The Struggles of Fighting Food Insecurity

NEEDED TO HANDLE THE AMOUNT OF FOOD AVAILABLE ARE FOR CARS MEANT SPIES. >> PEOPLE FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS. >> VANDY'S SPENDS HIS WINTERS IN FORT MYERS. >> AS ONE OF THE MANY VOLUNTEERS FOR THE MIDWEST FOOD BANK. THE NONPROFIT NEEDS ALL THE ASSISTANCE THEY CAN GET IN BOTH MANPOWER AS WELL AS RESOURCES. ASIDE FROM DONATIONS, THE MIDWEST FOOD BANK PRACTICES, RETAIL RESCUE, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, APPROXIMATELY 30% OF GROCERY ITEMS END UP BEING THROWN AWAY EACH YEAR. FOODS THAT COULD GO TOWARD FIGHTING FOOD, INSECURITY. THE FOOD IS TYPICALLY OFFERED TO FACILITIES SUCH AS THE MIDWEST FOOD BANK. BUT ACCORDING TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DENNIS HALL, SOME DONATIONS HAD TO BE TURNED DOWN DUE TO A LACK OF PROPER TRANSPORTATION. >> SOME COMPANIES WILL GIVE US THE FOOD, BUT WE HAVE THAT SLIGHT PRESERVE WAGES, COOLERS AND ALL THAT STUFF IN THERE AS WELL AS FOR EASIER AND JUST CLICK THE FOOD PROGRAM. AND SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE OF GETTING MORE FOOD FOR THE FOOD BANK IN THE COMMUNITY. INTEL ROSE BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR THIS. >> CURRENTLY, THE ONLY CARGO VAN FOR THE FOOD BANK IS A NON REFRIGERATED VEHICLE THAT HE'S LOCKED 75,000 MILES IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS. A REPLACEMENT IS NEEDED. THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER HOLLY TAYLOR SAYS THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN WITH CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SPONSORSHIPS. >> THE GREAT ADVANTAGE OF >> WE >> SAID GRANTS FROM THE SCHULTZ FOUNDATION OF PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS HAVE ASSISTANT AND IT'S GOT IN THIS MIDWEST FOOD BANK TOWARD THE FINISH LINE OF PURCHASING THAT MUCH-NEEDED CLIMATE-CONTROLLED VAN AS MORE PEOPLE ARE IN NEED OF THE SERVICES FROM THE MIDWEST FOOD BANK. IT'S ONLY THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF SPONSORS AND THEIR VOLUNTEER FORCE THAT CAN KEEP THE NONPROFIT UP AND RUNNING. >> WE GET PEOPLE ALSO LIKE, YOU KNOW, CORPORATIONS FROM INNER INDIVIDUALS THIS ON THEIR OWN TYRESE, SNOWBIRDS AND THE CULTURE HERE IS SO GREAT AND THIS ONE IS FOR WGCU YOUN JOO