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OCR Page 1 of 64USDA- Community Food Security Initiative
Congressional Hunger Center- Mickey Leland Hunger Fellows
Working together to make Communities more food secure
In support of the USDA Community Food Security Initiative, the Congressional Hunger
Center committed to highlighting and initiating 10 new food security projects in partnership
with the Mickey Leland/Bill Emerson Hunger Fellows field placement organizations across
the country. The Hunger Fellows program, which is part of the Americorps/VISTA national
service program, places fellows at grassrcots and hunger organizations across the country. Here
are just some of the results of the past year:
1. LOGAN, OHIO-NEEDS ASSESSMENT
Hunger Fellows Peter Genuardi and Christopher Taylor conducted an extensive needs
assessment survey in the area served by the Southeastern Ohio Regional Food Center. They
assessed the social service landscape and collected data on people accessing emergency food
assistance in nine counties, then used this information to develop a community-wide plan to
reduce the factors causing poverty and food insecurity. The plan highlighted steps that could be
taken to benefit families with children, seniors and the disabled. The plan, to be coordinated and
facilitated by the food center, engaged the leaders of public and private social service providers,
religious congregations, and schools to address food insecurity and poverty as a community. By
encouraging these groups to look at how they might share their constituencies, limit the
duplication of services, and share resources, the issues in the community are now being
addressed through a more holistic approach.
For more information contact: Dick Stevens 1-800-385-6813
2. LUBBOCK, TEXAS-KIDS CAFE
While serving at the South Plains Food Bank in Lubbock, Texas, Mickey Leland Hunger
Fellows Carrie Kilman and Jana Rumminger started the first Kids Café in the South Plains area
at the George Woods Community Center, in a neighborhood where 96% of elementary students
receive free/reduced price school breakfast and lunch. The South Plains Kids Café is open three
evenings a week to the 40 - 65 children who use the community center. Kids spend time in
recreation activities, then eat a healthy meal. Approximately 10 Lubbock restaurants, in
conjunction with the Food Bank, provide meals for the Kids Café; local businesses donate paper
goods and supplies; and volunteer groups from Jr. and Sr. High schools and Texas Tech
University help supervise the children. The Fcod Bank is subsequently planning to open two
more Kids Cafes.
For more information contact: David Weaver or Karen King 806-763-3003
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