In our July spotlight, we are featuring a mother/daughter team Debbie and Kylie. They volunteer for the Healthy Food Pantry at our Homestead Oaks Apartments. Debbie wrote, “Although we live in one of the richest countries in the world, it breaks our hearts that many families still experience hunger. This is why my daughter, Kylie, and I decided to volunteer our time at Foundation Communities Food Pantries. It is our hope that through this opportunity, we can help our neighbors in need by providing them not only with nutritious foods but also with a smile as we share recipe possibilities. We have had the pleasure of meeting so many wonderful individuals and learning a little bit about them and their children.” Thank you Debbie and Kylie for putting your great relationship to work to serve our community!
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In Michigan, nearly 12% of people face food insecurity, and many of our community members face barriers to accessing nutritious food. Food insecurity has soared over the past few years, making it more important than ever to create a future where our food system is equitable, sustainable, and equipped to meet southeast Michigan’s needs. At our foundation, we support a number of nonprofit organizations, including Fair Food Network, Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan, Forgotten Harvest, Capuchin Soup Kitchen, and Make Food Not Waste, who are working to increase food access, destigmatized food insecurity, and provide education and resources so that people throughout our region can thrive. Read about our community collaboration to strengthen regional food security: https://lnkd.in/gZ-xUHUM
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Food is a universal need that transcends age, background, address, race, gender, and societal status. We all need to eat. Yet, more than 83,700 people in Wyoming—over 14% of the population—are facing food insecurity. We've had the honor of connecting with neighbors across the state and learning firsthand about the challenges of food insecurity. Learn more in our blog linked below.
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Partnerships have always been my go-to track to achieve anything.
Collaborative partnerships are the best way to get things done. The FORK Extra Program is a collaboration between FORK and the Vials Food Pantry, Headwaters Food Pantry, and the Three Lakes Christian Food Pantry. Its goal is to help our area food pantries to serve more families with children. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/ekZZpYSa.
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https://lnkd.in/efHXiG92 If you care about the other apes - bonobos, chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, orangutans and siamangs - today, #GivingDayforApes, is a good day to chip in a few quid, bucks, Euros or Yen to one or more of the organisations working to protect them and their habitat. Here's a list of those taking part...
Giving Day for Apes
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Part 2 While this is just a snippet and it only has been one month, I’m beaming with pride to be apart of this organization that is filled with like-minded people who genuinely care about combatting hunger and making a difference. Going into this role I thought I had known a lot about food insecurity and the cycle of hunger, however, I have learned more in the last thirty days about this issue than I ever have before. FTB is truly on the ground doing the work - feeding not just the unhoused individual on the street corner asking for money that you see on your way to work, but our neighbors, our classmates, our co-workers, our friends, and our whole community. It truly is not about serving “them,” it’s about serving us. People go hungry every single day and no one should have to experience not knowing where their next meal will come from. Everyone should have the right to choose which foods they’re putting in their bodies. No one should have to make the hard choices of choosing to put food on their families’ plates, to keep their lights on, or to feed their pets. No one should develop diseases that are so preventable because all they can afford is unhealthy, processed foods. Feeding Tampa Bay recognizes that people face these obstacles every single day and has been a leader in finding ways to solve these issues and continues to innovate and evolve based on community need. To quote the good ‘ol Snickers commercial, “you’re not you when you’re hungry.” Overall, it’s been enlightening, informative, humbling, and some of the best thirty days a new guy on the job could ask for. Shoutout to my fearless leader Katherine Scaglione for bringing me on the team, empowering me to bring new ideas to the table, and for allowing me to take ownership over the programs that are apart of my role. This is just the start and I’m so excited to see what’s to come with this organization and team. If you’d like to learn more about Feeding Tampa Bay and get involved by donating either your time, treasure, or voice, I’d be happy to connect you, your family, place of work, school, etc. Shoot me a message to learn ways you can become a #HungerHero or head to our website feedingtampabay.org for all the things. #BecasueFoodMakesTomorrowPossible
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September is Hunger Action Month! As a proud board member of the North Texas Food Bank, I encourage you to join me in raising awareness about the issue of hunger and to take action. There are several ways you can make an impact in your community. Learn more by reading, "The Last Word: North Texas Food Bank's Trisha Cunningham on How To Make a Difference During Hunger Action Month".
