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Harvesting the Power of Community

Definition of Community

• com·mu·ni·ty• noun • 1. a social group of any size whose members

reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.

Definition I like best…

Sharing, participation, fellowship

Who has heard of

Vision & Mission

Our mission is to feed America’s hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger.

Feeding America Community

Network of 202 food banksAll 50 states, Washington, D.C and Puerto Rico12 food banks in Ohio

National Office – Chicago220 full time employeesWashington, D.C. office

Partners in Feeding America’s Community

More Feeding America partners

Curtis Stone – Celebrity Chef

Celebrity Apprentice 2010Played for Feeding America

The Feeding America Food Bank Member in your Community

Mission:

Feed people. Fight hunger.

Statistics in Your Community

• 8 counties served• 3,882 square miles served• 173,160 Poverty Population • Facility capacity 83,480 square feet • 459 partner agencies• Distribution to clients in 2010 18,444,666 lbs.

Akron Canton Regional Food Bank

Hunger in America

Hunger in America - 49 million people

- 16 million children

Hunger in Your Community- 246,680 people are food insecure- 173,160 poverty population in 2009

• Map the Meal Gap data enables us to identify the number of food insecure people in every US county.

• We have been able to estimate the cost of a meal, based on actual prices paid in each county.

• Data helps us understand the scope of need among the food insecure population and assess the federal and state programs that may be available to support their needs.

• Until now, the number of people falling below the federal poverty threshold has been the indicator most typically used for identifying the need for food at the local level because it is one of the few indicators available at the county level.

• National food insecurity data reveal that about 45% of those struggling with hunger actually have incomes above the federal poverty level and 53% of poor households are food secure.

• Measuring need based on local poverty rates alone provides an incomplete illustration of the potential need for food assistance within our communities.

Map the Meal Gap

Map the Meal Gap – Child Food Insecurity

Partners in Your Community

• J.M. Smucker Company• FreshMark Inc. – Sugardale• U.S. Foodservice• Walmart• Giant Eagle• FirstEnergy• Goodyear,• GAR Foundation• Nationwide Insurance.

Opportunities in Your Community

• Ohio Benefit Bank

– become an OBB site to expand SNAP outreach

• Tweet

• Facebook – like the food bank!

The Big, National Picturetional Picture

• Feed 1 million more people each year for the next 5 years FY 08 - FY 12

• Increase participation in Federal nutrition programs by 25%

– Sub Outcome #1 – increase the amount of food available to agencies

– Sub Outcome #2 - Increase reach by building capacity at county level

So What Does that Have to Do with Me?

4 billion lbs

Current Agency Distribution Network

What is our Community Doing to Finda Solution?

• Feeding America• Akron Canton Regional Food Bank

Agency Network–What are you doing?–What can you do?–What will you do?–What should you do?

Feeding America Community

• Develop national gap analysis and effective strategies for expanding access• Identify 3 levels of member gap analyses & share best practice solutions across

network• Establish minimum thresholds and high performance standards• Raise & grant money for national programs (e.g. retail pickup, mobile pantries,

National Office

Network Member

Partner Agencies

Clients

• Develop, customize, execute local gap analysis, confirm and prioritize barriers• Develop a community specific plan to expand access, utilizing best practice

solutions• Organize agency network and community leaders to implement the plan• Train agency directors to ensure consistent execution and performance

improvement• Raise and grant money for agency capacity (e.g. equipment, smf, subsidies)

• Commit to hunger relief as a critical dimension of mission • Set specific objectives to increase PPIP and expand SNAP outreach efforts• Maximize resources made available by food bank, government and partner orgs• Recruit volunteers and raise money to expand access to food and nutrition

programs• Understand their role in the system

• Take advantage of all the resources made available by agencies and government

You are an integral part of the food distribution system. The question is how can you help increase access and help more people?

Can you…

Commit to hunger relief as a critical dimension of your mission?

Can you…

• Set specific objectives to increase the amount of food distributed per person and become an OBB site to expand SNAP outreach efforts?

Can you…

Do you…

Can You..

Expand Distribution

EXPANDING CAPACITY

How Food Flows Today

What We Want to Avoid

Trying to drink from a fire hose…

Accelerating the Mission

The StrategicGoal

Future

The Ultimate Challenge

Alignment Accelerates Progress

Thank You

Mitzi D. BaumDirector of Food Safety – Field OperationsFeeding America312.641.6842mbaum@feedingamerica.org

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