El Buen Samaritano – Worcester Community Project Center

May 21, 2024July 2, 2024 by omperez

El Buen Samaritano: Converting EBS to Digital Client Tracking

Project Description El Buen Samaritano (EBS) is a volunteer-based, non-profit food pantry fighting food insecurity in Worcester for over three decades. The food pantry will serve anybody who needs assistance. After many years of using a pen-and-paper system to track client demographic information, EBS collaborated with a past IQP team in 2023 to explore a new data collection system using PantrySoft. This new software could enable…

April 27, 2023May 2, 2023 by lmmorris

El Buen Samaritano: Implementing Data Collection Software at El Buen Samaritano

Project Description For over 30 years, the El Buen Samaritano Food Program (EBS) has served the Worcester community by providing food and clothing to those in need. Since its founding, the organization has used a pen and paper system to track the resources they provide and collect demographic information on their clients which is needed…

March 17, 2022May 11, 2022 by Laura Roberts

Transitioning El Buen Samaritano to a Digital Data Collection Platform

Project Description Through our project, we aimed to facilitate and simplify the food distribution and data management process for the local food pantry, El Buen Samaritano. By implementing a technological solution, we hoped to improve the inventory system that the organization is currently using. Shifting from the current pen-and-paper system to a digital system, the…