Join the Food Fight: Libraries and Food Insecurity

Dr. Noah Lenstra talks with the team about libraries as partners in community health and wellness.

Today we talk with representatives Misty Davis and Charity Blair of the Ohio Department of Education's Office of Integrated Student Supports.  We talk about some usual topics, but from a new perspective.  Summer Food Service Program, CACFP, Afterschool Meals, At Risk Students and more.  http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Student-Supports

Join us as we speak with and learn from Martha Hansen, Assistant Director of the Woodstock Public Library in Woodstock, Illinois.  She tells us about the ever expanding free pantry, Thanksgiving program, and winter clothes closet and the partnerships they have created in the process.  Recorded 03-08-2021Links mentioned in the podcast:https://www.woodstockpubliclibrary.org/library/page/public-pantryhttps://www.facebook.com/WoodstockPublicLibrary/https://www.cslpreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/the-public-pantry-at-the-woodstock-public-library.pdfhttps://www.cslpreads.org/libraries-and-summer-food/https://www.facebook.com/groups/cslpfeeds    

Join Team Vittles as we talk with friends from the Ohio Association of Food Banks, The Food Bank, Inc. of Dayton and the Fairborn Community Library about how libraries and food pantries can work together to fight hunger, the innovative new ePantry pick-up program, and how you can get Vista Volunteers to help with your summer food program.  

We invited Ashley Roudebush from Children's Hunger Alliance back to talk with us about options for libraries and other non-profits to fight hunger during the school year.  Covid is wreaking havoc on jobs and people's ability to put food on the table.  Children's Hunger Alliance can be a great partner for providing no-touch, grab & go meals for your community at this time.  Find out more about the program and how you can get involved!