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The Foodbank also extends nutrition, food safety and self-sufficiency training to low income individuals and member agency representatives through its Nutrition/Self-Sufficiency Training Program.
In 2006 – 2007, this program provided this training to 28,094 high risk, low income individuals, empowering them to strive towards meeting their own nutritional, financial and self-actualization goals.
The Kid's Cafe Program provides a nutritious afternoon meal or snack to children in after school programs in a safe, caring and learning environment. Currently, there are 24 Kids Café sites that have served 236,995 meals or nutritious snacks to an average of 1,725 children weekly during this past school year. In 2005, our Food For Kids Backpack program was implemented through partnerships with three Title I elementary schools (defined as schools with a population of greater than 50% of the children receiving free or reduced price federal school meals).
Last year we were able to grow to six elementary schools, and this year growth continued for us to be able to serve nine elementary schools through this program. Weekly, we provided nutritious bags of food for over 445 children, an increase of 65 students over last year.
These distributions consisted of a variety of produce, bread and other kid friendly, yet nutritious food items, and amounted to 130,377 pounds, a 40% increase over the 93,307 pounds distributed last year.
Last, the Plant-A-Row for the Hungry Program was continued this year through numerous community and individual gardens; promoting nutrition, self-reliance, and urban beautification.
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