Feeding the Hungry at the Library

South Sioux City Public Library

Programming

• 1,200 programs will be offered this year.• 4 full time staff, 6 part time staff• Volunteers• Other agencies

Strategic Plan

Look outside the library

Town Hall MeetingsIn-House Library surveysSurveys left with the school districtSurveys left at area businesses

Met with area service organizations

Dakota County ConnectionsDakota County Health DepartmentDakota County ExtensionMary Treglia Community House

246,000 Nebraskans are food insecure, and 97,000 of those are children. Food insecurity is identified as families who don’t know

where their next meal is coming from.

Dakota County has food insecurity rate of 11.5%, meaning 2,410 people in Dakota County don’t know where their next meal is

coming from.

Dakota County ranks 78th out of 79th in Health Behaviors and Social Economic Factors

Poverty and Hunger Issues

Community Garden

Community Orchard

Dakota County Voices for food met at the Iowa Nebraska Bank meeting room. Attending: Marion Cain, Charles Davis, Bill Garvey, Gina Gile, Jan Hawk, Corrinna Lenort, Dave Mixdorf, Brenda Sale,

Alyssa Silhacek, Morgan Hartline, Vanessa Wielenga, Yolanda Garcia, Alexandra Krula, Jen Heil

Voices for FoodFacebook

Attention Home Gardeners:

Do you garden and have extra produce that you don't use?Do you wish you had a way to help someone in need?Do you know that over 2,000 people in Dakota County don't know where their next meal is coming from!

Voices for Food Plot

Cooking Classes

Canning Classes

Garden ClassesMeets once a month

Covers different topics:Square foot gardening

Seed StartingCompanion Planting

Herb gardeningVermicomposting

Good Bug, Bad Bug

After School Meals

Processing/Pick-Up SitesFirst Luthern Church 3601 Dakota Ave South Sioux City, NE

1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month from 11am-2pm

United Methodist Church Locust Dakota City, NESunday 12pm-1pm Wednesday 1pm-3pm

Salem Luthern Church 1753 G Ave (Highway 35 West) South Sioux City, NE

Sunday 9am-12pm Wednesday 9am-3pm

St. Paul Methodist Chruch 2003 A Street South Sioux City, NE Monday 4pm-6pm Friday 4pm-6pm

Goodwill Camp 570 152nd Street (Highway 20 West) South Sioux City, NE Tuesday 9am-12pm Wednesday 9am-12pm

Volunteer Groups

The garden program has collected and distributed

Approximately 9,000 pounds of produce this

summer.

Future Plans

Continued expansion of education programs

for growers.

Recruitment of new growers

Library as a food distribution site that stays open past 5pm