2005 A nnu al Repo rt - Second Harvest Heartland

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The State of Hunger in the Heartland In 2005, Second Harvest Heartland participated in the fourth national Hunger in America study sponsored by America’s Second Harvest – the Nation’s Food Bank Network. The results not only provide invaluable information about the emergency food network, but also about the people - the families, children and seniors - that are served by our network. Second Harvest Heartland staff, board members and volunteers collected 460 in-depth individual client interviews at 50 metro, suburban and rural food shelves, soup kitchens and shelters and 432 member agencies responded to an agency survey. What the results reveal: Many low-income working families don’t earn enough money to pay the bills and eat everyday. In the 59-counties Second Harvest Heartland serves in Minnesota and western Wisconsin, 47% of households using emergency food report that their main source of income is paid employment. Program Highlights • 80% of household earned less than $20,000 • 50% of food shelf households had children younger than 18 • 93% of people using emergency food are U.S. citizens • 73% are registered voters For more information about Hunger in the Heartland, visit www.2harvest.org or call 651-484-5117. Second Harvest Heartland distributes food and grocery products to emergency food providers in 41 Minnesota counties and 18 Wisconsin counties. Food Bank – Second Harvest Heartland leads the nation in food bank technology. Pallet scanning and inventory tracking systems have increased productivity and made receiving and handling 22 million pounds of food and grocery products more efficient and accurate. Food manufacturers, government programs and the community donate grocery items to the Food Bank for distribution to our 800 member agencies, including food shelves, soup kitchens, shelters and other social service programs. Food Rescue – Twelve Baskets – Second Harvest Heartland has one of three Food Rescue Programs in the nation that uses handheld technology to provide truck and driver status and poundage reports in real time. Using this system, nearly 2 million pounds of prepared and perishable food was collected from 150 Twin Cities area restaurants and retail markets and delivered in refrigerated trucks to 60 member agencies. Supplemental Food Program – This program provides 40-pound boxes of nutritionally balanced USDA food every month to 10,000 income-eligible pregnant and post-partum women, children up to the age of six and seniors 60 years and over. An innovative data management software system was introduced this year, and all 150 distribution sites report reduced paperwork and increased efficiency. In 2005, this program distributed 5 million pounds of food. Child Hunger Programs – There has been a 50% increase in the number of member agencies that participate in summer and after-school programs reimbursed through the USDA. Our advisory role has been expanded with the creation of a nutrition lending library and frequent communication on topics that include the new food pyramid, healthy, kid-friendly recipes and the importance of good nutrition and exercise in childhood development. Senior Programs – Residents at 12 metro area senior high-rises look forward to food delivery from Second Harvest Heartland’s Senior Food for Health. Second Harvest Heartland also partners with six area Meals on Wheels Programs to make direct fresh produce deliveries for our Produce for Seniors Program. Participating agencies receive a monthly Senior Nutrition Newsletter. Member Food Shelves Albany Food Shelf Annandale Food Shelf Anoka County Brotherhood Council BBE Food Shelf Becker Food Shelf Big Lake Community Food Shelf Big Stone Lake Area Emergency Food Shelf Braham Area Food Shelf Browerville Area Food Shelf Buffalo Food Shelf Calvary Lutheran Church CAP Agency Care and Share Food Shelf Centennial Community Food Shelf Center for Asians & Pacific Islanders (CAPI) Center of Hope Ministries Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf Christian Food Cupboard of Hudson Community Emergency Service (CES) Community Action Council Destiny Christian Center Faith United Methodist Family Resource Center Messiah Lutheran Church St. John Neumann Church Community Aid Elk River (CAER) Community Connection of Sauk Centre Community Emergency Assistance Program (CEAP) Anoka County Hennepin County Concordia University St. Paul Food Shelf Cottonwood County Sharing Center CROSS Center of Benton County CROSS Food Shelf Delano Helping Hands Department of Indian Work Division of Indian Work ECHO Food Shelf Eden Valley Food Shelf Family Pathways Cambridge Forest Lake Lindstrom North Branch Five Loaves Food & Clothing Center Francis Basket Food Shelf Friends For Life Food Shelf Good News Food Shelf Groveland Food Shelf Hanover Area Food Shelf Hastings Family Service ICA Food Shelf Third Street N Williston Road Incarnation Food Shelf Interfaith Outreach Community Partners (IOCP) Joyce Uptown Food Shelf Keystone Community Services Midway Food Shelf North End Food Shelf Fairview Community Center Kimball Area Food Shelf, INC. Lac Qui Parle Community Food Shelf Le Center Food Shelf Lifeline Food Pantry Linwood Community Food Shelf Long Prairie Emergency Food Pantry Mahtomedi Area Food Shelf Manna Food Pantry, Inc. Maple Plain Community Food Shelf McLeod Emergency Food Shelf Glencoe Hutchinson Meeker County Emergency Food Shelf Melrose Area Food Shelf Minnehaha United Methodist Church Minnesota Teamsters Food Shelf Montgomery Food Shelf Second Harvest Heartland Second Harvest Heartland
