Community Action Committee Of The Lehigh Valley Inc
Community Action Committee Of The Lehigh Valley Inc
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Mission
The mission of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley is to improve the quality of life in the Lehigh Valley by building a community in which all people have access to economic opportunity, the ability to pursue that opportunity, and a voice in the decisions that affect their lives.
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SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF LEHIGH VALLEY AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA DISTRIBUTED 9.1 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD TO OUR NETWORK OF MORE THAN 200 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS (INCLUDING SHELTERS, SOUP KITCHENS AND PANTRIES) ACROSS THE SIX COUNTIES (CARBON, LEHIGH, MONROE, NORTHAMPTON, PIKE AND WAYNE), COMPLEMENTING THEIR EFFORTS TO PROVIDE FOOD ASSISTANCE TO MORE THAN 58,000 INDIVIDUALS EACH MONTH. MORE THAN 50,000 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED FOOD THROUGH THE EMERGENCY PANTRY NETWORK ALONE, WITH THE REST BEING DISTRIBUTED THROUGH NON-EMERGENCY FOOD PROVIDERS SUCH AS DAYCARE CENTERS SERVING LOW- INCOME FAMILIES, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS SERVING AT-RISK YOUTH, AND RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS AND REHABILITATION CENTERS THAT SERVE PEOPLE WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. SOLICITED AND DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 2,598,861 POUNDS (INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL ABOVE) OF PERISHABLE PRODUCTS FROM LOCAL GROWERS, INCLUDING 930,030 POUNDS OF FRESH PRODUCE, TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO FRESH FOOD. DISTRIBUTED 28,892 SUNSHINE ("SERVING UNDER-NOURISHED SENIORS") SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PACKAGES TO LOW-INCOME SENIORS, WHICH WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FEDERALLY-FUNDED COMMODITIES SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM. DISTRIBUTED NUTRITIOUS WEEKEND FOOD SUPPLIES TO 703 AT-RISK, SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN EVERY FRIDAY THROUGH THE BACKPACK BUDDIES PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEMBER AGENCIES THAT RUN ESTABLISHED AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE EASTON AREA COMMUNITY CENTER, THE SALVATION ARMY IN EASTON AND ALLENTOWN, THE SLATER FAMILY NETWORK, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SWIFTWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS IN ALLENTOWN AND BETHLEHEM, THE WILSON LINCS FAMILY CENTER, COLONIAL ACADEMY OF WIND GAP, THE LEHIGH COUNTY CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES ASPIRES PROGRAM AND CASA GUADALUPE CENTER. THREE NEW SITES WERE OPENED IN MONROE COUNTY. ASSISTED 201 HOUSEHOLDS IN COMPLETING SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) APPLICATIONS AND PROVIDED ASSISTANCE WITH BUREAUCRATIC PROCEDURES IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO 863 ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS. CONDUCTED 34 COOKING MATTERS CLASSES, THAT TEACH COOKING, NUTRITION AND BUDGETING SKILLS TO LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND SENIORS; 380 PARTICIPANTS COMPLETED THE CLASSES AT LOCATIONS THROUGH LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES.
