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DocuSign Envelope ID:8A1AB1 BF-ACDB-42A1-A3DE-9E9549E569B4 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION <br /> income or disadvantaged populations in the immediate community. The fresh <br /> food is delivered the day it is donated. <br /> The Donation Station Program and Community Foodshare Site Projects are <br /> based on requests from the participants of our partner organizations themselves. <br /> These "mobile farmers markets"will increase fresh food access for food-insecure <br /> families in their communities. The project is intended to foster community <br /> engagement around food by sharing practical cooking and nutrition education <br /> through a peer-to-peer community health training program with a long-standing <br /> partner organization and recipient of fresh food from the Donation Station <br /> program. <br /> e) Describe the community need or problem to be addressed in relation to the <br /> Chapel Hill Fluman Services Needs Assessment, Orange e p t OC Goals <br /> and Priorities, own of Chapel 1-hil Council Goals, C nnbo o Board Priorities, or <br /> other community priorities (i.e. Council/Board Goals). Reference local data (using <br /> the provided links, i.e. Chapel Hill Human Services Needs Assessment) to <br /> support the need for this program. <br /> The Donation Station programs and Community Foodshare Site Project provide <br /> fresh, healthy food to Chapel Hill residents who cannot afford or who do not have <br /> access to nutritious food. This program is designed to meet this significant human <br /> need identified by community stakeholders in the Chapel Hill Human Services <br /> Needs Assessment. <br /> The Donation Station Program and Community Foodshare Site Project invest in <br /> the Orange County economy by making fresh food purchases from local farmers <br /> present at farmers markets. This program, as well as the Community Foodshare <br /> Site Project, are committed to building a healthy, sustainable food system by <br /> creating partnerships between farmers and recipient agencies specifically <br /> outlined in Goal 3 of the Orange County BOCC Goals and Priorities. Our <br /> organization also adheres to the values outline in OC BOCC Goals and Priorities: <br /> Farmer Foodshare works to support local farmers, while creating <br /> community through the practice of healthy eating. <br /> The Donation Station program and Community Foodshare Site Project provide <br /> an additional revenue stream to maintain ethnic and economic diversity as <br /> outlined in the Town of Carrboro's Board Priority A. We support small farmers at <br /> our flagship Donation Station like Transplanting Traditions, a farming community <br /> aimed at assisting the large Burmese refugee population. Our pilot site for the <br /> Community Foodshare Project, Refugee Community Partnership, is a place that <br /> emphasizes how culinary traditions are a powerful way to celebrate and preserve <br /> cultural heritage and identity. The Donation Station program and Community <br /> Foodshare Site Project also enhance and sustain quality of life/place issues for <br /> everyone as outlined in the Town of Carrboro's Board Priority E. Farmer <br /> Foodshare has spent time cultivating relationships with partner agencies through <br /> Page 11 of 20 <br />