Charity Food Programs That Can End Hunger in America



Ways to End Hunger Estimate your community's food aid needs Increase your distribution capacity Make food aid accessible Reduce the cost of ending hunger by 25% Reduce the Cost of Ending Hunger by 90% Permit Needy to Access Food Aid as Often as They Need Welcome, Reassure And Comfort Clients Offer as Much Variety as Possible Reduce Waste and Humiliation—Let Clients Assemble Their Own Food Boxes Offer Food When Other Help Is Not Available Reduce Pressure On Local Resources and Boost the Local Economy Get The Government To Do Its Part Evaluate your food pantry	Credits If there is value in this Web site, the thanks for it are due to many people and organizations that I would like to acknowledge: My own board and staff The Heart of West Michigan United Way The Waste Not Want Not Project staff Michigan State University Many other food bankers around the country who have tested these methods and have provided wonderful feedback and affirmation The countless charity agency staff, volunteers and clients who have so patiently taught me so many things over the more than 20 years I have been doing this work. - John M. Arnold, Executive Director of Second Harvest Gleaners Food Bank of West Michigan September 2004 Book and Web site design: Brewer Communications, Inc. With generous support from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America World Hunger Program. All contents of this Web site Copyright © 2004-2005 Second Harvest Gleaners Food Bank of West Michigan, Inc.
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Ways to End Hunger

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