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You are here: Home / Our Community / Hunger in our Community

Hunger in our Community

May 6, 2018

Hunger in our Community

Hunger is everywhere, and often affects more people in our community than one might expect.  Food insecurity reaches beyond the homeless and beyond the soup-kitchen lines – it now even affects many who were recently living comfortably in the middle class.

What does it mean to be “food insecure?”

Food insecurity exists when people lack sustainable physical or economic access to enough safe, nutritious, and socially acceptable food for a healthy and productive life. Food insecurity may be chronic, seasonal, or temporary.

Based on the most recent Feeding America Study

  • There are an estimated 6,420 food insecure individuals in La Plata County.…missing at least 1 meal per day.
  • 52% of food insecure county residents do not qualify for SNAP (Food Stamp) benefits. They are the working poor – families and seniors who are just falling short but are contributing members of our society.
  • 5% of La Plata County’s children are experiencing hunger
  • 31% of those children come from homes that are likely ineligible for SNAP (Food Stamp) benefits.
  • The average cost of a meal in La Plata County is $3.78.

Children who live with hunger are more likely to:

  • Develop behavioral issues
  • Have lower grades in school
  • Require hospitalization more frequently
  • Be at greater risk for chronic illness

The ripple effects of hunger

The personal cost of hunger to a child, or to families who can’t afford to feed their children, is tough for many to imagine.  While the value of a meal to a hungry child is immeasurable, the fact is that when we pull together as a community to feed our neighbors, we directly contribute to the long-term health, vibrancy and economic stability of our community.

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Upcoming Food Drives

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Express Employment Professionals Durango in Bodo Park (next to office depot) will be accepting food donations M-F from 8am-5pm.

Would you like to schedule a food drive? Learn more here.

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Stop by today before 5:30 & get help with pet food for your cats and/or dogs from the Colorado Pet Pantry. They will be at the Durango Food Bank the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 1:30-5:30.
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Does your family need help with bread & eggs? Stop by today (Tuesday, April 13) from 8-12 or 1:30-3:30 and pick some up. No appointment needed, just pull up and call the number on the sign & a volunteer will bring some out😊
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Thank you 100+ Women Who Care La Plata for your generous support! These funds will assist us greatly as we continue our mission of working in collaboration with our community to feed and empower our neighbors in need.

This amazing group meets three times a year to make a collective donation to a local non-profit that impacts La Plata County. Members agree to make three $100 donations per year and at each meeting they vote to determine where the collective donation will go. They would love to have more members. For more information, see their website at https://www.100womenwhocarelaplata.com/.
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As you prepare your gardens this year, please consider participating in our Plant it Forward campaign. This is a great way to help local families who are struggling at this time & may not be able to have a garden of their own. 🥒🧅🥔🥕🍅
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Looking forward to our first distribution on April 20th from 1:30-5:30. No Appointment needed if you are just picking up pet food.
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So thankful for community members like Jim! This morning He bought 864 lbs of much needed fresh produce from Albertsons to be distributed in today’s curbside pickups. 🍎🥔🥕🥬
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Our donors are protected by the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. This law protects donors from civil and criminal liability should the product donated in good faith later cause harm to the needy recipient.

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