SFIC Online Briefing for Faith Leaders
to Address COVID-19 Impact on Food Security
and Programs Being Provided in San Francisco
and Greater California to Ensure People are Provided
with the Basic Human Right of Nutritious Meals
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
8:30 am - 9:30 am
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COVID-19 could make it much harder for people to access food. Lost incomes for many low-wage earners, rising unemployment, coupled with the reduced food supply, could adversely impact food security globally and here at home hitting already struggling minority and other vulnerable populations the hardest. This week's SFIC Online Briefing for Faith Leaders, hosted by the
San Francisco Interfaith Council in collaboration with the
Department of Emergency Management's Community Branch will address COVID-19's impact on food security here in San Francisco and greater California and shine a light on what services some important nonprofits and communities of faith are providing in order to ensure that people are provided with the basic human right of nutritious meals.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY ONLINE BRIEFING MODERATOR
Michael G. Pappas, M.Div., Executive Director
WELCOME & READING OF SFIC STATEMENT
Kaushik Roy, Chair
MEDITATION
Captain Matthew Madsen
Divisional Secretary for San Francisco &
Divisional Men's Ministries Coordinator
(Introduction of Guest Presenter and Presentation by
SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas)
Ashley C. McCumber
CEO and Executive Director
As CEO and Executive Director of
Meals on Wheels San Francisco, now in its 50th year of operations in San Francisco, Ashley McCumber has led a team to increase yearly meal production capacity from 527,000 meals in 2007, to just over 2 million meals today, delivered to the homes of nearly 5,000 homebound seniors and adults with disabilities living in San Francisco. Ashley has over 30 years of nonprofit and community leadership under his belt and uses his expertise to advance public policy, community partnerships, and fundraising, in order to meet the growing needs of vulnerable communities.
Since 1970, Meals on Wheels San Francisco (MOWSF) has been serving people, mostly seniors aged 60 and older, who have the greatest physical, social, and economic needs and who have limited ability to purchase food. MOWSF has provided seniors residing in San Francisco with what they need to live independent and dignified lives - nutritious meals, professional social work services including wellness checks, and a friendly visitor. In 2019, staff and volunteers delivered 2.2 million meals to nearly 4,500 homebound seniors and adults with disabilities. In 2020, Meals on Wheels San Francisco will celebrate 50 years of serving the older adult community. Construction is underway on a new state-of-the-art kitchen and food production facility that will increase the organization's capacity to produce up to 20,000 meals daily, double its current capacity. The new kitchen will be the largest of its kind in California and is expected to be in operation by the end of 2020.
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CLOSING REMARKS/NEXT STEPS
SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas
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