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Call your House Member and the White House during the summer recess to urge passage of H.R. 5504 without SNAP benefit cuts. Call toll-free, 1-877-425-4810, to connect to your Representative. The number at the White House switchboard is 202-456-1414.
Hunger Action Month is Almost Here! Show your support 30 Ways in 30 Days: http://ht.ly/2vtBK
The Food Resource and Action Center has compiled a list of resources to help individuals and organizations to continue push for passage of the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act without reducing future SNAP benefits. Here’s the link to download their PDF: http://ht.ly/2vdrI
Initial reports and research show that 73,000 fewer kids each day were fed by nutrition programs, per the Food Resource and Action Center. Here’s a link they provided to the Education Week article: http://ht.ly/2vbfc
A big thank you to Tim Blair for recently featuring End Childhood Hunger on his amazing web site, and for the incredible work he does to support those fighting hunger. His monthly “Twitter for Food” Campaign is simple and effective: Skip a meal on the first Tuesday of every month and donate the $’s you would have spent to your local food bank or anti-hunger organizations. He’s selfless, tireless, and an inspiration to all of us. Check out the campaign here.
Here’s the posting:
@endchildhunger and @mfarver are hunger heroes! You’ve got to check out the site End Childhood Hunger and take a look at all the great hunger relief information and see what Michael and the gang are doing!
Check out all their #twitterforfood badges also! Wow, it’s been fun to have them helping to drive the #twitterforfood events every month!
You can donate to End Childhood Hunger here. They are doing some really great work to alleviate hunger nationwide and in Florida.
It’s only a couple weeks until the next #twitterforfood event which will also end the Summer Of Hunger here at twitterforfood.com. We’ve got fun things in store for the Fall, so stay tuned and as always, let Tim know attwitterforfood@gmail.com if you have a post you’d like to add here or an event you’d like to promote!
Simply,
Tim
The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood. A vital and productive society with a prosperous and sustainable future is built on a foundation of healthy child development. Health in the earliest years—beginning with the future mother’s well-being before she becomes pregnant—lays the groundwork for a lifetime of vitality. Get the report here. RT @HispanicUnity: PLEASE call or email your Broward Commissioner–don’t let them cut Broward’s Safety Net when we need it the most! http://www.browardsafetynet.org
Experience cooking demonstrations and sample the latest food trends prepared by local celebrity chefs and paired with refreshing summer wine selections. Check out Feeding South Florida’s web site for more info. Great chefs, great cause, great reasons to attend.
Date:
Wednesday, August 25th, 6-8:30pm
Location:
Florida Builder Appliances
Pompano Showroom
1742 W. Atlantic Blvd
Pompano Beach, FL 33069
(Hollywood & Fort Lauderdale, FL – August 11, 2010). The stories around us highlight the reality of being at the center of the Great Recession: An employed teacher and U.S. Army Reservist and father of four – who is behind on his rent. A health emergency that threatens to displace a family of two sisters and their disabled, wheelchair-bound mother after the oldest sister losses her job and income and is diagnosed with cancer; they cannot afford to pay their rent. A Mother on maternity leave with a three month-old baby and two other children is abandoned by her husband. Her life changed overnight. She cannot afford the rent. Money for food is tight.
This is the new Broward County reality. A place where more than 2,500 new families apply for for food stamps monthly. A county where thousands lose their homes, their jobs and many – families – and their children – are going hungry.
In the midst of this, Broward County staff is proposing a $575,000 cut from the Family Success Centers which provide families with crisis and emergency assistance and helps them get back on their feet. The cuts would impact the 2010/2011 Broward County Budget and would eliminate the services currently being provided by Hispanic Unity in Hollywood and Coral Springs and by the Urban League of Broward County in some of the poorest and hardest hit areas in Fort Lauderdale, Lauderdale Lakes, Lauderhill and unincorporated Broward.
The agencies estimate that the cut, over a three-year contract period, would impact more than 20,000 lives – families and children.
Hispanic Unity and Urban League CEOs believe this is not only a poor community decision; it’s also a poor business decision. Together, they are planning an all-out advocacy campaign to ensure Broward’s Safety Net remains strong.
To help them in this effort, the two organizations have launched an advocacy site, BrowardSafetyNet.org, and are actively engaging their supporters, friends and the entire community to join them in convincing the County Commissioners to refuse to approve the proposed cuts.
Join them in their fight, and show your support by subscribing to their updates, and also by taking direct actions such as telephoning, faxing and/or e-mailing the County Commission. The information you need to take a stand is, or will be, found on the BrowardSafetyNet.org site.
To read and download the complete Press Release announcing the campaign, grab the Broward Safety Net Press Release.
Contact: Josie Bacallao
President & CEO of Hispanic Unity of Florida
Cell: 954.683.2028
E-MAIL: Jbacallao@hispanicunity.org
Contact: Dr. Germaine Baugh
President & CEO of Urban League of Broward County
E-MAIL: gsbaugh@ulbcfl.org
Cell: 954.625.2504
End Childhood Hunger advocates for greater utilization of existing federal programs such as school breakfast, school lunch, after-school snacks, after-school dinners, summer meals, and expanded nutrition education. We provide technical guidance, support and assistance to implement and expand these programs among stakeholders at the local, regional and state levels.
End Childhood Hunger Advocacy Center 