Seven Organizations Unite to Pick a Fight against Hunger
December 01 2015 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
ConAgra Foods Foundation convenes experts to
launch first-of-its kind tool with goal of 500,000 service hours,
promoting strategic volunteerism as a way to impact U.S.
hunger
Just in time for #GivingTuesday, a day dedicated to giving back,
the ConAgra Foods Foundation today unveiled Hunger Volunteer
Connection. This initiative seeks to arm volunteers and
organizations with tools to take action to end hunger in the U.S.,
an issue that impacts 48 million people across the country.1
HungerVolunteerConnection.org, the initiative’s companion
website, is a first-of-its-kind one-stop shop, bringing together
volunteer opportunities and tools to help organizations and
individuals find ways to end hunger in their own communities. One
of the site’s key features is the largest searchable source of U.S.
volunteer listings to fight hunger, which is often referred to as
“food insecurity” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It also
includes a suite of tools to help organizations enlist skills-based
volunteers, benchmark best practices and more.
“After two decades of investing in programs and research to put
solutions to child hunger within reach, we have learned that the
more people become aware of the severity of food insecurity, the
more they want to help,” said Kori Reed, vice president, Cause and
Foundation, ConAgra Foods. “Volunteers are often unclear about how
to get involved. This disconnect creates a large gap in untapped
support for organizations. There is now a way to address that gap
by connecting people to opportunities and organizations to tools to
engage more volunteers – it’s HungerVolunteerConnection.org.”
During the past year, the ConAgra Foods Foundation convened six
national organizations with expertise in volunteerism, civic
engagement and hunger to collaborate – with the Foundation and with
each other – and align with a singular goal of infusing 500,000
hours of volunteer service in the fight against hunger by September
2018, with at least half of the hours classified as strategic, more
impactful service.
“The power of the initiative lies in the collaboration of the
partners,” said Reed. “Each organization is respected for its own
mission-based work. Together, we set to alter engagement in the
hunger issue, create a call to action, as well as magnify how
volunteerism can make a difference and pave the way for greater
results and impact.”
As part of the initiative, partner organizations worked in teams
to create content, design and develop a new suite of tools, and
pilot-test complementary national webinars as well as in-person
trainings in select cities. The combination of training and tools,
are designed to enhance an organization’s capabilities to engage
youth and families; initiate citywide efforts; and bolster
skills-based volunteering and advocacy on issues connected to
hunger. In the process, the partners have built strong
relationships and continue to meet regularly to leverage their
collective expertise toward making a difference in the hunger
space.
The HVC collaborating partners are:
- Alliance to End Hunger: engages
diverse institutions and organization to build the public and
political will to end hunger. www.alliancetoendhunger.org
- Cities of Service: works with
mayors and other local government leaders to address city
challenges through citizen engagement and volunteerism.
www.citiesofservice.org
- New York City Coalition Against
Hunger: an advocacy organization focused on moving families
beyond the soup kitchen to sustainable solutions.
www.nyccah.org
- Points of Light: the world’s
largest organization dedicated to volunteer service – engages
millions of people to take action that is changing the world.
www.pointsoflight.org
- Taproot Foundation: expert in
skills-based volunteering, drives social change by leading,
mobilizing, and engaging professionals in pro bono service.
www.taprootfoundation.org
- VolunteerMatch: the web’s
largest volunteer engagement network, connecting good people with
good causes. www.volunteermatch.org
To learn more, visit HungerVolunteerConnection.org. To join the
conversation, follow #Collaborate4Good on social media.
About ConAgra Foods FoundationThe ConAgra Foods
Foundation aims to improve the quality of life of millions of
families by taking action to solve child hunger. In partnership
with leading anti-hunger organizations, we aggressively pursue
sustainable solutions and commit to building a community of people
who are passionate about ensuring that all kids have access to the
food and facts they need to eat nutritiously to live balanced lives
and succeed in school and life.
www.conagrafoods.com/our-commitment/child-hunger/conagra-foods-foundation/overview
About ConAgra FoodsConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE:CAG)
is one of North America's largest packaged food companies
with branded and private label food found in 99 percent of
America’s households, as well as a strong commercial foods business
serving restaurants and foodservice operations globally. Consumers
can find recognized brands such as Marie Callender's®, Healthy
Choice®, Slim Jim®, Hebrew National®, Orville Redenbacher's®,
Peter Pan®, Reddi-wip®, PAM®, Snack Pack®, Banquet®, Chef
Boyardee®, Egg Beaters®, Hunt’s® and many other ConAgra Foods
brands, along with food sold by ConAgra Foods under
private labels, in grocery, convenience, mass merchandise, club and
drug stores. Additionally, ConAgra Foods supplies frozen
potato and sweet potato products as well as other vegetable, spice,
and bakery products to commercial and foodservice
customers. ConAgra Foods operates ReadySetEat.com, an
interactive recipe website that provides consumers with easy dinner
recipes and more. For more information, please visit us
at www.conagrafoods.com.
1Household Food Security in the United States
in 2014, ERR-194, USDA, Economic Research Service (Sept. 2015).
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