Our Grant Recipients
To ensure the greatest impact in the fight to end childhood hunger in America, Share Our Strength invests funds raised from the Taste of the Nation event to support the most effective local anti-hunger organizations.
2011 Recipients Include:
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Christian Community Action Christian Community Action (CCA) is a not-for-profit ecumenical social service organization that expresses faithful witness through providing emergency food, housing and support to those who are poor in New Haven, encouraging their efforts to attain self-sufficiency and working to change systems that perpetuate poverty and injustice. CCA seeks to encourage these families and individuals in their efforts to attain economic self sufficiency and financial independence and to work with them to change systems that perpetuate unemployment / underemployment, homelessness, hunger, poverty and injustice and to promote community building and social change. (www.ccahelping.org) |
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Connecticut Food Bank Connecticut Food Bank, a private and nonprofit organization which was founded in 1982, works to alleviate hunger by supplying food and resources to 650 food-assistance programs in six of Connecticut's eight counties: Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, and Windham. Connecticut Food Bank distributes food to programs, such as soup kitchens, shelters, food pantries, and adult and child day care centers. Connecticut Food Bank works with corporations, community organizations, and individuals to solicit, transport, warehouse and distribute donated food. By soliciting the food industry for products that will not sell -- items that are wholesome but might have some cosmetic flaw -- Connecticut Food Bank reduces waste and feeds people. (www.ctfoodbank.org) |
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End Hunger Connecticut! End Hunger Connecticut! is a statewide anti-hunger and food security organization. By focusing on advocacy, outreach, education and research, EHC! serves as a comprehensive anti-hunger resource for policymakers, community organizations, and low-income families. The work of EHC! is vital to the visibility and coordination of various federal food assistance programs that are meant to lower the prevalence of food insecurity and hunger. The goal of EHC! is to improve the levels of food security and nutrition among Connecticut families while creating and supporting policies that move families toward self-sufficiency. (www.EndHungerCT.org) |
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Connecticut No Kid Hungry Campaign Share Our Strength and End Hunger Connecticut! have partnered to end childhood hunger in Connecticut. At the core of the Connecticut No Kid Hungry Campaign are three goals:
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