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As we usher in the #Thanksgiving festivities, our team wants to ensure your celebrations are not only joyful but safe. Click the link below for a few crucial tips to keep in mind. https://bit.ly/3QPmnYo

Unlock the secret to raising food-loving kids with these 10 delightful strategies! From playful recipes to fun kitchen adventures, discover how to ignite your child's love for food and create lasting memories together. Explore the blog here- https://lnkd.in/gVtFGGk5 #KidsFood #FoodieFamily #ParentingTips

Need help with Thanksgiving meals? 211 can help! 🍂🦃 As we gather to give thanks, we want to ensure everyone has access to a warm Thanksgiving meal. If you or someone you know is facing food insecurity this holiday season, 211 is here to connect you with local resources such as: 🍁 Free Thanksgiving meal services 🍁 Food pantries and holiday food drives 🍁 Community meals and outreach programs 🍁 Assistance with SNAP benefits Don’t go through the holidays without the support you need. Call 211 or text your zip code to "898211" to find food resources near you. #ThanksgivingHelp #211SupportsYou #CommunityResources #FoodAssistance

Happy National Siblings Day! Today is a day for siblings to come together, reminisce about old times, share stories from their childhoods, laugh at funny memories and create new ones. We'd love to see some of your best sibling memories. #nationalsiblingsday #memoriesforlife #bristolculinary #bristolfacilities #bristol #HealthyEating #healthyhabits #foodforliving #HealthcareForAll #culinaryservices #foodmanagement #hospitality #facilityservices

We have a story in the latest issue of Neighbourhood Media detailing all the work we do via Addison Road Food Pantry Camperdown, our low-cost grocery store which makes use of rescued, donated and purchased food to support the local community and its needs. The story (link below) shows how we help feed people from Mission Australia's Common Ground housing project and the nearby Johanna O’Dea Court, a multi-storey NSW Family and Community Services apartment block. It also explains how we serve people living on a tight budget in Camperdown and Glebe, as well as people who come to the pantry from right across the City of Sydney LGA. Most of all, the story is a celebration of our monthly Addi Road 'Let's Get Cooking' sessions (AKA "the Cook-Up"), which offers 260 free hot meals for Mission Australia and Joanna O'Dea residents, as well as those shopping at our Addi Road Food Pantry Camperdown. These sessions involve a monthly cooking demo inside the Common Ground building. Food literacy is the ultimate goal behind Addi Road's Let's Get Cooking program. As well as simply providing a free hot meal (and dessert) each month, we look at helping people to shop AND cook with often very limited funds. Each month there are easy recipes on offer (and ready to be tasted) along extra tips for stocking people's kitchen cupboards; a list of essentials to facilitate simple, inexpensive and nutritious recipes that will match whatever Addi Road Food Pantry might have in stock. It's about building an integrated food ecology for people battling. With a few extra special ingredients over a shared meal as the community comes together: camaraderie and connection. + #Addiroad #cityofsydney #foodrelief #foodjustice #housing #inequality #Camperdown #Glebe #MissionAustralia #homeless #battling #costofliving #poverty #resilience #mentalhealth #wellbeing #nutrition #diet #charity #community #freemeals #cookingworkshop #volunteers #caring #education #connection #letsgetcooking #neighbourhoodmedia https://lnkd.in/gs7vVEvM

"Compassion knows no boundaries, and today we extended it to our four-legged friends. 🐄💚 Our food drive for cows was a small but meaningful step in showing kindness to all creatures. Every meal matters! 🙏 #CaringForCows #AnimalWelfare #CompassionInAction #FoodDrive #GiveBack #KindnessForAll #SupportAnimals #NGO #LoveAndCare"

GIving back is so important

I recently learned that one in four U.S. workers reported experiencing food insecurity within the last year, according to The Cigna Group’s 2023 Vitality in America research. Learn more about how The Cigna Group is improving health equity in the white paper linked below. #WeAreTheCignaGroup #EachAndEvery

One of the most common areas that we get asked about is what is the best food to serve at a Children's Party. In the latest Memorable Parties blog we give some great tips on what to consider.

"Remember -- your love for bacon can make a big difference!" Funny, but true. There is a serious side to this too. The Walworth County Food and Diaper Bank is a great organization, and symbolic of many which are responding to food insecurity in our communities. In our particular case our Bank serves, at some point during the year, about 5 percent of our county's population - distributing $5M of food across 16,000+ guest encounters. All of this is made possible by roughly 120 volunteers whose work seems never ending. Those we serve are primarily referred to as ALICE (asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed). In other words, neighbors in situations where one car repair, medical bill, or unexpected expense can force a difficult decision about food. A full 40 percent of those we serve in a year come only once. 70 percent receive food from us four times or less in a year. In our county, and probably yours too, up to 35 percent of our residents fall into the ALICE classification. Those are really staggering numbers when you think about them. And food for thought as well (sorry). If all those numbers seem daunting, come and celebrate some bacon with us! 😁 #foodinsecurity #foodbank #neighborshelpingneighbors