Dignity Meals
Bringing communities together, one meal at a time.
Dignity Meals
Bringing communities together, one meal at a time.
The original idea was to connect local volunteers with needy families by collecting leftovers from local businesses and distributing the leftovers. Now, the team is leaning towards collecting leftovers from establishments and selling these lefteovers to to farms, fertilizer companies, and other agriculture partners who can use it for other uses.
Research
Research
What do businesses currently do with leftovers? Are there current protocols in place that limits the establishment’s ability to donate any leftovers? Does the business currently donate to local charities and/or organizations? If not, what are some concerns they have? If there was an app that allowed the business to easily schedule pick ups (where a volunteer would come by to pick up the donation), would they consider it?
Most business owners expressed interest in donating leftovers to those in need, but currently had no convenient way of doing so Most were already trying to find more ways to connect with their community
Some businesses had implemented ways to cut down on food waste (ex. cook to order, reuse ingredients,brought food home, etc.) because they had not considered donating Those who didn’t donate were worried about liability - “What if someone got sick from our food?”
Locations that were part of corporations had current protocols in place that prevented local stores from donating (or giving back) to the community for liability reasons
Design + Interaction
Design + Interaction
Sign up steps were initially broken out into individual screens Volunteers are required to commit to a certain number of volunteer hours They are also required to provide their availability - this was to help Dignity Meals determine if the volunteer would meet certain needs
Actions pages were condensed into one page followed by a confirmation screen recapping submitted information. This info gets sent to Dignity Meals. Staff members will run a background check on all volunteers, businesses, and organizations who wish to join the Dignity Meals platform. All users will receive a final confirmation email once they’ve passsed their background check.
The original design featured collapsible menus which showcased the current availability for the day when the menu was not opened.
To update their availability, the user would select the day they’d like to update and the menu would open.
Collapsible menus were removed and a slider bar was introduced where a user could tap the day they’d like to update or slide over to it. Users can also save changes by day.
Visual Design
Visual Design
