Worcester Community Fridges

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Worcester Community Fridges: Weatherizing and protecting fridge enclosures

Project Description Since the pandemic, Worcester Community Fridges has strived to fill in the gaps of food insecurity in Worcester by providing a public communal fridge where anyone can donate and take food at one’s leisure Due to the unique challenge of maintaining a fridge outdoors, our project was meant to explore ways to better…

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Continue reading Worcester Community Fridges: Following The Food – Developing a Data Collection Tool to Monitor Community Fridge Usage
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Worcester Community Fridges: Following The Food – Developing a Data Collection Tool to Monitor Community Fridge Usage

Project Description This project aimed to better understand the usage of the Worcester Community Fridges by developing data collection tools for the organization. The main constraint was maintaining the hands-off, self-service mission of the fridges while still gathering a significant amount of data. We interviewed volunteers as well as researched similar projects done by other…

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