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--DocuSign Envelope ID:8173BBCF-1050-4110-B8C4-4622BA864EOB <br /> AGENCY INFORMATION <br /> Please provide the following information about your agency: <br /> 1. Date of Incorporation (Month/Year):05/2010 <br /> 2. Agency's Purpose/Mission (no more than a few sentences): <br /> The mission of PORCH Chapel Hill-Carrboro is to alleviate hunger and promote better <br /> nutrition in the community through monthly food drives supporting many initiatives, including: <br /> • ensuring our local food pantries are well-stocked with non-perishable food; <br /> • distributing fresh food directly into the hands of families with children in the public <br /> schools identified as food insecure; <br /> • creating and stocking pantries with healthy snacks in each of the 20 public schools <br /> and the community's after-school programs; and <br /> • creating more public awareness about the severity of hunger in the community, and <br /> the benefits of fresh food consumption. <br /> 3. Please provide a brief description of your organization's past achievements in carrying out similar <br /> projects and evidence of successful record of meeting proposed budgets and timetables(no more than <br /> 100 words). <br /> Over 10 years, PORCH's Food for Families has grown from serving 12 to now over 440 <br /> families living in poverty in our community. FFF has received Outside Agency funding for <br /> the past four years and has met all its performance measures each year, successfully <br /> delivering fresh food to our target number of enrolled families according to budget. To <br /> encourage healthy food consumption, we have provided cooking and nutrition information, <br /> and 85% of respondents to our most recent survey report that they consume all the fresh <br /> food. We have achieved this using an army of dedicated volunteers and community <br /> partners. <br /> 4. Living Wage: Does this agency pay permanent employees a minimum living wage?(Yes/No) NA <br /> If yes, is this agency an Orange County Living Wage Certified Employer? NA <br /> If no, please briefly explain. PORCH is an all-volunteer run organization and we do not have any <br /> employees. <br /> Schedule of Positions: #of FTE—Full-Time Paid Positons: —0— #of FTE—Part-Time Paid Positions:—0_ <br /> POi'OH Food for Farriilie P a F; e `a o f 11 0 <br />