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Zoom Conference - Food Security and Meals Workgroup

New Workgroup to continue conversations about food & meal access in Davidson County. Please forward this invitation to other food pantry coordinators in Davidson County. Zoom link will be issued. 

Agenda: Thursday, April 16, 3 pm

Purpose: Discover our resources and assets, share resources and strategies, increase and improve access to healthy food, improve healthy food education

Introduction of participants: (School reps may be absent - this is Spring Break)

  • Name

  • Organization

  • Services provided - who they target

  • Challenges/issues facing

Challenges and Requests: (Last calls, these were identified) - Update? 

  • Lexington YMCA/Schools/CIS - Volunteers needed for meal distribution and meal packaging 

  • Southwest Davidson district - needs sponsors for meals

  • Weekend meals?

  • Special morale boost meals? - Dominos Lexington offered free pizza - need time to plan

Resources:

Sign up on Charity Tracker (hosted by Baptist Children's Homes of NC, Inc. through The Bob and Carolyn Tucker Greater Vision Outreach Ministry

This is a resource alert system and a resource tracker

- Currently have lettuce to give away 

- Contact Sara Becker 336-687-6384 sbecker@bchfamily.org  

- Would like to have all pantries on this network

Corporate Partners - (Available) - How do we use this?