FOOD Share Ventura County Kicks Off Tackle Hunger Campaign
drugs arial, dosage sans-serif;”>The Tackle Hunger Kick-Off breakfast was held today, Thursday October 15th from 8:30am to 9:30am. The breakfast was hosted by Brad Bartlett, President of Dole Packaged Foods and chair of the 2015 Tackle Hunger Campaign and annual CAN-tree.
(From Left to Right) DOLE Packaged FOODs President Brad Bartlett, FOOD Share Treasurer Tim Noonan, Ventura County CEO Mike Powers, and FOOD Share CEO Bonnie Atmore
County officials, community leaders, local small business owners, local executives, and volunteers came together for kick off FOOD Share Ventura County’s Tackle Hunger Campaign. Highlighted were FOOD Share’s efforts to feed the growing number of hungry friends and neighbors throughout Ventura County during the last few months of the year, and Dole’s commitment to healthy nutrition and social responsibility.
FOOD Share feeds 74,500 children, families, and seniors every month with food distributed through 194 pantries, soup kitchens, churches and rescue missions. The Tackle Hunger Campaign feeds the hungry during the most critical time of the year, and includes the 4th Annual CAN-tree Collection food drive Dec. 4-6 at the Collection at RiverPark in Oxnard, Calif.
You can participate in the CAN-Tree drive in Oxnard!
About FOOD Share:
More than 35 years ago, eight citizens performed a good deed by distributing food to those who were in need underneath a Ventura bridge. The early philanthropic movement quickly formed into what is now Ventura County’s regional food bank, FOOD Share, which has grown from serving a few hundred hungry people per month to 74,500 people. Today, staff and volunteers distribute more than 10 million pounds of food annually from its distribution site; more than 194 partner agencies, which include neighborhood and church food distributions and soup kitchens; as well as hunger assistance programs. FOOD Share provides healthy nutrition and education to children, families and seniors, through programs which include: KIDS Share, SENIOR Share, Nutrition Education, Community Market, SoCal Gas CARE Program and more. A 501(c)3 non-profit organization, FOOD Share is a member of the Feeding America network, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization. For more information about FOOD Share, visit www.foodshare.com. Find us on Facebook and Twitter.
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