In 2005, Minnesota’s Six Food Banks Received $150,000 in State Funds to Purchase Milk Providing low-income children with milk is critical to Minnesota’s goal of school-ready children, and 50% of those served by Minnesota’s food banks and member agencies are low-income children. Due to fixed expenses, like rent and utilities, low-income families are often unable to afford to buy milk and unfortunately, food banks do not receive sufficient donations. In a Second Harvest Heartland led initiative, the State Legislature awarded a one-time grant in the amount of $150,000 for Minnesota’s six Second Harvest Food Banks to purchase fluid milk. We are again seeking supplemental funds this legislative session to provide more milk to those most in need. The number of individuals served by Second Harvest Heartland member agencies rose to 169,600 per month in 2005, which is a 45% increase compared to 2001. The staff and volunteers at the Anoka County Brotherhood Council (ACBC) Food Shelf in Anoka, MN, serve families in crisis who come in for a short period of time as well as those who rely on the food shelf every month. Cheryl Gross, Executive Director at ACBC, said that for some families, “no matter how they budget, there just isn’t enough money to get through the month and eat everyday.” The suburban food shelf located in the northern metro area assists an average of 450 families each month. They are supported locally through food drives, monetary donations and food bags purchased at grocery store check-outs. At least 30% of the food ACBC distributes comes from Second Harvest Heartland. Gross believes that food shelves can only continue serving hungry families with the generous support of businesses, individuals, community groups and hunger relief partners, like Second Harvest Heartland. She said, “It’s important that support doesn’t go away, because hungry families aren’t going to go away.” Member Agencies Second Harvest Heartland distributes food to 800 member emergency and social service agencies in 59-counties in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Emergency food providers include food shelves, soup kitchens and shelters. Individuals and families use these services when they are at high risk of hunger or food insecurity. We also assist agencies that provide other social services to those in need, including group homes, halfway houses and low-income daycare providers. The people receiving help from one of these organizations are susceptible to hunger or food insecurity, but this may be secondary to the service they are seeking. Within these categories and directly, Second Harvest Heartland focuses on children and seniors. Our Child Hunger, Senior and Supplemental Food Programs partner with member agencies and offer direct services, including nutrition education, supplemental food boxes, healthy snacks and meals, fresh produce and homebound delivery services. Member agencies are located in metropolitan, suburban and rural locations. Authorized agency representatives may come either to our Minneapolis or St. Paul locations to pick up their food orders, or alternatively, we deliver. Rural areas are served monthly by 14 delivery routes. About 155 families receive food each month from the Renville County Food Shelf in Olivia, MN. Food Shelf President, Artis Wertish, said their organization receives about 75% of their food from Second Harvest Heartland’s once a month, door-to-door delivery. “If we had to buy food from the grocery store, we would pay just as much for a box of cereal as we do for the handling fees on a case of cereal delivered by Second Harvest Heartland.” Member Food Shelves, Continued Monticello Emergency Food Shelf Morrison County Food Shelf Motley Area Food Shelf Murray County Food Shelf NEAR Food Shelf Neighbors, Inc. New Ulm Area Emergency Food Shelf North Anoka County Emergency Food Shelf (NACE), Inc. North Pine Area Food Shelf North Point Health & Wellness Center, Inc. North St. Paul Area Emergency Food Shelf Pastor Paul’s Mission Paynesville Community Serv Ctr Peace Center, Inc. Pierce County Department of Human Services Pierz Area Food Shelf Pine Community Food Shelf Pipestone County Food Shelf Prescott Area Food Shelf PRISM Food Shelf PROP Food Shelf Ralph Reeder Food Shelf Redwood Area Food Shelf, Inc. Renville County Food Shelf Rice Area Food Shelf Rock County Emergency Food Shelf Rush City Food Shelf Sabathani Community Center Senior Food Shelf Sharing Korner SHEAF, Inc. Sibley County Foodshare Inc. Simpson UMC Food Shelf Southern Anoka Community Assistance (SACA) St. Benedict’s of Avon Food Shelf St. Croix Falls Food Shelf St. Croix Falls Food Shelf St. Peter Area Food Shelf (SPAF) Staples Area Food Shelf STEP Food Shelf Southwest Carver County Food Shelf The Helping Hand Food Shelf The Open Cupboard Vadnais Heights Food Program Valley Outreach Food Shelf VEAP Food Shelf Waconia United Food Shelf WAFER Food Shelf Washburn County Food Pantry Watonwan County Food Shelf Inc We Care Project West CAP Food Pantry Westonka Food Shelf White Bear Lake Food Shelf Willmar Area Food Shelf Worthington Christian Church Food Shelf Wright County Community Action Yellow Medicine/Neighbors United Food Shelf 2005 Annual Report www.2harvest.org 5
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