Hunger Free Communities Grant
The Food Bank applied through the USDA for a Hunger Free Communities Grant to help us access more local produce to feed their local food insecure persons and families. Only nine of these grants were issued in 2011 throughout the United States. The USDA responded by offering a Planning Grant that would allow us to:
SLO County Food System Coalition
The San Luis Obispo Food System Coalition is a collaborative organization bringing together stakeholders from broad and often conflicting perspectives for the purpose of discovering shared interests, common goals, and mutually agreed action plans that serve the common good and provide for low-income persons who do not have access on a regular basis to nutritious food. To learn more click here.
If you belong to an organization that you believe should be represented in the Food System Coalition, please contact us. Meetings are held quarterly, with the Administrative Committee meeting one additional time each quarter and work groups based upon their goals meeting as necessary.
Hunger in San Luis Obispo County
There are 46,000 San Luis Obispo County residents who struggle with hunger and unfortunately the majority are those who are most vulnerable: children and seniors.
Hunger in California
Hard choices must be made between buying food and meeting such basic needs as housing, medicine, transportation, or childcare. Food insecurity disproportionately affects children and seniors. While the impact of hunger is not always obvious, its effects are present in nearly all of their communities and classrooms.
Hunger in America
Hunger Has a Cure
Join the Food Bank in their mission to alleviate hunger by giving food, funds or time. No matter how you choose to get involved, your efforts make an impact. Everyone can do something to fight hunger in their community. Visit their Ways to Give page to learn how you can help.
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