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Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope

Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope. SAFB…Feeding America Connection. Nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity Provides food assistance to more than 25 million low-income people facing hunger in the United States, including more than 9 million children and almost 3 million seniors

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Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope

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  1. Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope

  2. SAFB…Feeding America Connection • Nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity • Provides food assistance to more than 25 million low-income people • facing hunger in the United States, including more than 9 million children • and almost 3 million seniors • 203 food banks serving all 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico • Secures and distributes more than 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery • products annually • Supports 63,000 local charitable agencies, 70,000+ programs like food pantries, • soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after-school programs, Kids Cafes, • Community Kitchens and BackPack Programs • The SAFB has been recognized by Feeding America as the • “Food Bank of the Year 2007-2008”

  3. SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK HOW WE WORK 400 AGENCIES + 16 Counties = 30 Million Pounds of Food in FY08

  4. SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK WHO WE SERVE • The average rate of poverty in the San Antonio Food Bank’s sixteen-county service area is 20.7% • 1 in 5 adults and 1 in 3 children struggle with hunger and food insecurity. WORKING POOR CHILDREN HOMELESS SENIORS 25,000 PEOPLE A WEEK

  5. SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK PROGRAMS AGENCY RELATIONS Food Fairs – Mass Distribution of Nutritious Food Pantry – Emergency Food for Families In Need

  6. SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS Backpack Emergency, ready-to-eat weekend backpacks Kids’ Café After school meals for at-risk youth

  7. SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK SOCIAL SERVICES Application Assistance Social Service Specialist staff help clients with Food Stamp Program, WIC, TANF, Long Term Care, CHIP, Children’s Medicaid, Adult Medicaid, Women’s Health Program Last year, SAFB acquired 30 million pounds of food equaling 28 million meals or $50 million in food SAFB provides emergency food assistance to nearly 25,000 Individuals Weekly Food Assistance Locate one of 400 food pantries, soup kitchens, senior centers, homeless shelters, kids cafes, community kitchens

  8. SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK PROJECT H.O.P.E. Federal Benefit & Nutrition Education Distribution 250,000 lbs. to 7,000 seniors monthly

  9. SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK COMMUNITY KITCHEN Training – 10 week curriculum and job placement referrals Meal Service Homeless, Kids Cafes, Schools

  10. SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK NUTRITION EDUCATION/COMMUNITY GARDEN Planting – Growing organic crops Teaching – Kids and organizations

  11. SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK DISASTER RELIEF…HURRICANE IKE 148,720 Meals Served At peak 10,000 Evacuees

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