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Casey's Corner Food Pantry

Install a walk-in cooler/freezer to serve 1500 more people per year. Casey's Corner Food Pantry

COMPETED FOR

$25K
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Competed in
May, 2010

Goals

  • To serve an additional 1500 people per year at our food pantry.
  • To significantly improve the energy efficiency of our refrigeration.

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Overview

Install a walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer to provide for the storage and staging of food necessary to expand pantry hours of service to meet the growing number of hungry families in our area. The following steps are required:

. Install one 56 square foot cooler

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Install one 42 square foot freezer

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Relocate existing fire suppression system

. Relocate existing fire detection system

. Provide required electrical work

. Obtain applicable engineering and city permits.


Deliverables:

. Expand pantry hours of service from 2 days per week to 3 days per week.  

. Feed an additional 1500 people per year.

. Greatly improve energy efficiency of refrigeration.

. Local Press coverage.

 

 

 

 

 

How will the 25K be Used?

Budget Notes: The Pepsi Refresh grant will pay for about one half of the cost of installing the walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer.
$ 25,000 install walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer
Do Good for the Gulf.

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