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Mandarin Food Bank is a mission of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Jacksonville, FL. Our mission is to provide emergency food and clothing to those in need in the Mandarin Community. We are a ministry run entirely by volunteers. Anyone residing in the Mandarin Community, regardless of religious affiliation, is eligible to be served. At Thanksgiving and Christmas, we provide a box of food for a complete holiday meal, serving about 400 families at each event. Our migrant worker project includes duffle bags filled with personal items such as towels, wash cloths, hats, work gloves, shampoo deodorant, toothpaste, etc., all filled by food bank volunteers. Our volunteers also prepare the hot meal and transport it to different migrant camps. We do this twice a year. Other special projects at the food bank include a Life Skills program that provides formal instruction on tackling life experiences like: making and living on a budget, seeking a job, setting priorities, etc. Our birthday project that provides small birthday gifts for children of clients.

Rock and Wrap it Up! (RWU) is an award-winning anti-poverty think tank. We research, discover and nurture potential sources willing to share renewable assets. Our donors include touring bands, educational institutions, the hospitality industry, professional sports teams, hospitals and TV/film shoots. We find and vet partner agencies that need and can share these resources with the poor. We encourage the use of the Whole Earth Calculator mobile application to access total pounds of food conversion to meals and greenhouse gas emission reduction. We also have programs to aid veterans as well as a program to increase access to feminine hygiene products for indigent women and teens.

The Nutrition Coalition is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization that aims to educate the public and policy makers about the need to strengthen national nutrition policy so that it is founded upon a comprehensive body of conclusive science, and where that science is absent, to encourage additional research.

CAIN is a neighborhood ministry that transforms lives and inspires hope by providing nutritious food, crisis assistance, resources, and compassion in a way that respects human dignity and builds a more vibrant community.

AIR was established in 1993 with the mission of implementing environmental education programs, Sustainable Farming methods, building efficient stoves and planting millions of trees with low-income rural families in Central America. The impact of this mission is to prevent lung disease, reduce soil erosion, improve food crops and nutrition, prevent deadly mudslides, while sequestering carbon and protecting the gift of the Earth.

To recruit, educate and inspire a new generation of gardeners who want to gain control of their food supply, grow their own produce organically, and make urban gardening the norm not the exception.

Slow Food Chicago seeks to create dramatic and lasting change in our local food system to ensure equity, sustainability and pleasure in the food we eat.

MEND works to end hunger in Essex County by supporting our interfaith network of 17 food pantries. MEND provides funds, fresh and healthy food, social service referrals, volunteers, and a forum for all member pantries. MEND advocates for policies to eliminate food insecurity and to improve the quality of life for those in need in Essex County.

Food Lifeline’s mission is to feed people experiencing hunger today and working to end hunger for tomorrow.Food Lifeline is on a mission to end hunger in Western Washington. We believe that access to food is a human right. Our goal is to address hunger in our by feeding people who are facing hunger each day, and at the same time addressing the root causes of hunger: poverty, inequity and injustice. It is our firm belief that nobody deserves to be hungry and ending hunger is possible.

Slow Food USA seeks the regenerative cultural, social, environmental and economic benefits of a sustainable food system, regional food traditions and pleasures of the table.

The Mercy Tree is a non-profit charitable corporation that provides a hot meal and God’s Word to homeless people in the Clear Lake, TX area everyday. They also provide showers on Saturdays. Clothing and toiletries are made available when possible.

The 200 women of Voices from the Heart, directed by Joanne Connolly in collaboration with pianist/video producer Matt Jenson, celebrate all people and places with a vision of singing, connecting, and giving.