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Causes: Children & Youth, Youth Development Programs
Mission: (a) to conduct and support exclusively charitable, educational and religious programs and activities for the relief of hunger and poverty, for the improvement of literacy, for relief of unemployment, for improvement of health and for other charitable, educational and religious purposes;(b) to conduct and support educational programs, seminars, courses and other educational activities designed to provide information to the public and to interested persons and organizations concerning the activities of wsccl;(c) to conduct any and all activities which further the foregoing(d) to solicit and receive funds and to receive, hold, invest and reinvest gifts, bequests, grants, contributions and benefits of any trusts (but not to act as a trustee of any trust) and property of any sort, and to administer one or more funds of real or personal property or both in accordance with and subject to the limitations set forth herein.
Programs: Food pantrythrough an innovative customer-cooperative supermarket-style food pantry, the organization's west side campaign against hunger program alleviates hunger and creates a culture that promotes self-reliance. In fiscal 2017, the food pantry provided 1,015,164 meals to 112,796 individuals.
counseling in addition to food, the organization's west side campaign against hunger program offers counseling and referral. In fiscal 2017, counselors screened 8,529 households for their eligibility for entitlements, such as food stamps and health insurance, and referred clients for other financial, health, housing, legal, and vocational services.
chef program:the organization's west side campaign against hunger program promotes wellness by offering daily exercise classes, cooking demonstrations, and nutrition workshops.
other program services: to conduct activities which further the organization's mission.