Project Fill the Shelves

Posted on Monday, August 1st, 2022

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Client	Julia McCann, Manager, Algonquin Food Cupboard
Professor(s)	David Solomon, PMP, Professor at Algonquin College,
Program	Project Management (Co-op)
Students	Vipul Grover Ekta Patel Karen Gil Brianna Munch Juhi Pinto Ronak Bhasin

Project Description:

The name of our project is Fill the Shelves, as part of our program – Project Management. David Solomon, PMP, Professor at Algonquin College, and Julia McCann, Manager, Algonquin Food Cupboard, were the project clients. Our client requested assistance with meeting the food demands of Algonquin College students requesting help from the food cupboard. As per statistics of Canada, more than 40% of Canadian students are facing food insecurity, and hence, there is a greater need than ever before. The goal of our project was to procure $1000 worth of food (based on the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price, or MSRP) through donations with initial funding of $40 from our project sponsors.

To kick off the project and collect donations from the public and friends, we organized three different events, i.e., placing the donation box at an Indian restaurant in Ottawa, selling the theme-based cookies on Canada Day, and selling artwork on Facebook Marketplace. We elected to procure our groceries before the planned project date and took a risk of $60-80 to take advantage of a summer sale day at Walmart. We raised $513 collectively from all the events and were able to procure groceries worth $1028 as on 27th July 2022.

Our final milestone was to complete the inventory and quality control checks of the products we purchased for the food cupboard to ensure they meet the quality benchmarks per the Canadian safety standards. To complete the task, our team created a document detailing the quantity, quality, and expiry dates of the relevant products with the bills attached along with it for any changes and replacements. Finally, we delivered our groceries to Food Cupboard on 27th July 2022 in the presence of our project sponsors.

Short Description:

Fill the Shelves is an initiative to support the food demands of students. The goal was to donate groceries worth $1000 to the Food Cupboard team. To raise money, we conducted three events and bought groceries worth $1028 by spending $513 at Walmart.

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