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Partnerships
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AAFB Food Industry Advisory Committee (FIAC)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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Representatives of food industry partner with Food Banks to build a well-nourished Arizona
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AAFB staffs quarterly meetings to facilitate sharing knowledge and resources.
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Ag Against Hunger
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.agagainsthunger.com
Ag Against Hunger is a clearinghouse for surplus crops grown and harvested in the Salinas and Pájar'o Valleys. Their mission is to alleviate hunger by providing a link between the agricultural community, their surplus produce, and food assistance organizations.
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Coordinate product exchange & technical assistance.
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All-In Campaign
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.all-in-az.org/
The All In Campaign is a movement to transform our community into a model where all people live lives of dignity and self-reliance. For as many people that there are in our community, there are that many ways of expressing being "All In" to free our community from poverty. Imagine a community where all people are nourished, all people have a home, all people are living healthy, productive lives of dignity and self reliance. How would you need to be today, and the next day and the day after to have this vision realized?
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Strengthens AAFB's connection to related organizations and individuals around common efforts to end poverty.
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Arizona Community Action Association (ACAA)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.azcaa.org
ACAA was
created in 1967 to provide research, education, information
and advocacy on poverty. ACAA is governed by the 10 Community
Action Agencies (CAA) and 37 community action programs
(CAP) located throughout all of Arizona's 15 counties. This
structure affords ACAA the continual knowledge and understanding
of the populations we represent. ACAA will continue to listen
and advocate for Arizona's most vulnerable populations.
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Executive
Director serves as member of ACAA Nutrition Committee; collaborate
as member of Gleaning Network. Jointly sponsor annual statewide
conference.
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Arizona Council of Human Service Providers
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.azcouncil.com
Seeks to coordinate Arizona legislative efforts and resources to ensure that basic human needs of every Arizona resident are met.
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Member focusing on most pressing food & nutrition issues facing our state in the legislative session.
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Arizona Department of Agriculture
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.azda.gov
To
regulate and support Arizona agriculture in a manner that encourages
farming, ranching and agribusiness while protecting consumers
and natural resources.
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This
department provides assistance to the Arizona Statewide Gleaning
Project for promoting the project. AAFB staff participates in
annual AG Day planning.
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Arizona Department of Corrections
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.adc.state.az.us
To serve and protect the people of Arizona by imprisoning those offenders legally committed to the Department and by providing community based supervision for those conditionally released.
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This department provides assistance to the Arizona Statewide Gleaning Project for field harvesting and gleaning.
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Arizona Department of Education
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.ade.az.gov
Setting the standard for personal and community health through direct care delivery, science, public policy and leadership.
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This
department provides assistance to the development of WIC Farmers’
Market Nutrition Program initiated by AAFB.
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Arizona Dietetic Association
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.eatrightarizona.org
Arizona
Dietetic Association members are the leading source of food
and nutrition services in Arizona. There mission promotes optimal
nutrition and well-being for all people by advocating for its
members
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AAFB
Board member serves on Alliance Committee. Executive Director
consults with them re: Public policy around School Breakfast
and Folic Acid issues.
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Arizona Folic Acid Council
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.marchofdimes.com/arizona
The March of Dimes has been leading a national education campaign about folic acid and its role in the prevention of birth defects. Due in part to the campaign, the incidence of neural tube defects has decreased by 19% over the past five years. The Arizona March of Dimes has joined the efforts by providing education to women and health professionals about the importance of folic acid in reducing certain birth defects, and partnering with other agencies through the Arizona Folic Acid Council to provide education, training and vitamin distribution.
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Member
providing guidance and connections to engaging food banks in
distributing educational materials and foods high in folic acid.
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Arizona Hunger Advisory Council (HAC)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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Provide a forum to develop and advocate strategies to end hunger. Promote cooperation and collaboration among all agencies and decision‑makers toward eliminating causes of hunger and reducing hunger where it exists.
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Executive
Director is Chairperson and four AAFB members and one additional
staff to serve on Council.
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Arizona Joint Legislative Committee on Hunger (JLCH)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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1996 legislation originally created this anti‑hunger measure which mandated a 20‑member committee appointed by House and Senate members and Governor.
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Governor appointed AAFB's Executive Director to serve on Committee.
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Arizona Nutrition Network (AzNN)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.eatwellbewell.org
To shape food consumption in a positive way, promote health, and reduce disease among all people living in Arizona. Eat Well-Be Well Arizona: The Arizona Nutrition Network (AzNN) is widely recognized as a model of collaboration and for its effectiveness in improving the nutritional status of people living in Arizona. AzNN is a public and private partnership led by the Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Nutrition and Chronic Disease Prevention Services (ADHS, ONCDPS) through an interagency agreement with the Department of Economic Security, Family Assistance Administration (DES, FAA). The Network began with the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) vision to bring people and programs within a state together to deliver common nutrition messages to the low income population.
