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• Food Insecurity in Our Community: Serving Marion Polk Residents and S-K Students Experiencing Food Insecurity

  • When
    17 May 2024
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Willamette Heritage Center (Dye House) 1313 Mill St SE, Salem, OR 97301

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  Food insecurity is a problem in nearly all states, counties, and cities. Marion and Polk Counties are no exceptions.  Every month more than 55,000 Marion - Polk households, including 18,000 children, receive food assistance. Rick Gaupo, President and CEO of Marion Polk Food Share, and Curtis Eriksen, Nutrition Service Manager of the Salem-Keizer Public Schools, discuss the scope of food insecurity in Marion and Polk Counties and what their institutions are doing to serve food insecure people in our midst.

  
  

  Speakers:

  • Rick Gaupo, President and CEO, Marion Polk Food Share
  • Curtis Ericksen, Nutrition Service Manager, Salem-Keizer Public Schools

  Event Details:

  • Doors open at 11:30 am.
  • Program starts at 12:00 pm.

  Registration:

  • Members: Free
  • Non-Members: $10

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