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Causes: Food, Food Banks & Pantries
Mission: To establish a collaborative community food pantry which addresses the food & nutritional needs of the customers. Identify and evaluate the customers' broader needs and provide access to other community resources that foster independence.
Programs: Food program - supported 23,231 household visits, providing 1,331,325 pounds of food. Kids programming - supported school back pack program. Food is packed by the oacp and provided to the schools to distribute to children with weekend food challenges. 3,069 children were served through kids corner where children are encouraged to shop for their own healthy, single sized food items. This is in addition to the food the parent takes home.