By Hannah Gumpert | Senior Project Manager
The MEANS Database team remains committed to fighting food insecurity in Central Florida by creating new partnerships and increasing outreach to food donors and emergency food providers. According to Second Harvest, nearly 105 million more meals a year are needed to fill the meal gap in Central Florida alone. To deliver more available meals to hungry individuals, we’ve teamed up with the Seminole County Health Department to spread the word about our food recovery system. The attached flyer aims to inform Central Florida emergency food providers they have the opportunity to receive free food by signing up on our website.
Additionally, our team has recently launched a nation-wide donor engagement program to give back to our generous food donors and encourage more food donors signed up. The program consists of two parts: the donor profile series and the donor badge. The donor profile series features interviews with current and past donors, allowing our network to get to know the individuals who so kindly donate their excess food. The donor badge is a “MEANS Food Donor” window cling we’ve sent out to frequent food donors, allowing them to show their community what they do with their excess food. We will send out more donor badges as more donors sign up and donate through our website!
If you have any questions about our partnership with Seminole County Health Department or want to get involved in our donor engagement program, feel free to reach out to hannah@meansdatabase.org or centralflorida@meansdatabase.org. Thank you for following our journey to combat food waste and hunger!
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