Food Bank Mission Statement

The Indiana University South Bend (IUSB) Student Food Bank requires a statement of intent and concept to guide the organization, and inform the individuals who receive goods and services from the organization. This can be accomplished by identifying the mission, vision, and organizational values. The mission is a sentence describing a company's function, markets and competitive advantages: a short written statement of your business goals and philosophies. The vision is an aspirational description of what an organization would like to achieve or accomplish in the mid-term or long-term future. It is intended to serves as a clear guide for choosing current and future courses of action. Organizational Values are those beliefs held so strongly that they drive people’s behavior and dictate how people interact with and treat each other. Values, together with their defined behaviors, set the minimum expectation of behavior for everyone in your organization, and help to lay the groundwork for your
In addition, student led organizations such as The MSU Student Food Bank have established a mission statement, which represents the organization well and conveys the necessary information that the clientele need. The proposal for IU South Bend Food Bank follows:
Mission: To provide IU South Bend students with supplemental non-perishable food items in times of need to alleviate hunger. Vision: No student attending IU South Bend’s campus should have to endure going without food. Everyone will have access to nutritious and quality food. Organizational Values: Respect: We respect the inherent worth of students and treat them with empathy, fairness, and justice. We accept one another and support diversity of thoughts and