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HOW WE FIGHT HUNGER
CLIENT-CHOICE FOOD PANTRIES St. Vincent de Paul Georgia’s 40 Client-Choice Food Pantries, located at our community support centers in Chamblee and south Atlanta and local service hubs across the state, provide food assistance to over 115,000 food insecure households each year. Our Food Pantries utilize a Client-Choice model with neighbors in need receiving food assistance able to select the food they want at no cost, choosing fresh produce, meat, baked goods and non-perishables. This Client-Choice model not only reduces food waste from unwanted food, but also reinforces the dignity of each person – a fundamental tenet of St. Vincent de Paul Georgia. Neighbors in need can “shop” for food in-person at St. Vincent de Paul Georgia Food Pantries or choose home delivery service or curbside pick-up. TEACHING KITCHEN + NUTRITION EDUCATION The innovative St. Vincent de Paul Georgia Teaching Kitchen features semi- commercial, energy-efficient appliances in a classroom-style space to provide nutrition education, cooking demonstrations and classes on healthy eating, feeding a family on a budget, cooking skills and more. Participants are able to prepare their own food with supplies from St. Vincent de Paul Georgia’s Client-Choice Food Pantry and take home nutritious prepared meals. FOOD RECOVERY + DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM St. Vincent de Paul Georgia’s Food Recovery + Distribution Program is essential for stocking our 40 Client-Choice Food Pantries. Through partnerships with Kroger, Publix, ALDI and Sam’s Club, our Food Recovery + Distribution Program recovers food from grocery retail partner locations, including fresh produce, meat, baked goods and non-perishables. SNAP BENEFITS ASSISTANCE St. Vincent de Paul Georgia provides Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits eligibility screening and enrollment assistance to low-income individuals and families to ensure that at-risk and vulnerable hou seholds have access to sufficient nutritious, healthy food and do not go hungry.
HUNGER St. Vincent de Paul Georgia creates access to food to reduce food insecurity through food pantries, food recovery and distribution, nutrition education and more to ensure individuals and families in Georgia have food on the table and do not go hungry.
ACCESS TO FOOD IS A KEY DETERMINANT OF HOUSEHOLD STABILITY FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.
• More than half a million children in Georgia - 1 in 7 - are food insecure. • In Georgia, 1,279,310 people are facing hunger. • Children and seniors are at greatest risk of food insecurity in Georgia. • The working poor, veterans and Georgians who live outside metro Atlanta are also at higher risk of food insecurity.
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