Agency Visit
BSHS332
December 20, 2010
The first interview is with Bernadette O Keefe who is a development director with the Loaves and Fishes agency in Raleigh, northeastward Carolina. Loaves and Fishes were founded in 1983 and argon g overned by directors selected by Loaves and Fishes along with the community-at-large passel (Loaves and Fishes, 2010. Par.2). Their philosophy is to break anyone who is hungry and shelter anyone who is roofless.
Services provided and Population served
This agency has 14 programs which do not include the affiliate programs. The 14 programs include: Advocacy, brute Emergency Services, Daily Bread Day Labor, Dining Room, intimacy Park, Genesis, Guest Health Outreach, Jail Visitation, Library, Mary House, Mustard shed School, Sister Nora Place, Warehouse/Procurement, and Wash House (Loaves and Fishes, 2010. Par.3). Loaves and Fishes serve over 600-800 homeless the great unwashed every day.
They feed approx. 600-800 people a day except for Thanksgiving which they hold the week before. They also construct mental health for the homeless and a woman day shelter. They supply people with showers, feminine products and a hot breakfast. They also give homeless people vouchers for clothing and food places such as McDonalds. They also lose a school for homeless children (Bernadette OKeefe, December 11, 2010).![]()
Requirements for agency interns
Interns who are working in the school or do jail visits must have clear finger prints (Bernadette OKeefe, December 11, 2010).
General estimable quandarys
Mrs. OKeefe believed a huge ethical dilemma that they face is protecting people at the shelter when they are working with the police. They are not allowed to release information of who remain at the shelter. Also being sure the donations are worn out(p) and what the donator requested. Bernadette stated that a lot of the time when donations are do they will request that it go to...
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