Elevator Project Success

Last week the Elevator Project of Guelph celebrated the contributions of more than 40 projects aimed at improving Guelph. Held at the River Run Centre, the Elevator Project's Big Show included funding announcements totalling more than $100,000 for 24 different projects. Of the projects awarded funding, three were from the School of Computer Science.

The three projects include the Garden Fresh Box program (GFB), Sustain-A-Bin (SAB), and Farm To Fork (F2F). Collectively they were awarded $7000 in cash and in-kind mentorship support.

The GBF, according to their website, is "a non-profit, fresh produce buying service created to help people access affordable fresh fruits and vegetables and also to support our local farmers". Beginning last fall, students in CIS3750 worked with the Guelph Community Health Centre to redevelop the GFB website to facilitate the purchase, delivery, and charitable work of the program. The updated website is expected to go live later this year.

The students who developed the SAB as part of the Feeding 9 Billion Challenge Food Waste Hackathon last October continue to find success with their composting bin. The idea: reduce food waste by translating each gram thrown out into a dollar amount.

And for the second year in a row, the F2F project (which aims to improve the quality and quantity of food donated to emergency food providers such as the Guelph Food Bank, and Hope House) was honoured.

The funding will be used to continue development of each of the projects.