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Member engaged in building nutrition education opportunities through food banks, farmers’ Markets and community linkages.
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Arizona Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (AzVOAD)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.azvoad.org
To
bring together voluntary organizations active in disaster services
to foster more effective response to the people of Arizona in
times of disaster.
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Founding
member of organization. AAFB Executive Director currently serving
as vice president.
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Basic Needs Coalition in Arizona
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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The
coalition advocates at the state and federal level on behalf
of legislation that strengthens services, laws and regulations
that will enhance the quality of life for those who are poor,
hungry, homeless, living in substandard housing and victims
of domestic violence.
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Founding
member, assist in formulating and advocating for statewide legislative
agenda and conducting educational forums on issues and summer
camp for advocates.
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Bread for the World
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.bread.org
A
nationwide Christian citizens movement seeking justice for the
world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers.
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Work
collaboratively on hunger issues.
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Breedlove Dehydration Project (Texas)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.breedlove.org
Breedlove
Dehydrated Foods is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization located
in Lubbock, Texas,
that is dedicated to providing low cost food to other non-profit
organizations for use in hunger relief projects, both domestically
and internationally. Breedlove specializes in dehydrated foods.
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Coordinate
product exchange & technical assistance.
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Center on Hunger and Poverty, Brandeis University
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.centeronhunger.org
The Center on Hunger and Poverty promotes policies that improve the lives of low-income children and families. Center activities include research and policy analysis, public education initiatives, and assistance to policy makers and organizations across the country on poverty- and hunger-related issues. The Center is an outgrowth of the Harvard-based Physician Task Force on Hunger in America which, during the 1980s, made field visits across the U.S. and released studies on the extent and causes of hunger, leading to Congressional resolve to address the growing problem at that time. The leader of the Harvard initiative, Dr. J. Larry Brown, created the Center as a vehicle to address not only hunger, but its cause - growing poverty and income inequality in America. In July 2000, the Center relocated from Tufts University to Brandeis University. The Center's programs are carried out through the Asset Development Institute and the Food Security Institute and through a series of special projects.
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AAFB
as part of their states leaders group, gives input re: AZ hunger
status; participates in data collection and dissemination of
their information. Executive Director has served as co-chair
of their Hunger Free America Initiative.
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Children's Action Alliance (CAA)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.azchildren.org
Children's Action Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan research, education and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of all of Arizona's children and families. Through research, publications, media campaigns and advocacy, we act as a strong and independent voice for children.
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Work collaboratively on hunger issues and its effect on children and low‑income households.
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Coalition of State Food Bank Associations
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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The
coalition works together to address issues of common concern
and to share collective knowledge, experience and information
with other state food bank associations in order to expand unique
abilities to serve their member food banks.
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AAFB
was one of the founding members of the coalition. AAFB was one
of the first statewide food bank associations, an example that
has been replicated in various states.
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Community Food Connections (CFC)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.foodconnect.org
Works
in partnership with other non-profits, faith-based organizations,
growers, producers, markets, schools, neighborhood associations,
government agencies and businesses throughout the state. It
develops and coordinates resources, education, information and
public policies that will enhance local and regional food and
economic systems. CFC is committed to helping build strong healthy
communities that ensure access to and the availability of a
culturally acceptable nutritionally adequate diet for every
person, or, in other words, increasing community food security.
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Work
collaboratively on community food security issues and on developing
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Programs.
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Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.foodsecurity.org
The
Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3),
North American organization dedicated to building strong, sustainable,
local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable,
nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at
all times. We seek to develop self-reliance among all communities
in obtaining their food and to create a system of growing, manufacturing,
processing, making available, and selling food that is regionally
based and grounded in the principles of justice, democracy,
and sustainability.
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Strengthens
AAFB's connection to related organizations and individuals.
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Community Information & Referral Service (CIRS)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.cirs.org
Since
1964, our mission has been to gather and provide information
of vital concern to the community in order to assist people
in need in central and northern Arizona. From basic needs to
emergency assistance, self-help groups to recreation, our trained,
bilingual (English/Spanish) Helpline Specialists can help you
find what you need 24 hours a day every day.
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Partners
with CIRS to provide information on the food resources to which
they can refer callers.
