JAKE'S FINER FOODS’ Post

Summer is finally here! For children facing food insecurity, summer break creates uncertainty. During the school year, many students throughout Southern Colorado receive free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch at school. When school ends for the summer, so do these meals. Eliminating summer hunger is no small challenge, but our team of Partner Food Pantries and Direct Service Sites is increasing food distributions so kids like Daniella can spend more time playing, growing, and creating lasting memories -- like eating lots of Daniella's favorite, strawberries! Ready to support our mission? Head to https://lnkd.in/gJB3ENm to learn how you can get involved!

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#DYK just this month, Fulfill has served a staggering 1.2 million meals to our neighbors? Food insecurity is an unrelenting issue, and it's happening right in our own backyard. Every day, we're on a mission to fight food insecurity by offering our neighbors the resources and support they need to lead healthy, fulfilling lives. But here's the thing: we can't do it alone. We need YOUR HELP! Together, we can make a significant impact and create a stronger, more nourished community. Will you join us in this vital mission? Learn how you can get involved here: https://lnkd.in/eDhty4T

We got our first eggs this weeks! 3 total eggs valued at $1.24 at the grocery store. [They are free range after all!] Now, that feels like a pretty minimal payout. Less than $2 worth of eggs isn't great ROI on: → $100s in coop materials. → 2 months of weekends spent actually building the coop. → Hours & hours caring for very fragile chicks. → Daily responsibility of feeding & watering. But this doesn't tell the whole story. This doesn't consider how raising chickens Checked the box on so many of our family pillars. Having these animals has helped our family: → Slow down & live at 3mph. → Create life-giving rhythms for our kids. → Eat locally-sourced food. → Work together as a team. To many, our decision to get chickens may seem foolish. To us, it's been worth it 100x over. Dads, Fatherhood isn't about doing what everyone else says is best. It's about finding out what's best for YOUR family & kids. Craft your specific vision. Refine your unique values. Live them out consistently every day. What's something unique that you do in your fatherhood that works for your family?? #burnuntamed

Spread the love this Valentine's Day by advocating for the 1 in 10 New Yorkers experiencing food insecurity. Today, City Harvest is joining advocates in Albany for Anti-Hunger Advocacy Day to urge lawmakers to pass a state budget that invests in programs and policies to support food security—including increasing the SNAP minimum benefit to $100 per month, increasing funding for Nourish New York, and fully funding school meals. Together, we can end hunger. Take action: https://p2a.co/qeSiAXq

Did you know that one in five children in the U.S. experience food insecurity? For kids that rely on free or reduced-priced meals at school, summer can mean a lack of access to nutritious food. That’s why we’ve joined Albertsons Companies Foundation’s first-of-its-kind coalition of food banks/food pantries, school districts, community organizations, and other partners across the country to help tackle hunger. Check if your household qualifies for $120 for groceries per eligible child through USDA’s new, permanent Summer EBT program at SummerEBT.org

Granny paws, old-timers, sugar snoots… whatever you call them, we at the Humane Society of Utah know that senior pets make some of the best fur-iends! 🐶🐾🐱 For just a few of the many reasons why you should welcome a senior dog or cat into your family, check out our latest blog post at https://buff.ly/3QOsRIj! 💜

"Remember -- your love for bacon can make a big difference!" Funny, but true. There is a serious side to this too. The Walworth County Food and Diaper Bank is a great organization, and symbolic of many which are responding to food insecurity in our communities. In our particular case our Bank serves, at some point during the year, about 5 percent of our county's population - distributing $5M of food across 16,000 guest encounters. All of this is made possible by roughly 120 volunteers whose work seems never ending. Those we serve are primarily referred to as ALICE (asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed). In other words, neighbors in situations where one car repair, medical bill, or unexpected expense can force a difficult decision about food. A full 40 percent of those we serve in a year come only once. 70 percent receive food from us four times or less in a year. In our county, and probably yours too, up to 35 percent of our residents fall into the ALICE classification. Those are really staggering numbers when you think about them. And food for thought as well (sorry). If all those numbers seem daunting, come and celebrate some bacon with us! 😁 #foodinsecurity #foodbank #neighborshelpingneighbors

TGIF, everyone! As we head into the weekend, consider how you respond to challenges that come your way. Do you resign yourself to accepting your challenges and failures? Or do you allow them to spur you on to keep trying with even more determination than before? #foodforthought #communityaction #helpingpeoplechanginglives #overcomingadversity #hungerforsuccess