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Foodshare
outreach program
**FoodShare Helpline Volunteer Opportunities (see below)**
Launched
in May 2009, Second Harvest Foodbank's FoodShare Outreach Program:
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Increases eligible families’ food budgets to access nutritious
foods that accommodate their personal tastes and cultural preferences.
• Assists emergency food providers who are struggling to keep
up with the demand for food assistance.
• Economically boosts businesses and farmers as FoodShare
dollars are spent in local communities. The USDA estimates every
$5 of FoodShare benefits spent generate $9.20 in economic activity.
The
program is promoted through a Second Harvest volunteer-staffed,
toll-free FoodShare Helpline.
Callers are pre-screened for FoodShare eligibility, encouraged to
apply for FoodShare benefits, and referred to sites throughout our
16-county service area for one-on-one application assistance from
our new FoodShare Outreach team.
This
program is possible through a partnership with the Madison Community
Foundation; the State of Wisconsin, Department of Health Services;
Feeding America; and matching funds from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service.
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Second
Harvest Foodbank thanks our fiscal year 2010 donors who restricted
their support to the FoodShare Program:
Congressional
Hunger Center and Victory Wholesale Group's Victory Against Hunger
Award --nominated by Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin
Endres Manufacturing
Company Foundation
Kraft Foods
Foundation
Marguerite
Casey Foundation
Roundy's
Foundation
Help
support Second Harvest's FoodShare Outreach Program.
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FoodShare Helpline Volunteers (DAYTIME, WEEKDAY SHIFTS OPEN NOW
- Sign up today!)
Friendly,
compassionate volunteers, age 18 and older, are needed to pre-screen
callers for eligibility, encourage them to apply for FoodShare benefits,
and refer them to sites for application assistance. Volunteers also
address general FoodShare questions, such as what items can be purchased
with FoodShare and at which stores the benefits can be redeemed.
Training
is provided and FoodShare Outreach staff help answer in-depth questions.
For
more information and to share this volunteer opportunity, download
the FoodShare
Helpline Volunteer Recruitment Flyer.
Sign
up today! Contact Tanya
Payne at 608-223-9121 x114.
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Need
help boosting your food budget?
Call
Second Harvest's FoodShare Helpline at 1-877-366-3635.
Visit
our FoodShare
benefits page to learn more about how you can find out if you're
eligible for FoodShare benefits.
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