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Wasco council accepts Hunger Action Month proclamation as food bank outlines fall events and needs
Summary
Community Action Partnership of Kern and the local food bank presented a proclamation, highlighted distribution figures and scheduled fall Hunger Action Month events; council members thanked the organizations and accepted the proclamation.
The Wasco City Council received a presentation and proclamation from Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) and the CalFresh/food bank network recognizing September as Hunger Action Month.
Suzanne Magna (presenting for CAPK) described the agency as a 60-year poverty-fighting nonprofit with multiple service lines including Head Start, energy assistance and food distribution. A CalK food-bank representative told the council that over the last year the food bank distributed more than 620,000 pounds of food in Wasco — roughly equivalent to over half a million meals by the organization’s conversion — and credited partnerships with local churches and the city’s parks and recreation department for distribution assistance.
Magna and the food bank outlined Hunger Action Month activities for Wasco: a blood drive on Friday, Sept. 5 (10 a.m.–3 p.m. at Eighteenth and L, across from Sequoias), Hunger Action Day on Sept. 10 (the group encouraged wearing orange), a KGET food drive and luncheon Sept. 10 at Compassion Corner (7 a.m.–6 p.m.; lunch 11 a.m.–1 p.m.; $15 tri-tip sandwich benefit), a community box-building volunteer morning on Sept. 20 (8–11 a.m. at the food bank) and a fair promotion on Sept. 23 (bring six cans for free admission). A short video shown at the meeting described local need and urged donations and volunteers.
Council members thanked CAPK and the food bank and presented the proclamation. Council members noted the scale of local need and praised partnerships with faith-based groups and volunteers. The council formally accepted the proclamation during presentations; no formal roll-call action was required.
