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HCAA Mobile Food Pantry On The Move
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HCAA CLOSED on the afternoons of March 12 and 13 for training regarding new outbreak-related procedures
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Farm Bureau Gives Back: Fighting Hunger in Local Communities
A recent report from USDA’s Economic Research Service (Household Food Security in the United States in 2018) revealed that the prevalence of food insecurity declined nationwide, for the first time, to the pre-recession (2007) level of 11.1%. In other words, over the last few years, more U.S. households are becoming food-secure – meaning they have […]
WebIXI Helps Launch HCAA’s First Virtual Food Drive!
WebIXI, an HCAA Community Partner, has helped us launch our first Virtual Food Drive! What is a Virtual Food Drive? Like a traditional food drive, virtual food drives help bring food to hungry children and families in your community. But instead of buying and donating a canned item, you can simply purchase a “virtual can” […]
Food Advocacy Team Visits Halls Cross Roads Elementary
The Food Advocacy team has been busy! On Tuesday, we spent time with families at Halls Cross Roads Elementary School sharing how to shop for and prepare healthy food on a budget using MyPlate as our guide. 11 adult caregivers and 17 children participated and made breakfast banana splits! […]
Delish Cooking Club Field Trip
HCAA took 10 middle schoolers, from the Delish Cooking Club at HdG Middle School, on a field trip to put to use the tools they learned completing our 6-week food advocacy programs.Our first stop was Pizza Hut where the students were able to take a tour of the restaurant, learn about the restaurant operations/possible jobs, and […]
Girl Scouts Lend Talents to the Pantry
By Natalie Shaw, Director of Compliance, and Courtney Tramontana, Food Advocacy Coordinator In November, a Girl Scout Troop visited the Pantry to help sort canned goods coming from the annual food drive held in local public schools. The girls weighed, sorted and inventoried non-perishable items from Ring Factory Elementary. Their scout leader commented after the […]
Malnutrition Hits The Obese As Well As The Underfed
Hunger once seemed like a simple problem. Around the globe, often in low-income countries, many people didn’t get enough calories. But increasingly, hunger exists side-by-side with obesity. Within the same community, some people are overweight while others don’t have enough to eat. And the tricky part: You can’t “fix” hunger by just feeding people empty […]
CCM’s Specialty Court Case Manager Helps Customers Succeed
CCM’s Specialty Court Case Manager Helps Customers Succeed By Brit Ayers, Director of Community Case Management As the Director of Community Case Management, I would like to take a few minutes to highlight the Specialty Court Case Manager, Alicia Hamilton. Alicia has been case managing clients in the Mental Health Diversion program for two years. […]