a fold chair member at each group as a "leader". They were told that they were to design a plan or grocery list of non perishable foods that they would buy with twenty one dollars to feed thier families for a week. Then, we told they were were actually going to go to the grocery store and buy the items, and see who would come out with the most HEALTHY (because it will feed a family) food for twenty one dollars. All the food was to be donated to the food bank,which was why they had to be bagged, boxed or canned.

Each group was given paper and a pen and was told to consider the statistics and information that was told to them. They then had to create a list of what they would by for twenty one dollars, to feed thier family for a week.

Once this was completed each group leader was give twenty one dollars for their team and our advisors and parents took us to Kroger, where we set our plans into action.

The girls had thirty minutes to find the best deals and the best foods. We were amazed at all the different strategies that were used in shopping. One group used proportional measurments, and one group found really the best deals.

After the outing we went back to the hostesses house and discussed how they think they did. The girls completed two Mitzvah's, not only did they buy all this food to donate to the food bank and help some families celebrate the upcoming holidays but they also found out what it was like to be someone on a tight budget when grocery shopping. They put themselves in someone elses shoes and experienced a new situation.

As a Jew, doing a Mitzvah is one of the highest honors, and Kriger loves participating. We imagined how much harder it must be for Jewish families on food stamps, if keeping Kashrut was an issue for them as well.

This program provided and education environment, sisterhood by expericencing something new together, Jewish heritage, Community Service and Social Action by putting ourselves in someone elses shoes and completing a huge mitzvah, a recreational outing, and the outing requiered mounds of creativity to complete.

Submitter's Suggestions:

Plan plan plan. Also tell the people that work in the store about the program so they know the amount of people.

Comments:

Mara H said (Nov 22, 2008):

Such a cool idea!  I thought was really intriguing when I read it in JVIBE too and wnted to try i personally.  I want to do this program now too!

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