Needs
A note from The Foodbank’s President John F. Knapp
Dear Foodbank Supporters:
Every day, children throughout Los Angeles County are going to sleep and waking up hungry. They have trouble learning, tend to get sick more often, and don’t develop as fast or as soundly as other children. Most of these children rely on school lunch programs as their primary source of nutrition, and teachers report that these students are preoccupied with their next meal. But what about breakfast, dinner, and meals when school is not in session?
The Foodbank of Southern California is providing 1,428,000 hungry children with highly nutritious food each month. Unfortunately, as the economy continues to wane, coupled with high unemployment, there are an unprecedented and growing number of Southern California residents living in poverty and in need of nutritious food. This past year alone, the number of individuals and families requesting our food services increased 23% over the prior year, and the number of low-income and working poor families being served by The Foodbank jumped from 92% to 96%.
The Foodbank’s network of feeding agencies report that new clients are predominately children, the working poor, and the recently unemployed. Our primary goal is to prevent and alleviate the damage persistent hunger inflicts. With your support, our supplemental feeding programs help a child’s capacity to learn and perform in school, advances healthy aging and facilitates independent living for seniors, and lessens the daily burden of the working poor to choose between paying for food and other necessities such as utilities, housing or medical care.
The Foodbank is requesting immediate support to feed an unprecedented and growing number of Los Angeles County residents living in poverty. Any funding you provide will go toward obtaining, storing, and transferring large donations of highly nutritious food to emergency and non-emergency food programs. When necessary, The Foodbank will use the funds to purchase foods to ensure that recipients are provided highly nutritious food versus empty calorie food.
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In-Kind Donations (donations of goods or services) Wish List
Goods:
- Cardboard boxes for repacking food
- Clear Packing Tape
- Cleaning supplies (window cleaner, floor cleaner, & all purpose cleaner)
- Paper drinking cups
- Historical images of building site circa: 1912
- High resolution digital camera
- High resolution digital scanner
- Copy paper 8 1/2 x 11 (white only)
- Label maker for index files and folders
Services:
- Newsletter and Annual Report graphic design
- Printing of newsletter, annual report, campaign collateral materials as well as stationary, folders, business cards, and envelopes.
- Shipping or freight service
- IT Support
