Initiative: SaveMore is a Coronavirus Response Project in Southwest Brooklyn, NY, helping the struggling family find more cost-effective but nutritious food and fight against food insecurity.
Mission Statement: SaveMore aims to help you save more money on food expenditure under the pressure of food inflation and fight against food insecurity by provides the newest information about the cost-effective food in supermarkets in your neighborhood and free food resources that are available for you.
Q&A
How will the "Where To Shop" page help our users?
Our users can get comprehensive information about supermarkets and grocery stores' cost-effective, special-offer, and on-sale food and be able to the find the best place to consume. Besides, by using this single website, users can save more time in getting the relevant information than they spend on checking several newspapers.
How will the "Free Food Resources" page help our user?
Free Food Resources collect information about available food pantries, food banks, and public schools in New York City. Through our interview, many residents don't know that they can get free food or that where can get the free food. By checking this website, our users can find several free food distribute sites in their neighborhood and get help from those sites.
What can the users explore on the "Blog" page?
On the "Blog" page, our users can get know about the concerns from other residents and share empathetic emotions with each other and with us; our users can also get information about the underlying causes and facts of this time's inflation and comparison with the Great Inflations in the 1970s from expert's interview.
Celina, the founder of SaveMore, is a student from Leaders High School and speaks fluent Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese) and English. With her experience in diverse living environments, Celina uses her language advantage to help her community members fight against challenges. Celina participates in various kinds of volunteer work in both China and America, always keeping "serve the community" as her core value.
Under the context of Coronavirus and inflation, Celina conducted an independent research in her community about inflation and food insecurity, taking field interviews to hear the voices from diverse community members and finding solutions in response to their thoughts and needs.