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Congressional Hunger Center (CHC)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.hungercenter.org
Mission: Fighting Hunger by Developing Leaders. Our strategies to fulfill this mission are three-fold: To train leaders at the community, national, and international levels about the causes of and solutions to hunger, poverty, and humanitarian needs; To facilitate collaborative efforts between those organizations involved with designing policy and those developing and implementing programs aimed at ending hunger in the United States and abroad; and to increase awareness and develop strategies in the public at large as well as among those engaged in anti-hunger activities by providing specific skills and issue training to bridge the gap between service and public policy.
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AAFB
has hosted Emerson Hunger Fellows and works with the Center
on various national initiatives.
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Feeding America
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.feedingamerica.org
Is to feed hungry people by soliciting and distributing food and grocery products through a nationwide network of certified affiliate food banks and food-rescue programs and to educate the public about the nature of and solutions to the problem of hunger in America.
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Serve as Cluster Agent to all of Feeding America's affiliate food banks in Arizona, cooperate with fresh produce donations and collaborate on national public policy advocacy.
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Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.frac.org
Is
a leading national organization working to improve public policies
to eradicate hunger and under nutrition in the United States.
Founded in 1970 as a public interest law firm, FRAC is a nonprofit
and nonpartisan research and public policy center that serves
as the hub of an anti-hunger network of thousands of individuals
and agencies across the country.
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State
contact for several of their initiatives on childhood hunger,
child nutrition programs and commodity distribution programs.
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From the Wholesaler to the Hungry
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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(University
of Southern California School of Medicine, Institute for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
and Research)
From
the Wholesaler to the Hungry establishes partnerships between
charitable agencies and the food industry, city-by-city across
the U.S., whereby surplus
fresh fruits and vegetables are donated and speedily distributed
to hungry and malnourished people. Today, more than 75 programs
distribute fresh produce to needy children and adults obviating
many chronic and preventable illnesses.
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Provide
food and gleaning resource expertise: information on food resourcing,
field gleaning, food processing, transportation, media promotion,
and fund raising.
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Harvest for Humanity
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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Gardening
project on excess land.
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Collaborate
to harvest and distribute produce.
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Local Area Nutrition Directors Association of Arizona
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.fns.usda.gov/wic/
www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/programs/csfp/
Arizona professional organization of nutritionists and dietitians who work for Woman’s, Infants & Children Program (WIC) and Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).
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Executive
Director consults with them re: public policy around WIC.
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Maricopa County Emergency Food and Shelter Program Board (EFSP)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.fema.gov
Distributes
annual FEMA grant to Maricopa
County organizations and monitors hunger,
homelessness and emergency needs year round.
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Member
of Board and Executive Committee providing hunger expertise
and guidance.
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Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.mcso.org
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, in partnership with our citizens and contract cities, will enforce state laws, deter criminal activity, protect life and property, maintain order, and operate a safe, constitutional jail system. Through innovative leadership and our dedication to providing quality services, the Sheriff's Office will maximize the use of its resources to provide the highest quality service which will aid in improving the quality of life for the citizens of Maricopa County.
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County Sheriff's office supplies inmate labor for gleaning crews and various tasks at food banks in Maricopa County. Additionally, MCSO provides the Arizona Statewide Gleaning Project with transportation assistance to benefit Arizona's food banks.
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Operation Blessing
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.ob.org
To demonstrate God's love by alleviating human need and suffering
in the United
States and around the world. In efforts
to relieve human suffering we combat hunger, deprivation and
physical affliction with the provision of food, clothing, shelter,
medical care and other basic necessities of life. We also help
facilitate the development of healthy, vibrant and self-sustaining
communities by addressing larger issues of education, food security,
potable water, employment, community health, and disaster mitigation
projects. In every endeavor, OBI seeks to exemplify Christian
compassion and benevolence while conforming to the highest standards
of integrity.
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Exchange
product & expertise.
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Project SCRUB
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.ci.phoenix.az.us/PRL/arythjv.html#SCRUB
This program was developed in 1994 in response to increased graffiti vandalism through Phoenix. It is a court-ordered community service program operated jointly by the Maricopa County Juvenile Court Center and the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department. The primary function of SCRUB is to provide constructive work for youth that are court ordered to complete from 8 to 200 hours of community service. Most participants are repeat offenders and may have committed offenses that required detention or probation. Some community service projects that Project SCRUB participants can participate in include: assisting other agencies with neighborhood cleanups; help the Arizona Department of Transportation with highway beautification; remove graffiti, assist St. Vincent de Paul in feeding the poor and maintaining their facility.
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Utilize
youth to assist with backyard gleaning in collaboration with
food banks and Arizona Statewide Gleaning Project.