The Last Word: North Texas Food Bank's Trisha Cunningham on How To Make a Difference During Hunger Action Month
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We have a story in the latest issue of Neighbourhood Media detailing all the work we do via Addison Road Food Pantry Camperdown, our low-cost grocery store which makes use of rescued, donated and purchased food to support the local community and its needs. The story (link below) shows how we help feed people from Mission Australia's Common Ground housing project and the nearby Johanna O’Dea Court, a multi-storey NSW Family and Community Services apartment block. It also explains how we serve people living on a tight budget in Camperdown and Glebe, as well as people who come to the pantry from right across the City of Sydney LGA. Most of all, the story is a celebration of our monthly Addi Road 'Let's Get Cooking' sessions (AKA "the Cook-Up"), which offers 260 free hot meals for Mission Australia and Joanna O'Dea residents, as well as those shopping at our Addi Road Food Pantry Camperdown. These sessions involve a monthly cooking demo inside the Common Ground building. Food literacy is the ultimate goal behind Addi Road's Let's Get Cooking program. As well as simply providing a free hot meal (and dessert) each month, we look at helping people to shop AND cook with often very limited funds. Each month there are easy recipes on offer (and ready to be tasted) along extra tips for stocking people's kitchen cupboards; a list of essentials to facilitate simple, inexpensive and nutritious recipes that will match whatever Addi Road Food Pantry might have in stock. It's about building an integrated food ecology for people battling. With a few extra special ingredients over a shared meal as the community comes together: camaraderie and connection. + #Addiroad #cityofsydney #foodrelief #foodjustice #housing #inequality #Camperdown #Glebe #MissionAustralia #homeless #battling #costofliving #poverty #resilience #mentalhealth #wellbeing #nutrition #diet #charity #community #freemeals #cookingworkshop #volunteers #caring #education #connection #letsgetcooking #neighbourhoodmedia https://lnkd.in/gs7vVEvM
Addi Road's Food Pantry in Camperdown
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I recently visited a local food bank. It is a food bank that picks up produce at a local grocery store. They used to pickup meats near expiration too. They have freezers and as an under-supplied, overburdened food bank, the need is definitely present. In the last six months the same grocery store stopped discounting meats to 50% and started only discounting them to 30%. I know for a fact this has led to greater discard of expired meat. They no longer allow the food bank to pick up near expiration meats. People who wouldn’t be able to afford those foods in the first place, imaginary profits and losses that never existed are their “reasoning” for throwing food away instead. People in need are not the enemy. People in need aren’t hoarding their money greedily and eagerly waiting at the donation doors. The (potential) merger of Albertsons and Fred Meyer terrifies me. They’re already coordinating their sales to justify “see we’re competing with each other and will keep doing so if you let us merge” What all shoppers have realized? Their prices were heavily inflated since first word of this merger to allow “sales” that don’t lose them a penny. Grocery prices are already unattainable for many and only worsening.
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In the case of all social good movements - it's grassroots organizations banding together and communities supporting one another that is going to shift cultural attitudes. At Replate, we think of other nonprofit FROs as potential collaborators, not our competition! A rising tide lifts all ships! Read more about it in Marquise's latest blog post over at: https://lnkd.in/gYaigEPW
Food rescue collaboration — Replate Blog
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NEWS: Del Monte Foods, Inc. released a progress update on the first year of the "Nourishing Families by Nourishing Schools" program, a collaborative initiative launched in 2022 dedicated to enhancing the physical, mental, and social-emotional well-being of children. In year one, our partnership has: - Reached 1.25 million families with family-oriented nutritious and easy recipes and activities to foster community and connection through meals - Engaged more than two million children at nearly 4,700 K-12 schools with program content - Ensured inclusive reach with 67 percent of the students and families reached to date representing BIPOC populations and 75 percent of schools and districts reached serving under-resourced communities through Title I funding. Learn more about our work with Del Monte Foods, Inc. and access the press release here: https://lnkd.in/g2jE8943
Del Monte Foods Announces Year 1 Progress on Commitment with Nonprofit Partner Healthier Generation to Nourish the Wellness of Youth and Communities Across the United States | Alliance for a Healthier Generation
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