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D35b. Please <br />describe how you <br />arrived at this <br />number. (200 word <br />limit) <br />1) Neighborhoods engaged in food waste diversion: W e estimated that <br />~40% of households will participate in food waste diversion efforts. The <br />average number of people/household in Orange county is 2.3, so we <br />multiplied the number of households by 2.3. W e also included the ~250 <br />people who eat at the church/month. Total of 1,461 people impacted. <br />2) W e anticipate working with at least three garden partners: Baldwin Park <br />Community Garden, the Giving Garden, and the Carolina Campus <br />Community Garden. Speaking with the garden organizers gave us the <br />number of people who garden per year. If those people were also taking <br />food home with them, we multiplied the number of gardeners by 2.3. If the <br />garden mostly donated its produce, we just included the total number of <br />gardeners. Total of 395 people impacted. <br />3) W e looked at the food distributed from these gardens. This is more <br />difficult because some gardens donate some of their food to places like <br />PORCH or TABLE, and it's hard to know the impact. Other gardens know <br />how many people they distribute their food to, and we multiplied this number <br />by 2.3 for number of people impacted. Total of 322 people impacted <br />through food donations. <br />SUM = 2178 <br />D36. Please <br />describe how you will <br />engage with and/or <br />educate project <br />participants and/or <br />the community. (250 <br />word limit) <br />W hen participants (from the neighborhoods or the church) sign up for the <br />program, they will use a common sign-up form so that we can capture the <br />email addresses of all participants. This will enable us to distribute a <br />newsletter every other month that will provide updates on the project and <br />our progress, will include compost tips and tricks, and will include <br />information on other climate friendly activities that readers might want to <br />adopt. This email list will also allow us to survey the participants (no more <br />than three times per year) to get feedback, and to understand the impact of <br />this project. <br />For our new neighborhoods, we'll encourage neighborhood team leaders to <br />organize some type of project kick-off event where they can educate <br />people who are new to composting about what can be accepted, and how <br />to keep smells down, etc. At this event, we've included a small budget for <br />food to increase attendance, and to help build community. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 60C8120B-2E2C-4F19-BFBC-3ADFB6A6F8E1