Transcript FA PowerPoint Template - Akron

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.
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Definition I like best…
Sharing, participation, fellowship
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Who has heard of
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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.
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Feeding America Community
Network of 202 food banks
All 50 states, Washington, D.C and Puerto Rico
12 food banks in Ohio
National Office – Chicago
220 full time employees
Washington, D.C. office
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Partners in Feeding America’s Community
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More Feeding America partners
Curtis Stone – Celebrity Chef
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Played for Feeding America
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The Feeding America Food Bank Member in
your Community
Mission:
Feed people. Fight hunger.
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Statistics in Your Community
Akron Canton Regional Food Bank
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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.
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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
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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
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Map the Meal Gap
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Map the Meal Gap – Child Food Insecurity
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Partners in Your Community
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J.M. Smucker Company
FreshMark Inc. – Sugardale
U.S. Foodservice
Walmart
Giant Eagle
FirstEnergy
Goodyear,
GAR Foundation
Nationwide Insurance.
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Opportunities in Your Community
• Ohio Benefit Bank
– become an OBB site to expand SNAP outreach
• Tweet
• Facebook – like the food bank!
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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
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So What Does that Have to
Do with Me?
4 billion lbs
Current Agency
Distribution Network
Getting Food to 5 Million
Additional To Clients
What is our Community Doing to Find
a Solution?
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• Akron Canton Regional Food Bank
Agency Network
– What are you doing?
– What can you do?
– What will you do?
– What should you do?
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Feeding America Community
National Office
Network Member
Partner Agencies
Clients
• 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,
SNAP)
• 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)
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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
So…
You are an integral part of the food
distribution system. The question
is how can you help increase
access and help more people?
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Can you…
Commit to hunger relief as a critical dimension of
your mission?
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Can you…
• Set specific
objectives to
increase the
amount of food
distributed per
person and
become an OBB
site to expand
SNAP outreach
efforts?
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Can you…
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Do you…
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Can You..
Expand
Distribution
Hours
Convert to a Client
Choice Pantry?
Shop more often;
distribute more food
EXPANDING CAPACITY
How Food Flows Today
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What We Want to Avoid
Trying to drink from a fire hose…
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Accelerating the Mission
The Ultimate
Challenge
The Strategic
Goal
2009
Future
Alignment Accelerates Progress
Thank You
Mitzi D. Baum
Director of Food Safety – Field Operations
Feeding America
312.641.6842
[email protected]
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