Feeding Our Communities Partners
- Background
Feeding Our Communities Partners started with a proposal from the Second Harvest Heartland, a Twin Cities based regional food bank whose Missing Meals study concluded that Blue Earth County low-Income residents are still missing about 16% of their meals. Therefore, Feeding Our Communities partners was proposed by the Second Harvest Heartland to fill the gap by creating a collaboration of all food assistance programs in order to increase their impact on hunger in Blue Earth County.
FOCP started with the Backpack Food Program, a pilot program serving Franklin Elementary from K through 3rd grade which ensure that children who live-insecure households are eligible to receive child-friendly, nutritious food in their backpacks prior to weekends and school breaks. The second phase of the pilot program will cover up to 6th grade.
- Vision
The members of Feeding Our communities Partners Envision a day when no resident of the Blue Earth County must experience hunger. We advocate for sustainable solutions to hunger, demonstrate the public value of an end to hunger, and strive to eliminate the stigma and apathy connected to hunger.
- Mission
The mission of Feeding Our Communities Partners is to create access and build personal resources to eliminate hunger in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
- Goals
- Leverage community resource to support available food assistance program
- Increase participation in food assistance programs
- Increase food rescue and distribution programs
- Advocate for public policy to end hunger.
- Resources
To learn more about Feeding Our Communities Partners take few minutes to visit the links below: