2007 AnnRpt.indd - Harvesters

Healthy Eating
I bring two older ladies
to the center for food.
They are on very small,
fi xed incomes. They
get food they couldn’t
afford to buy and it
makes life a little better
and worth living. This
food gives them help
and love and fresh fruit
and veggies.
-Sue, age 57
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The
BackSnack
program
provided kids
with 14,675
backpacks
full of food
at 16 schools
throughout
the school
year.
1,668 kids
attended Kids
in the Kitchen
nutrition and
cooking
classes.
GOOD FOOD OUT
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Harvesters distributed
22,966,447 pounds of food
and household products to
the hungry.
Harvesters’ member food
pantries served households
in 376,491 instances.
Feeding Families
I am a mother of two
asthmatic children and I am a
cancer survivor. I try to make it
week by week. The pantry truly
helps me make it to the end of
the month.
-Nancy, age 35
Harvesters distributed nearly 2.5 million
pounds of fresh, nutritious produce.
8,032 adults attended Project STRENGTH
nutrition education classes.
Harvesters’ Initiatives
Childhood Hunger
Getting my backpack makes me feel cared
for. Thank you for the food.
-Leesville Elementary School student, age 12
The Senior Mobile Food Pantry provided perishable
food to 1,377 low-income and homebound seniors at
19 senior housing sites.
Harvesters’ member food
pantries provided food
and household products
to senior citizens in 149,825
instances.
Senior Feeding
Since I’ve been getting food from Harvesters, I haven’t been
going hungry. I don’t have everything I need or wish for, but I
have whatever is available.
-Richard, age 71
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