Welcome to the Inaugural Middle Georgia Community Food Bank E-Newsletter!
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1 | MGCFB Newsletter July 2017
Recent Events Summer Meals Kickoff Our New Freezer New Student Pantries New Veteran Pantries Upcoming Events Our New Website Hunger Action Month and Hunger Action Day
Welcome to the new quarterly Middle Georgia Community Food Bank E-Newsletter. We hope that this newsletter serves to highlight the important current events. We thank you for your continued support, through monetary donations, volunteering, and food donations. This newsletter will provide an inside view of the day-to-day functions at Middle Georgia Community Food Bank. However, we strive to utilize this newsletter not only to inform you of our current events, but also to illustrate how your continued support allows us to most efficiently function as a food bank.
Middle Georgia Community Food Bank
In collaboration with Partner Agencies, MGCFB has begun two different types of pantries in order to serve a wider population. Student Pantries have been opened in high schools across Bibb County, which allow high school students to discreetly take home food for afterschool and weekend meals. Additionally, MGCFB has started a veterans pantry at Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin. This Veterans Pilot Pantry is the only pantry specifically for veterans in Middle Georgia. With the continued support of our donors, we are able to open more specialized pantries for underserved populations.
New Pantries in New Places
During the school year, children from food insecure households have the opportunity to receive breakfast and lunch at school. However, when school lets out for the summer, children can miss out on up to 10 meals a week without access to school meals. The food banks across Georgia put their heads together in order to remedy this serious problem, thus the summer meals program was opened for children in Georgia during the summer break. Summer meals kick off is every June, and begins the summer meal season. Schools, churches, and food pantries across Georgia supply nutritionally sound meals to children during the summer months. This program functions on the belief that no child should ever go hungry. With the continued support of our donors and volunteers, we are able to keep this much needed program running at full capacity.
Hunger Action Month & Hunger Action Day
September is Hunger Action Month, and September 14th is Hunger Action Day. The focus of Hunger Action Month is to raise awareness of hunger, and advocate for change. Hunger Action Day, on September 14th serves as the focal point for Hunger Action Month. Throughout the month of September Middle Georgia Community Food Bank will be partnering with local restaurants in order to hold profit sharing fundraisers. Throughout Hunger Action Month check Middle Georgia Community Food Bank’s Facebook Page to find where profit sharing nights will be held.
Keep an eye out for Middle Georgia Community Food Bank's new and improved website coming soon!
Upcoming Events
Know a child in need of summer meals? TEXT FOODGA TO 877-877
Middle Georgia Community Food Bank is now able to store over 4 times more perishable food items thanks to a new industrial-sized freezer. Our new freezer is a total of 4,250 sq ft, and 4 pallet racks high (see picture to right). We started using this freezer in April, and since then we have been able to participate in the Southeastern produce cooperative with other food banks across southeastern region. This means MGCFB has a greater number and variety of produce to distribute to our many partner pantries.
3 | MGCFB Newsletter July 2017
2 | MGCFB Newsletter July 2017
Our New Freezer
Summer Meals Kick Off