We are just under ONE MONTH away
from the 11th Annual Supermarket Street Sweep! We've shown you sponsor-donated
prizes and tips from some of our wonderful Sweep riders, but who are we doing
this for?
In Christopher Wimer and Lucas
Manfield’s “Missing Meals” in San Francisco and Marin, low- and moderate-income families in San Francisco who are
eligible for various food assistance programs are defined by those who earn below 200% of the federal poverty line (FPL).
Persons in Family/Household
|
2016 Federal Poverty Line (FPL)
|
SF-Marin Eligibility for Food Assistance Programs (200% FPL)
|
1
|
$11,880
|
$23,760
|
2
|
$16,020
|
$32,040
|
3
|
$20,160
|
$40,320
|
4
|
$24,300
|
$48,600
|
According to the Food Security
Task Force’s (FSTF) Assessment
of Food Security in San Francisco (2013), 261,619 (or approximately 1 in 4) people in San Francisco and Marin
make less than 200% of the FPL and are consequently at risk of being food
insecure, and the sub-populations especially vulnerable to food insecurity
include seniors and adults with disabilities, children and families, and people
who are homeless.
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| Source: Reprinted from Gruneisen, Karen, & Jones, Paula (Eds.). for the San Francisco Food Security Task Force. "Assessment of Food Security in San Francisco," 2013, pg. 91. |
The three “Pillars of Food
Security” as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) include food
availability, food access, and food utilization (or consumption). For more
information on the particular challenges and opportunities people are facing near you in
relation to food availability, access, and consumption, click on your San Francisco supervisorial district below.
The SF-Marin Food
Bank (SFMFB) serves over 147,000 people, or 30,000 households, each week
and 225,000 people rely on the help of SFMFB and its partners and volunteers
every year. But SFMFB still needs your help. According to Wimer and Manfield,
every year, the number of “missing meals” is calculated based on the following
formula (SFMFB is included in “Non-Profit Meals"):
Missing Meals = Meals Needed – Meals Afforded – Government Meals –
Non-Profit Meals
Despite SFMFB's impressive weekly and annual contribution, they still need our help. Based on the the Missing Meals report (and shown in the graphic below), there were 46,628,984 missing meals in 2014.
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| Source: Reprinted from Wimer, Christopher, and Manfield Lucas. "'Missing Meals' in San Francisco and Marin," May 2016, pg. 11. |
Please come out and JOIN US by contributing food donations to this valuable cause. If you are unable
to make it to the Sweep, consider starting or CONTRIBUTING to a Dollars
for Dinners team page today, where every $1 you donate allows the SFMFB to
distribute $5 worth of food, which can provide 3 meals.
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