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Food Today, Food Tomorrow, and Food for All. Susannah Morgan, CEO Oregon Food Bank. Food Banking in Oregon. Food Today. Collecting food Distributing food Running meal & snack programs. Need for Food Today. There were 554,456 Oregon children enrolled in school in 11-12.
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Food Today, Food Tomorrow, and Food for All Susannah Morgan, CEO Oregon Food Bank
Food Today • Collecting food • Distributing food • Running meal & snack programs
Need for Food Today • There were 554,456 Oregon children enrolled in school • in 11-12
Need for Food Today • 287,249 children were eligible to receive free and reduced price lunch at school • That’s 53% - or one in every two children
Need for Food Today • 46,211 children receive meals/snacks through CACFP • That’s 16% of the kids who receive free/reduced price lunch – at most
Need for Food Today • 43,781 children receive meals/snacks through SFSP • That’s 15% of the kids who are eligible for free/reduced price lunch – 1 in 7
Need for Food Today • We know what happens when kids don’t get enough nutrition
Benefits of CACFP/SFSP • It’s all about the kids • A stream of federal money • The impetus to build community collaborations • Knowledge and support from partners
Challenges • Federal rules • Federal rules • Federal rules
Food Tomorrow • Efforts aimed at decreasing the need for food assistance
Food Tomorrow Includes: • SNAP outreach • Nutrition education • Cooking and budgeting classes • Gardening • Job training
Food Tomorrow Also Includes: • Feeding kids today • Teaching kids about how to eat healthy foods • Educating parents about nutrition
Food for All • Public Awareness • Advocacy
Food For All Includes: • Legislative advocacy • Media • Building coalitions • Grassroots connections • Collecting stories
Together, We Can End Hunger • We can organize for Food Today, Food Tomorrow and Food For All
Together, We Can End Hunger • We can run the programs that feed kids • We can build collaborations in our communities
Together, We Can End Hunger • We can be the voices for hungry kids • We can insist on an Oregon without hunger