Project Open Hand in Atlanta

Recently, the GE Energy IMLPs along with our program manager, Ben Phillips, and John Kochavatr, CIO of GE Energy Shared Services, partnered with Project Open Hand for a very eventful day of volunteerism. Open Hand is a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive nutrition care for a diverse population of men, women, and children with unique nutrition needs. One of their signature programs is called Prepared Meals in which one, two, or three freshly cooked meals combined with snacks and supplements are prepared to meet the daily nutrition needs of low-income men, women and children who are dealing with a critical, chronic, or terminal disease; and homebound seniors.

Each day 5000+ meals are prepared to be sent to those who meet the criteria. Since it was the end of the day, our team was proud to have successfully prepared 720 meals within one hour and thirty minutes. This was a very fun event in which we all were applying our GE training to “Lean” the meal preparation process to make it faster and more efficient. After we were finished, we received great feedback from the Open Hand staff for our excellent work. Following the event, we hosted an inclusion event at Taco Mac, an Atlanta based restaurant known for its wings and diverse selection of beer.

 The Project Open Hand volunteer event was certainly a very enjoyable and worthwhile experience. We are definitely looking forward to working with this organization again in the future.