Comfort Food Of Washington County

Programs: Greenwich and cossayuna food pantries-in 2017, the combined lbs. Distributed: 194,000-combined individuals served: 13,642-on average, serving 100 households (200+ household members) every week-over 50% of the pounds of product distributed are made up of healthy, perishable foodyes! Backpack program-distributed, on average, 21 backpacks per week to 54 students-backpacks contained food enough for 9 meals for families on free and reduced lunches to enjoy over the weekends and on breaks, so that they come back to school ready to learncommunity health work -made approximately 190 referrals to social, financial, insurance navigators, and community resources in 2017fresh food pantry -the fresh food pantry is a fresh produce distribution network that was established in 2015 to extend the reach of the surplus produce that cfc was recovering to reach low-income houses throughout the county. The program is comprised of two distribution approaches: 1) weekly orders of fresh food that are delivered to established emergency feeding sites (pantries and soup kitchens); 2) disbursed community sites, including: senior housing facilities, community centers, youth centers, libraries, head start sites and health centers. Those sites are served through a combination of weekly orders and pop-up produce market. ? Procurement: we work with 11 farms in rensselaer, saratoga, and washington counties to manage their surplus food. In 2017 we recovered 18,890 lbs. Of farm fresh food; in 2018, our goal is to increase recovered produce to 32,000 lbs. ? Distribution: 1,400 households served through pop-up produce markets throughout washington county over