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Protecting Arizona's Family Coalition (PAFCO)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.pafcoalition.org
PAFCO is a historic, diverse, non-partisan alliance of social services, health, community service agencies, advocacy groups, citizen advocacy, and faith-based associations. Hundreds of social, health, and community services agencies, human services groups, citizen action and advocacy groups, and faith-based congregations are represented in the Coalition. The Coalition members include an estimated 20,000 staff, board members and volunteers serving over 1.5 million people. PAFCO was formed to stop drastic budget cuts to health and human services and urge better options to these budget cuts. The mission of the PAFCO Coalition is to promote increased health and human services funding, while stopping budget cuts to these programs through new revenues created by fair and equitable tax reform.
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Strengthens AAFB's connection to related organizations and individuals around common issues.
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.stvincentdepaul.net
SVDP
has been serving homeless and economically disadvantaged populations
for over fifty years. Through home visits, shelter, food assistance,
employment services, thrift stores and outreach programs, SVDP
provides compassion and support to individuals in need, regardless
of race, origin, religion or gender. Across Central and Northern
Arizona, SVDP assists others in a spirit of humility and goodwill,
inviting others to actively participate in assisting underprivileged
populations in the struggle against poverty.
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Collaborative partner with the Arizona Statewide Gleaning Project, AAFB’s
Food Industry Advisory Committee and on local statewide food
drives.
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.usda.gov
Enhance
the quality of life for the American people by supporting production
of agriculture: ensuring a safe, affordable, nutritious, and
accessible food supply; caring for agricultural, forest, and
range lands; supporting sound development of rural communities;
providing economic opportunities for farm and rural residents;
expanding global markets for agricultural and forest products
and services; and working to reduce hunger in America and throughout
the world.
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Provide
gleaning resource expertise to the Department. Promote USDA
efforts in AAFB publications.
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University of Arizona Extension Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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cals.arizona.edu/extension
The
Nutrition, Diet and Health program provides individuals, families,
and communities with the knowledge and skills that empower them
to make informed choices about food and other lifestyle issues
that support their health and economic and social well-being.
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Co‑sponsors
activities such as World Food Day, Statewide Anti‑Hunger
Conference, etc.
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Western Region Anti-Hunger Consortium
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.wrahc.org
WRAHC was founded in 1992 to strengthen anti-hunger advocacy in the western states, to foster collaborative work on regional issues, and to provide a united voice on federal issues affecting the region. Current membership includes organizations from ten western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Over the years, WRAHC has implemented successful joint outreach campaigns for the Summer Food Service and Food Stamp Programs, produced joint policy papers, coordinated responses to federal legislation and regulations, and initiated regional media campaigns. The most significant challenge lies ahead as Congress has the opportunity to improve and overhaul the Food Stamp Program.
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AAFB
is a veteran member. Periodically plays a leadership role in
food banking issues, federal Legislation and TEFAP/commodity
program policy.
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William E. Morris Institute for Justice
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.morrisinstituteforjustice.org
The
William E. Morris Institute for Justice is a private non-profit
agency established in 1996 to provide services to the legal
services community, to other community-based agency advocates,
and to low-income clients in Arizona. In 1997, the Institute
added an attorney who provides Legal-Services-Corporation precluded
legal representation to low-income clients on a variety of issues.
The Institute conducts research, advocacy and training activities
to enhance legal services provided to low-income households
in Arizona.
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Jointly
advocate on poverty/justice issues at State Legislative level.
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World Hunger Education, Advocacy & Training (WHEAT)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.hungerhurts.org
The
mission of WHEAT is to educate, advocate, motivate and
empower individuals to action in the fight against hunger. We
believe that in our struggle to end the tragedy of hunger, we
must not only provide food, but we must also work with and empower
the poor. In trying to break the cycle of poverty, WHEAT supports
self-help projects and other activities and policies that help
eliminate the causes of hunger.
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Collaborate
on joint projects such as Statewide Anti‑Hunger Conference,
Souper Bowl Weekend and other advocacy related activities.
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World Hunger Year (WHY)
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Mission and Purpose
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AAFB's Role
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www.worldhungeryear.org
Founded in 1975, WHY is a leader in the fight against hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. WHY is convinced that solutions to hunger and poverty can be found at the grassroots level. WHY advances long-term solutions to hunger and poverty by supporting community-based organizations that empower individuals and build self-reliance, i.e., offering job training, education and after school programs; increasing access to housing and healthcare; providing micro credit and entrepreneurial opportunities; teaching people to grow their own food; and assisting small farmers. WHY connects these organizations to funders, media and legislators. At WHY, we envision a world without hunger and poverty. If we can shift the prevailing viewpoint on why hunger and poverty exist, then we can influence the policymakers and put an end to this human tragedy.
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Participates
in National Gleaning Clearinghouse Project.
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