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| + | A '''food bank''' is a place where [[food]], both non-perishable goods and perishable goods like fresh produce, frozen items, and baker products, are offered to nonprofit agencies for distribution to people who may not be able to afford food. These agencies are typically non-profit organizations or run as part of a church or community outreach group. A food bank is like the wholesale arm of the food distribution system for those living in poverty. Other agencies are the retail arm and serve people directly. The term "food bank" is not protected by law, however, and is sometimes used by these agencies directly serving those in need of food. |
| − | == 1. View an ADRA video on the topic of world hunger and discuss with your Pathfinder Club unit or class the methods shown in the video which ADRA is using to combat hunger. ==
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| − | The ''ADRA Presents'' series of videos includes very good introductions to ACS and disaster response in short video segments. These videos are available through [http://adventsource.org Advent''Source''] . | |
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| − | == 2. Interview the person who directs the community food pantry in your local church or another local church in your area. Ask this person about the types of people they serve, what causes food needs in the community, and how they meet these needs. Take notes during the interview. ==
| + | Food banks often get the food from companies or supermarkets with unsaleable stock, and also from donations from the general public, especially around holidays such as [[Thanksgiving]] and [[Christmas]]. In addition, the US Government and state governments often contract with food banks to distribute USDA surplus commodities. In addition, food banks who are members of [[America's Second Harvest]], the nation's food bank network, are able to take advantage of relationships with major manufacturers. Instead of calling the more than 200 food banks across the country, a manufacturer with several semiloads of product to donate can make just one phone call. |
| − | == 3. Visit a food bank and talk with the staff, and then explain to your instructor how the food bank gathers donated groceries and provides supplies to food pantries, soup kitchens, etc. ==
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| − | == 4. Describe in an essay of at least 500 words the causes of hunger in each of the following situations: ==
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| − | === a. Developing nations overseas ===
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| − | Formerly nations were reffered to as third world countries if they fell into a catagory like this. Today Emerging and Developing nations describe those who are generally stable in government type but lack the resource development to manage their own economy and population. Those one may not define with ease as developing are nations such as the Sudan and Somolia where the governments have collapsed or are not widely recognized as legitimate by other nations. These nations are normally in a perpetual state of civil war and often provide breeding grounds for extremist and terrorist organizations. Nations of this type have not infrastructure at all and rely heavily on international forces to protect the "civilian" population and provide for their every need. Many developing countries were in such states just fifteen or twenty years ago (2006) and are finding today that inspite of a more stable government and economy they have difficulty in truly emerging to the level of industrialized nation because the protection and services provided during their past has lead their them to a population of welfare seeking citizens who do not feel need or purpose for being productive people. This is one reason that has lead to the focus of ADRA on development even in the Sudan and Somolia today, providing skill training and purpose to such people will help them to participate in the stabilization and development of their nation.
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| − | === b. Inner-city and other disadvantaged areas in this country ===
| + | The first food bank was St. Mary's Food Bank, started in 1967 in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. |
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| − | "In this country" literally applies to the United States and Canada. Surprisingly even major Eastern countries such as France are not developed countries any more by western standards. This is so true that the United Nations has many of the same programs on the ground in France and other Western European Nations that it has in place in the nations of the former Soviet Union and on the African continent.
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| − | == Alternate requirement: Make a presentation of at least 10 minutes during a Sabbath School program, Pathfinder Club Devotional, to a school assembly or civic club on the same topics. ==
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| − | == Alternate requirement: Create a video tape, slide and sound show, or presentation software production on the same topics and show the production to a Sabbath School group, school assembly or civic club. ==
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| − | == 5. Collect at least 50 non-perishable food items for the community food pantry in your local church or the nearest Adventist Community Services center. ==
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| − | == 6. Volunteer in a soup kitchen for at least two meals, This can be done as a group project with others in your Pathfinder Club or school. If there is no Soup Kitchen in your area, prepare and distribute six sack lunches to the needy or homeless. ==
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| − | == References ==
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A food bank is a place where food, both non-perishable goods and perishable goods like fresh produce, frozen items, and baker products, are offered to nonprofit agencies for distribution to people who may not be able to afford food. These agencies are typically non-profit organizations or run as part of a church or community outreach group. A food bank is like the wholesale arm of the food distribution system for those living in poverty. Other agencies are the retail arm and serve people directly. The term "food bank" is not protected by law, however, and is sometimes used by these agencies directly serving those in need of food.
Food banks often get the food from companies or supermarkets with unsaleable stock, and also from donations from the general public, especially around holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. In addition, the US Government and state governments often contract with food banks to distribute USDA surplus commodities. In addition, food banks who are members of America's Second Harvest, the nation's food bank network, are able to take advantage of relationships with major manufacturers. Instead of calling the more than 200 food banks across the country, a manufacturer with several semiloads of product to donate can make just one phone call.
The first food bank was St. Mary's Food Bank, started in 1967 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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