C.A.R.E. NEWS (COMMUNITY, ADVOCATES, RESOURCES, ENRICHMENT)

DID YOU KNOW…

“ 1 in 5 kids in the United

States faces hunger.”

- Feeding America

1,950 kids are considered

’food insecure’ in Macon

County, that’s 1 in 3 kids!

“65.2% of Macon County

Students are enrolled in the

free or reduced lunch pro-

gram at school.”

- NC Dept. of Public Instruction,

“Free & Reduced Meal App. Data”

In This Issue...

September is Hunger

Action Month

Pantry Needs

“Volunteer Spotlight”

BackPack Sponsorship Source: Feeding America Map the Meal Gap: Child Food Insecurity Visit feedingamerica.org/mapthegap for more information © 2014 Feeding America

September is Hunger Action Month

Feeding America kicked off the month of September with a nation-wide campaign to raise awareness regarding hunger in our nation. Partnering with the nationwide network of food banks, Feeding America is urging individuals to do the same, through a variety of activities:

1. Hunger Action Day on September 4th, 2014. The month long effort to raise awareness in support of hunger-relief started with a campaign to turn the nation orange hence the orange theme of this month’s newsletter. You can still join! Visit the Feeding America website to learn how to show your support by turning your Facebook and Twitter profile orange!

2. Take the Pledge: Visit the Feeding America website and urge Congress to strengthen child nutrition programs, like the Care-Net BackPack Program!

3. Volunteer! Find your local food bank or pantry and volunteer during September and all year long! For more information on volunteering at CareNet, email: Canhunger@maconcarenet.org

CareNet Newsletter September 2014

Eat Mor BBQ... CareNet was honored to be the recipient of well over 300lbs. of cooked pork butt,

compliments of the 6th Annual Mountain High BBQ Festival! The donation was a

joint effort between The Franklin Chamber of Commerce and the Kansas City Bar-

becue Society (KCBS). The KCBS started a campaign called 100KCBS Meals

Mission, with an initiative to feed 100,000 people this year alone!

BBQ For All In all, 53 teams who participated in this year’s BBQ Festival all obliged to cooking

an extra Boston Butt to donate to the CareNet Soup Café, on top of preparing their

entries for competition. “We appreciate greatly what the BBQ teams did in prepar-

ing and bringing a wonderful new food item to the people who come in and utilize

CareNet’s services” said Scott Moritz, CareNet Operations Director. Moritz went

on to add, “BBQ is not something that we can readily prepare here in our kitchen

and the amount of time that goes into its cooking is so lengthy, that it’s not condu-

cive to the services we provide. Thanks to the donation, we’ve been able to add a

tasty treat to our menu for our hot meals.”

To date, the donation has helped serve approximately 300 meals and is projected

to help serve somewhere in the area of 600 meals from this very generous dona-

tion! Charitable Giving Breakdown

Over 300lbs of Pork Donated at the 6th Annual Mountain High BBQ Festival

Food Pantry Through the support of our

beloved community, the Food

Pantry distributed over 30,000 lbs.

of food to 447 families in need

during the month of August.

We are always in need of both

perishable and non-perishable

food donations to support the pan-

try and our efforts to assist fami-

lies with food security.

The following items are of urgent

need to continue providing food

resources within the community:

Canned Meats

Soups

Pasta

Rice

Boxed Meals

Popcorn

Snack Pack (pudding cups)

Instant Oatmeal

Fruit Cup

Shelf Stable Milk

14%

73%

3%10%

Where Food Donations Come From2014

Churches Organizations/Businesses

Anonymous Individuals

Volunteer

Spotlight In 2013, there were a to-

tal of 80 volunteers who

contributed over 24,000

hours to assist their

neighbors in need!

Each month, we will

spotlight one of our

wonderful volunteers!

Featured Volunteer

Name: Russell Wood

Duration of Volunteerism:

1 year, 5 months

Why do you volunteer?

“My working at CareNet

is very selfish because it

makes me feel good that

I am helping those who

are less fortunate than

me”

You are stranded on a de-

serted island, list 3 must

have items:

“Pencil, Notebook, Bible”

Volunteers Needed

We are always looking for new members to join the

CareNet family, here are just a few of the volunteer

opportunities available with our ministry:

CareNet Crisis

Ministry Office

Counselors/

Interviewers

Pantry Clerk

Soup Café:

cook/server

Administrative

Support

CareNet

Thrift Store

Customer

Service

Sorting

Donations

Merchandise

Processing

Community

Volunteers

Perishable Food

Pickups

BackPack

Program:

Packing/

Delivery

Maintenance

Career

Development

Macon County Care Network

130 Bidwell St.

Franklin, NC 28734

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Bridging the gap during times of crisis...

Contact Us

Give us a call for more information

about our programs and services!

Macon County

Care Network

130 Bidwell St.

Franklin, NC 28734

(828) 369-2642 - Office

(828) 369-0274 - Fax

CanHunger@MaconCareNet.org

Visit us on the web at:

www.MaconCareNet..org

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MaconCountyCareNet

BackPack Program Sponsorship

Sponsor a Macon County child for $20 a month!

Did you know that for $0.66 a day you could provide week-

end BackPacks for one month for a child, here in Macon

County, who may be facing ‘food insecurity’?

How to Pledge YOUR Sponsorship

Make a donation online: MaconCareNet.org

Cut-out this section of the C.A.R.E. Newsletter and complete the

information below:

Please accept my $ __________ donation to sponsor a child for

______ months of the BackPack Program.

Please make checks payable to “CareNet” and be sure to memo “BackPack Program”