Hunger Free Communities

Continuum of Community Response

 

Meet the Presenter

Peter Lawson is the branch coordinator of the Southeast Oregon Regional Food Bank. The Southeast Oregon Regional Food Bank provides food to 17 partner agencies in Malheur and Harney counties. In addition to providing emergency food, Southeast Oregon Regional Food Bank supports summer food programs for children, a local gleaning group, and a number of other supplemental programs.

Southeast Oregon Regional Food Bank works to eliminate the root causes of hunger and poverty through SNAP (food stamp) outreach, nutrition and garden education and, promotion of sustainable food systems. Southeast Oregon Regional Food Bank, located in Ontario, is one of the four regional food banks directly operated by OFB.

Workshop Theme

Despite the success of the nation's nutrition assistance programs and the hard work of state and local governments and countless organizations dedicated to eliminating hunger in their communities, hunger and food insecurity persist. The Hunger Free Communities Workshop seeks to identify new strategies or combinations of strategies that support the creation of hunger free communities by helping fund research, planning, and hunger relief activities. This workshop is meant to bring organizations and programs together to work collaborately and create a blueprint to end hunger in their community.

Hunger Free Communities Resources

CLICK HERE to download the Hunger Free Communities Workshop PowerPoint presentation.

CLICK HERE to download the Hunger Free Communities Workshop Community Scorecard.

CLICK HERE to download the Idaho Hunger Free Communities Resource Contact Guide.

CLICK HERE to download the Community FEAST Information Packet.