Hunger Awareness Day, June 10, 2008

Join the San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau and Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee on Tuesday, June 10, 2007, to support the San Luis Obispo County Food Bank Coalition in raising money for the local chapter and encourage awareness for Hunger Awareness Day. In 2008, our goal is to exceed Farm Bureau's 2007 doantion of $2,800 to assist the Food Bank goal of raising more than $115,000. The campaign marks National Hunger Awareness Day, falling at the beginning of summer to remind us that hunger is a problem for our fellow citizens year ‘round, not just during the holidays. Your support of the Food Bank Coalition will help us feed over 30,000 people in SLO County who are at risk of hunger. Many are the elderly, and nearly half are children. With each dollar you donate, we can purchase 15 pounds of food.

Please make a donation now or send your contribution to:

Food Bank Coalition
National Hunger Awareness Day
P.O. Box 2070
Paso Robles, CA 93447

The challenge: Raise enough money in just one day to feed 25,000 hungry people in San Luis Obispo County for a year.

The solution: The Food Bank Coalition can do it if everyone gives a dollar – or more –on Hunger Awareness Day.

It’s easy to give.
Donate here or call toll free (877) 714-1122 any time.
Set up an e-mail chain with your friends and family. Challenge coworkers to give on Hunger Awareness Day.

SLO YF&R Joins the Food Bank Coalition for Hunger Awareness Day
On June 5, SLO YF&R, will host a booth at the San Luis Obispo Downtown Association’s Thursday Night Farmers Market to aid the San Luis Obispo Food Bank Coalition’s fundraising effort.

Each dollar will feed a hungry child for a week. Or a hungry family for a day.

Hunger Awareness Facts

Hunger Awareness Day is Tuesday, June 10.
Last year, Hunger Awareness Day generated more than $100,000.
With an unstable economy on the horizon, the Food Bank anticipates more people relying on them this year.
The Food Bank can buy 15 pounds of food for just $1.
With $1, the Food Bank can feed one family for a day, or once child for a week.
Donation sites are located in cities all over SLO County
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Hunger Awareness Day.
There are more than 26,000 hungry people in San Luis Obispo County.
The Food Bank Coalition provides food to more than 140 nonprofit organizations to feed the hungry.
The nonprofit groups that benefit from the Food Bank
provide services such as the Brown Bag Program,
which provides weekly grocery bags of food directly to
low-income seniors.
The Backpack Program is an effort to send nutritious food home to children with low-income families so they will have healthy meals while not in school.
The Food Bank’s goal is to help low-income people of all ages put healthy food on their table.

2008 Hunger Awareness Day supporters:

All City Mayors * All Supervisorial Candidates * KSBY * The Tribune * Barnett Cox & Associates * San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau * Call America * Nash HR Services * The Bar Association * Founders Bank * Santa Lucia Bank * Twin Cities Hospital * Heritage Oaks Bank * Kimco Realty * Mission Community Bank * French Hospital * Arroyo Grande Chamber of Commerce * Verdin Marketing Ink * Tribune Women’s Writers Group * RRM Design * Trilogy Central Coast * SLO County Builders Exchange * SOFTEC * Coast National Bank * Andre, Morris & Buttery * Promega Biosciences * Kiwanis * Grace Church * KCBX * El Dorado Broadcasting * American General Media