How Can I Help?
Reunity Resources is a 501(c)3 not for profit organization and your donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. During the 2020 farm season in response to the covid-19 crisis and the economic crisis in its wake, we are leaning into our partnerships further to serve our community and fill in systemic gaps in food access.
In particular, in a conversation with our community partner Communities In Schools (CIS), we discussed how we might potentiate our organizational impacts during this time of heightened urgent need. Through its Family Strengths and Needs Assessment process, CIS has identified over 150 families that are struggling with food insecutiy. They expect this number to increase in the coming weeks. In some cases, the parents have lost their jobs and have no income while others are still working full time in essential positions, many of which are minimum wage jobs. The families CIS has indentified are unable to access other existing food services such as The Food Depot's grocery distributions and/or the Santa Fe Public Schools weekly breakfast and lunch meal program. The burden of working full time and parenting/schooling full time amidst the stress of the pandemic and economic crash is heavy, and these families are hungry and in need of essential support now.
CIS site coordinators are doing a weekly delivery route to these families with school supplies, hygiene kits and Food Depot food distributions, but the need for more food and in particular nutritious, ready-to-eat meals is greater than current capacity. For a family of four, 84 meals are needed through out the weeks, and current provisions only account for 16 meals.
Reunity Resources will provide farm produce that will be cooked into hearty, nutritious meals (along with other staples like beans, rice, pasta, etc.) by one of their existing restaurant partners who are open for take-out but under-utilized. Meals will be well-balanced and re-heatable. CIS site coordinators will pick up and deliver the food in their existing weekly route in a safe manner following all recommendations from the CDC.
The meal program we propose will not duplicate any existing food programs. The CIS families have children attending SFPS but they are unable to participate in the SFPS meals program or the Food Depot food distributions. CIS is concerned that this already vulnerable children and families will suffer more diress and anguish if we cannot support their basic essential needs.
We hope you'll join us in working together to fill in the gaps in our systems and keep our community healthy and well.
Your contribution to Reunity Resources allows us to feed 150 families in need during this difficult time: we can't do this without you!
We greatly appreciate your support!
In particular, in a conversation with our community partner Communities In Schools (CIS), we discussed how we might potentiate our organizational impacts during this time of heightened urgent need. Through its Family Strengths and Needs Assessment process, CIS has identified over 150 families that are struggling with food insecutiy. They expect this number to increase in the coming weeks. In some cases, the parents have lost their jobs and have no income while others are still working full time in essential positions, many of which are minimum wage jobs. The families CIS has indentified are unable to access other existing food services such as The Food Depot's grocery distributions and/or the Santa Fe Public Schools weekly breakfast and lunch meal program. The burden of working full time and parenting/schooling full time amidst the stress of the pandemic and economic crash is heavy, and these families are hungry and in need of essential support now.
CIS site coordinators are doing a weekly delivery route to these families with school supplies, hygiene kits and Food Depot food distributions, but the need for more food and in particular nutritious, ready-to-eat meals is greater than current capacity. For a family of four, 84 meals are needed through out the weeks, and current provisions only account for 16 meals.
Reunity Resources will provide farm produce that will be cooked into hearty, nutritious meals (along with other staples like beans, rice, pasta, etc.) by one of their existing restaurant partners who are open for take-out but under-utilized. Meals will be well-balanced and re-heatable. CIS site coordinators will pick up and deliver the food in their existing weekly route in a safe manner following all recommendations from the CDC.
The meal program we propose will not duplicate any existing food programs. The CIS families have children attending SFPS but they are unable to participate in the SFPS meals program or the Food Depot food distributions. CIS is concerned that this already vulnerable children and families will suffer more diress and anguish if we cannot support their basic essential needs.
We hope you'll join us in working together to fill in the gaps in our systems and keep our community healthy and well.
Your contribution to Reunity Resources allows us to feed 150 families in need during this difficult time: we can't do this without you!
We greatly appreciate your support!