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Blackfoot River Challenge 2009!

A benefit for Missoula Food Bank

 

Friday, June 19th through Sunday, June 21st

 

A Weekend of Canoe & Kayak Racing, River Running & Clinics for all ability levels.

 

For more information please visit: Blackfoot River Challenge For registration info, please stop by The Trail Head or visit Trailhead Montana

 

Food donations at this time of year are critical. Missoula Food Bank’s shelves show serious signs of depletion in spring/summer months as our food surplus compiled from the holiday season is diminished. Kids who normally receive free or reduced lunch during the school year often go without proper sustenance during summer months. Missoula Food Bank’s “Kids Table” program supplements food shortage for these children by preparing meals to be distributed at several accessible Missoula locations.

 

Missoula Food Bank, located at 219 S. 3rd Street W., distributes an emergency three-day supply of food to those in need from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday evenings.

 

What's on the Missoula Food Bank site...
A volunteer prepares food as part of the Food Circle program.
Food Circle
Photo of boy. Kid's Cafe
Food Share Van
Food Share
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Starting in January 2007, Missoula Food Bank will distribute weekly updates to interested supporters via email. This is in response to requests from our donors and friends. These communications will include up-to-date statistics about the people we are serving, immediate food needs that we have, upcoming volunteer opportunities, and so on.

If you would like to receive the Hunger Pulse e-newsletters, please send an email to mail@missoulafoodbank.org.

Missoula Farmers Market Joins Clark Fork in Accepting EBT Food Stamp cardsRight-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. EBT logo

If there is one image that epitomizes summer in Missoula, it has to be the picturesque stalls of the farmer's market overflowing with local produce and Missoula community members, and beginning this July more Missoula residents will be able to access this festive Missoula institution.

This summer folks will once again be able use Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards to buy local food. This exciting program came together because of a collaboration of multiple organizations.  The Missoula Farmer's Market, the Clark Fork River Market, Missoula Food Bank, The Community Food and Agriculture Coalition (CFAC), Creative Catering, United Way of Missoula County, and Big Sky Commerce all worked together to provide this array of benefits to the Missoula community.  It is a win-win situation for everyone!

When shoppers use their EBT cards at farmer's markets, small family farmers receive federal dollars at their stands. Additionally low-income shoppers have access to fresh local produce, and our local economy benefits as the multiplier effect shows that EBT dollars spent at least double in circulation.

At the Missoula Farmer's Market, EBT card holders will bring their cards to the CFAC table near the white United Way Building, next to the west entrance of the market.  Here the cards will be electronically swiped and the shopper will receive their chosen amount of dollars in tokens, which can then be exchanged at the stalls of participating vendors.

The Clark Fork River Market is in its third season offering this program.  This summer, both markets have added the benefit of credit and debit cards.  People can receive market tokens from credit, debit or EBT cards.

The use of EBT cards at farmer's markets is part of a nation-wide trend. The EBT card program is part of a group of programs initiated by the Community Food and Agriculture Coalition (CFAC) and Missoula Food Bank, which aim to reform the local food system so that all community members have access to healthy local foods.

 
       
   

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Volunteers provide the Food Bank with over 14,000 hours of their time, energy and talents every year. And they do just about everything there is to be done, from sorting food and stocking shelves to processing prepared food and interviewing clients. Learn more...


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