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Executive Director Monique Ellsworth said her organization isn't the only food bank now struggling with new grant reductions and restrictions.
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Eating, or satiety, is a basic physiological need. How that need is met can vary from person to person, moment to moment, and, increasingly often, is dependent on income. In Tallahassee, between its two public universities, those income and access lines can be as pronounced as the railroad tracks that divide the two schools.
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This was a different direction for the "Full Summer" effort to compensate for the lack of school-provided nutrition for low-income families when classes aren't in session.
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The money will be used to expand and improve the organization's food distribution in its 16-county serving area.
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Volunteers load boxes of food -- supplied by Second Harvest, Farm Share, Publix and others -- into a line of vehicles that come to Victory House every other Saturday
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The network of food banks has entered into a contract with the state Department of Children and Families to do Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) education, teaching people to cook and store the food they're getting.
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The funds will expand the capabilities of the hospital's employee assistance program, which also provides contract services to 19 other major employers in North Florida.
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Centro Juan Diego in Bonita Springs feeds clients year-round. After Ian, the need at the food pantry has quadrupled.
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The eastern counties served by the regional food bank could especially be impacted by the storm and need help in its aftermath.
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The hope is that community organizations such as churches and senior citizen centers will help identify those older folks who are nutritionally deprived.