High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2025

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Course Code

LDR

Course Number

3215

Faculty/Instructor

Brad Crawford

Faculty/Instructor Email

crawford@ucf.edu

About the Author

Hello, our names are Kaitlyn Aust, Moriah Boring, and Matthew Bensey. We are second year LEAD Scholars students who worked as a team on this project with Second Harvest Food Bank.

We would would like to thank Second Harvest and their team for allowing us to volunteer with them and be a part of the difference they are making in the community. We would also like to thank our professor, Brad Crawford, for his leadership and mentorship in class.

Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement

While at Second Harvest, we volunteered at the Mercy Kitchen and the donation sorting warehouse. At the Mercy kitchen we organized boxes of snacks to be sent to after school programs, and we prepared and packaged meals that were going to be sent to schools and families. We also helped around the facility by cleaning the kitchen and washing the dishes. At the donation sorting, we collected large boxes of donated food items, and we sorted them into categories. These items were then sent to the kitchen or straight to families and kids.

We learned valuable servant leadership skills from the team and their leaders at Second Harvest. They led with love and excitement, always willing to go the extra mile and help wherever they could. This is a huge takeaway for us as we strive to become better servant leaders both now and in our careers after our time at UCF.

Additional Resources

Second Harvest Foodbank website:

https://feedhopenow.org/

Keywords

Second Harvest Food Bank; Homelessness; Hunger; Volunteer; LEAD Scholars

Exploring Leadership through the Avenues of Homelessness and Hunger in our Community.


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