Hunger initiative, Farmers Market reach milestones
BUSINESS RECORD STAFF Sep 12, 2016 | 3:33 pm
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200 wordsAll Latest News, Arts and CultureAt Saturday’s Downtown Farmers Market, Polk County officials announced that the Partnership for a Hunger Free Polk County has raised nearly $5 million toward its $10 million goal to increase access to food pantries throughout the county. By the end of the calendar year the initiative will have added over 150 hours per week to the food pantry network.
Early results have shown an increase in clients at the food pantries that are staying open on evenings and weekends and approximately 60 percent of people visiting pantries had never visited one before.
Downtown Farmers Market officials also announced that its Meals from the Market program has collected an average of 2,000 pounds of fresh food each Saturday to donate to Des Moines Area Religious Council, where food contributions are used to create meals to feed the hungry and also sent to 13 Central Iowa food pantry sites.
The program is at 70 percent of its annual goal of donating 47,000 pounds of fresh Farmers Market food.
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