Join the Business Hunger Initiative
Help move the community's standard from charity to dignity.
Action Items
- Stay informed: News, reports and resources
- Become an endorser: contact Patti Whitney-Wise
- Educate business leaders about hunger in Oregon. Tell them that hunger threatens our state's economic competitiveness.
- Support the Childhood Hunger Coalition's efforts to educate health care professionals and address hunger in the clinical setting.
- Increase the amount of nutritious food available through the Oregon Food Bank Network and improve the capacity of local hunger relief agencies.
- Help increase SNAP (food stamps) participation.
- Expand child nutrition programs for eligible children.
- Join state leaders and anti-hunger advocates to address the root causes of hunger.
- Investing in Oregon's Earned Income Tax Credit and affordable housing.
- Expanding farm direct programs to serve more women, infants, children and seniors while supporting local farmers.
- Making school breakfasts available for more low-income children.
- Providing fruits and vegetables in school lunches to increase child nutrition and support Oregon farmers.
