HOUSTON FOOD BANK General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience of the workings of the Houston Food Bank and the concepts discussed during the course which were demonstrated through our volunteer experience. Organizational Pattern: Topical Thesis Statement: The Houston Food Bank uses the efforts of volunteers as well as donations to support the reduction of hunger in the community. INTRODUCTION When the topic of people going hungry is presented‚ it is not far-fetched
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urgent need for food or a specific nutrient ("Hunger"). What someone might think of when they hear the word hunger is of those commercials of the starving kids in Africa and just for pennies a day you can help feed this child. Do you know that in one out of every sixth adult and one out of every fifth in American goes hunger every day equaling over 50 million people in American (“Hunger in American”). Where are those commercials? Not getting a sufficient about of nutritional food is not good for
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For my project I would like to volunteer at a local food bank in Tucson. I feel that volunteering at a local food bank would make the world a better place by feeding the hungry. There is an organization called Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona that I will volunteer through by applying online for a specific date in their Tucson location. According to (communityfoodbank.org/) this organization provides food and food-related services throughout a 23‚000 square-mile region of Southern Arizona
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115 August 18‚ 2013 “Food Banks‚ how they help people in need” The population of the state of New Jersey is‚ 8‚801‚624. The current rate of unemployment is 9.5%‚ which means that almost 880‚000 people face the question each day of “how am I going to feed my family today?’ As the director of Community Food of New Jersey is a hard task‚ you have to be prepared each day to face the challenges of feeding families in need. Majority of the people that are served by food banks‚ have children. The
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Cherry Eng115 English Composition 11/09/2012 A food pantry‚ or food bank‚ provides food to those who are unable to afford food due to economic issues. These issues can range from job loss‚ homelessness‚ natural disaster‚ etc. Most commonly it is low income households that find food banks most convenient as food banks are‚ according to the Houston Food Bank website‚ “a private‚ nonprofit organization.” These nonprofits organizations offer food to in need households at no charge as part of their
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The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Collaborates with foodtweeks(TM) to Support Struggling Families 1888 Press Release - Largest Private Hunger-Relief Organization in Oklahoma to Receive Donations from Weight Management App. Oklahoma City‚ OK - foodtweeks™‚ a free app that combines weight management with feeding the hungry‚ announced that the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City‚ OK has joined the ranks of foodtweeks™-affiliated food banks. The food bank will receive the donations
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1888 Press Release - Free App Assists Food Banks By Providing Weight Management Skills and Feeding Hungry Families. STAMFORD‚ CT - foodtweeks™ announced that the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties in San Jose‚ CA has joined the ranks of foodtweeks™-affiliated food banks. The free app that donates calories to food banks in exchange for better food choices continues to grow network of affiliated food banks. In order to donate‚ a foodtweeks™ user reports "tweeking"
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Regional Food Pantry Program by Steve Luster Strayer University Eng 115-English Composition Professor Michael White 9 February 2013 The nation’s food pantries are a fundamental requirement for the success and well being of our citizens‚ neighborhoods and our cities. You don’t need to state the obvious. If you’re writing about it‚ I’ll know you selected it.the great state of Illinois food pantry program as a business model for all regional food pantry operations primarily becauseAgain‚ you
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Food Insecurity in America: Finding a Solution Food insecurity and hunger are ongoing problems that face the United States population every day. As that population in America grows so does the amount of people who are living without the proper amount of food and nutrition. Although hunger may not be as extensive of a problem as it is in other countries‚ nevertheless it is a problem which needs to have a solution. The problem is not caused by a food shortage here in the United States but by a problem
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TYSON FOODS POWERS THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER Mitchell Communications Group‚ Inc. (MCG)‚ 2007 Summary Working with the public relations firm‚ Mitchell Communications Group‚ Inc.‚ Tyson Foods "wanted to develop a more strategic overall approach to hunger relief that would engage stakeholders on a more meaningful level including: Tyson team members; community leaders and elected officials; retail and food service customers; and a larger number of organizations and individuals involved in a hunger
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