The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation has awarded $45,000 to Our Daily Bread Food Pantry (ODBFP) to help Wipe Out Hunger for children and families in Collier County.
Headquartered in Marco Island, ODBFP provides food six days a week through both its Saturday fixed-site and mobile pantries, averaging 14 monthly opportunities for food insecure families throughout southern Collier County. Over 1,000 families (on average) receive weekly pre-assembled Family Food Packs. Each Pack contains an estimated 26.5 - 30 lbs. of fresh produce, frozen protein (meat, chicken, etc), eggs, milk, bread, cereal and other canned and dry goods assorted to meet or exceed the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2020-2025). Each pack is estimated to feed a family of four an average of 3-5 days. ODBFP also operates a Healthy Kids School Program, providing nutritious snacks daily and weekend food packs for K-12 students in five schools and summer camp programs.
“Our purpose has remained the same since we began: to help our neighbors in need stay healthy and hopeful in the face of food insecurity. Although Marco Island and all of Collier County are often perceived as an enclave for the wealthy, this is not a reality for the workforce who provide the essential services that propel our economy and are faced with escalating food prices and the severe lack of available affordable housing options. Without the weekly consistency of our multiple food distribution options, too many of our families would be forced to make the agonizing choice between feeding their children or having the resources to remain housed,” shared Evelyn Rossetti-Ryan, Ed.D, Executive Director. “We are deeply grateful to the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation for their long standing support and renewed investment in our work,” she added.
“The important work of Our Daily Bread Food Pantry is foundational to ensuring families who are facing financial challenges have their most basic needs met,” stated Mary Beth Geier, Florida Director of the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation. “Our Foundation is grateful for the opportunity to help our community members in this way.”
Keywords
food,
nutrition,
food industry,
malnutrition,
hunger,
food politics,
foods,
food security,
determinants of health,
social issues,
self-care,
health and politics,
agriculture,
prevention,
food watchlist articles,
economy,
poverty,
food bank,
health promotion,
nutritional deficiencies,
food distribution,
health,
industries (economics),
bread,
affordable housing,
meat,
snack,
eating behaviors of humans,
eggs as food,
milk,
cuisine,
food and the environment,
marco island,
florida,
organization,
cereal,
primary sector of the economy,
dietary guidelines for americans,
intentional living,
child,
diet (nutrition),
investment,
distribution of wealth,
humanitarian aid,
charity,
standard of living,
cooking,
pantry,
chicken,
culture,
security,
politics,
food and drink preparation,
summer camp,
public policy,
public health,
sustainable food system,
animal products,
food prices,
global health,
safety,
food science,
industry (economics),
ethical consumerism,
causes of death,
food ingredients,
issues in ethics,
branches of science,
economic problems,
workforce,
health education,
protein,
agricultural revolutions,
animals and humans,
eating behaviors,
change,
natural resources,
primary industries,
animals,
meals,
lifestyles,
culture and the environment,
environmental social science,
causes of conditions,
wealth,
economy and the environment,
human nutrition,
agriculture and the environment,
economies,
zoology,
natural products,
home,
domesticated animals,
environmental movements,
western cuisine,
livestock,
sustainability,
staple foods,
biology,
public sphere,
food and drink,
natural environment,
sustainable agriculture,
environment,
collier county,
florida,
scarcity,
social movements,
dining,
relational ethics,
hazards,
convenience foods,
sustainable development,
animal killing,
private sector,
applied ethics,
asian cuisine,
environmental issues,
behavioral ecology,
philanthropy,
dietetics,
welfare,
sustainable business,
food activism,
humans and other species,
animal keeping,
famines,
urban planning,
emergency management,
trade,
aid,
european cuisine,
microeconomics,
sustainable technologies,
hobbies,
nature,
poultry,
animal welfare,
planning,
assistance,
living arrangements,
agricultural science,
social programs,
ethical schools and movements,
crops,
ethnobiology,
disasters,
chemistry,
urban agriculture,
urbanization,
diets,
cereals,
weight loss,
environmentalism,
death,
economic development,
food retailing,
food storage,
spatial planning,
consumer,
domesticated birds,
snack foods,
policy,
marketing,
nutrition guides,
biological interactions,
collier news,
swfl,
collier county,
marco news,
marco island,
marco island florida,
coastal breeze news,
naples area,
naples
Comments
No comments on this item Please log in to comment by clicking here