Dear Friends,
This year, we reached for a deeper understanding about people who are struggling. Who are they? Where do they live? What are the tough choices they face each day? Hunger in America 2014 was released in August 2014 and helped us answer some of those questions. Here’s what we learned: we need to do more.
We started new programs for children, because more than 1 in 4 children in Arizona live in poverty. With your help and with special funding, we worked to get more kids free meals in school.
Our key hunger-relief effort, the Arizona Statewide Gleaning Project, was vital for getting the right mix of food to our food bank members who serve thousands of Arizonans each year. We’re also evaluating this program to see what we can do better, and how we can provide more healthy food throughout the state.
And, of course, we worked on preventing hunger through state and congressional action, and advocated for legislation targeted at feeding kids in schools and reinforcing the government safety net.
There is so much more to do. Addressing poverty can seem like an endless challenge. But so many people are working together: our food bank partners, their member agencies, the Feeding America network, other poverty relief agencies, and, most importantly, YOU. Just knowing this gives me hope for Arizona, and hope that one day we will end hunger in our state.
Thank you for your support.
Angie Rodgers, President & CEO
Read the whole 2014-2015 Annual Report and Financials!
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