What do you know about the relationship between citizens and your CP? On what levels do they interact? How can citizen participation affect you CP- use the concepts outlined in your textbook to answer this question.
Ecumenical Hunger Program (EHP) has a very tight connection with its community. Although I have not had the pleasure of physically visiting their facilities, I can already see how much of a group effort is put into providing all the services for their families and individuals. The East Palo Alto communities help through their donations and volunteer work. Volunteerism is a form of participation where individuals or groups donate their time or money to a public purpose (Bowman and Richard C. Kearney 89). It is through volunteer work that citizens have the opportunity to participate in their community. EHP has operated for 35 years proving emergency services without government funding. The receive their resources through the donations of others. Having a mindful community has help with the success for the program. People in the community are aware that if something is no longer useful to them, it can be useful to someone else and they donate it. Although their primary focus is to providing food for those who are in difficult times, EHP has grown and adjusted with the needs of their community and now provide everything from food to furniture and clothing. They work along with other community organizations so they can ensure that they are offering the highest quality of services to their families as well as maintaining themselves informed of the needs the community may have.
Bibliography
"About Us: From Hunger to Hope." Ecumenical Hunger Program EHP Cares, n.d. Web. 27 January 2016.
Bowman, Ann O'm and Richard C. Kearney. State and Local Government The Essentials. 3rd ed. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012, 2009. 233-253. Print.
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