While our journey with The Love Kitchen is coming to an end, our blog posts are not! We plan to keep our blogs up and running until the very last day of the campaign. After this post, we plan on posting at least one more time. With that being said, we would like to encourage you to leave some of your favorite recipes with us in the comment section below one last time.
The Love Kitchen connects homeless and homebound families with food, so what better way to make a final connection with you, our audience, over food. Typically we would request recipes that relate to the current holiday, but this time we are asking for your favorite recipes of all time.
Throughout the semester, our group has worked very hard to try and spread awareness about homelessness and gain donations for this non-profit. The way we spread awareness and increase contributions is through our Facebook page and our blogs. We learned that Facebook and blog posts are our successful strategies to reach our targeted age, and so far we have raised $10 for The Love Kitchen!
However, there were some downfalls at the beginning of the campaign. In the beginning, we tried to reach businesses, such as Chick-Fil-A and Insomnia Cookies, to see if they can donate some items for our Indiegogo page but there were no responses from them. Another downfall was our can food drive. One of our group members, Anna Jones, tried to get in touch with The Love Kitchen coordinator, Patrick Riggins to see if we can do our can food drive at their building, but we did not get any responses from him.
Nevertheless, we did not give up on our campaign. Each week, we update our Facebook wall and post individual blogs to connect with you. When we update our Facebook and blogs, we tried to build relationships with you and spread awareness about homelessness within Knox County. We know that The Love Kitchen has helped many individuals who are in need of food and clothes, and we want more people, like you, to continue supporting The Love Kitchen.
In addition, we want to thank you for supporting us throughout the whole semester!
Thank you so much!
Anna Jones
Annie Pan
John Barrentine
