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This season,
Get Cozy With CAN
| Food Security Edition - November 2022 | |
Featured Image: CAN's Youth Works teens volunteer at the Bryant Market | |
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CAN's Match Campaign continues!
$50 = $100
$100 = $200
$250 = $500
$500 = $1,000
Wow - this season is sure going by fast! This is an important time to support CAN families because all donations from now until the end of the year being DOUBLED by a $100,000 match!
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If you know about CAN, you know about our emergency food pantries and distributions. Dive a little deeper with us and learn about the impact CAN's food security work is making in our community! | |
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The food programs at our sites each look a bit different. This is because each of our communities are different and each family we partner with is unique!
At CAN, we aim to make the experience of visiting one of our food distributions close to the experience of shopping at the grocery store. The pandemic threw a wrench in our operation a bit but we are slowly and safely getting back to an in-person shopping experience at most of our sites!
Upon visiting a CAN emergency food pantry or distribution, participants are greeted as a friend and welcomed like family. Coming in, families will see options like produce, dairy, meat, bread, and more as well as helpful signs, recipe ideas, and some household supplies!
Thanks to our astounding partner, Food Gatherers, CAN accepts 23 deliveries each month! (And sometimes more during the holidays!) Keep reading to hear about the impact those 23 deliveries make in our community!
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We want to extend a
huge THANK YOU to you, our amazing CAN family for the support, our outstanding partner, Food Gatherers, and our passionate CAN staff, all who we would not be able to do this work without!
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The pandemic changed almost every aspect of our lives in March of 2020. At CAN, our After School Programs went virtual until it was safe to reopen, many appointments became remote, and there was suddenly distance between us in order to stay safe. But our Food Programs changed in a bit of a different way. What felt like overnight, the need for food assistance DOUBLED in our community and we continue to operate our food programs at 200% pre-pandemic levels because the need remains. CAN's food distributions and emergency food pantries adapted to many changes but never closed.
This past fiscal year, the support of our amazing donors and partners have allowed us to...
DISTRIBUTE
644,719 lbs.
WHICH IS EQUAL TO
538,881 meals
CAN SERVED
1,838 families
WHICH IS A GRAND TOTAL OF
10,833 visits
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Learn about more food-related work at CAN! | | |
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Nutrition Curriculum
It is no secret we love food here at CAN! The students who participate in our education programs do too. So we developed a Nutrition Curriculum! Each lesson allows our students to experiment with ingredients, taste different foods, practice mindful eating, and have fun with their very own delicious and nutritious creations! Making quick pickles was such a crowd favorite at Hikone, we had to do it again and again!
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Healthy Meals and Snacks
Speaking of delicious and nutritious creations, they are an essential component of ASP at every single one of our sites! Healthy meals and snacks are what power us through a productive day of school and play. At CAN, we ensure no student in our program goes hungry, a variety of options are available (we love trying new foods!), and everyone has the option to pass on certain foods.
Our students are also involved in the process of planning the menu and cooking the food. It is such a fun way to create community, have some fun, learn new skills, and more!
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Community Gardens
Relieving stress, eating healthy, learning a new skill, and helping the environment are just some of the benefits of community gardens. We partner with community members at some of our sites to build flourishing gardens. During growing season at Hikone, we had a bounty of peppers, herbs, tomatoes, and more!
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Help us continue to address food insecurity and so much more!
Support CAN's Mission!
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Give by mail: PO Box 130076, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 | |
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Do you shop at Kroger?
Do you have a Kroger Plus card?
Take advantage of their Community Rewards program and donate to CAN when you use your Kroger Plus Card! Just login to your Kroger account, under "account summary", scroll down to Community Rewards. Then search for CAN by typing in our
organization number:
SJ915
ο»ΏOnce CAN is enrolled, Kroger will donate to Community Action Network every time you use your
Kroger Plus card!
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Buying gift cards this season?
Consider purchasing through www.raiseright.com
A percentage (2%-20%) of each purchase
goes to CAN with our code:
B7JKTSJ298XC
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Doing some holiday shopping on Amazon?ο»Ώ
smile.amazon.com/ch/38-2792610
Use this link and Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase directly to CAN!
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Community Action Network partners with children, youth, and families from under-resourced Washtenaw County neighborhoods to create better futures for themselves and improve the communities in which they live. | | | | | |
