NCompass Live: Feeding the Hungry at the Library
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Feeding the Hungry at the Library
South Sioux City Public Library
Programming
• 1,200 programs will be offered this year.• 4 full time staff, 6 part time staff• Volunteers• Other agencies
Strategic Plan
Look outside the library
Town Hall MeetingsIn-House Library surveysSurveys left with the school districtSurveys left at area businesses
Met with area service organizations
Dakota County ConnectionsDakota County Health DepartmentDakota County ExtensionMary Treglia Community House
246,000 Nebraskans are food insecure, and 97,000 of those are children. Food insecurity is identified as families who don’t know
where their next meal is coming from.
Dakota County has food insecurity rate of 11.5%, meaning 2,410 people in Dakota County don’t know where their next meal is
coming from.
Dakota County ranks 78th out of 79th in Health Behaviors and Social Economic Factors
Poverty and Hunger Issues
Community Garden
Community Orchard
Dakota County Voices for food met at the Iowa Nebraska Bank meeting room. Attending: Marion Cain, Charles Davis, Bill Garvey, Gina Gile, Jan Hawk, Corrinna Lenort, Dave Mixdorf, Brenda Sale,
Alyssa Silhacek, Morgan Hartline, Vanessa Wielenga, Yolanda Garcia, Alexandra Krula, Jen Heil
Voices for FoodFacebook
Attention Home Gardeners:
Do you garden and have extra produce that you don't use?Do you wish you had a way to help someone in need?Do you know that over 2,000 people in Dakota County don't know where their next meal is coming from!
Voices for Food Plot
Cooking Classes
Canning Classes
Garden ClassesMeets once a month
Covers different topics:Square foot gardening
Seed StartingCompanion Planting
Herb gardeningVermicomposting
Good Bug, Bad Bug
After School Meals
Processing/Pick-Up SitesFirst Luthern Church 3601 Dakota Ave South Sioux City, NE
1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month from 11am-2pm
United Methodist Church Locust Dakota City, NESunday 12pm-1pm Wednesday 1pm-3pm
Salem Luthern Church 1753 G Ave (Highway 35 West) South Sioux City, NE
Sunday 9am-12pm Wednesday 9am-3pm
St. Paul Methodist Chruch 2003 A Street South Sioux City, NE Monday 4pm-6pm Friday 4pm-6pm
Goodwill Camp 570 152nd Street (Highway 20 West) South Sioux City, NE Tuesday 9am-12pm Wednesday 9am-12pm
Volunteer Groups
The garden program has collected and distributed
Approximately 9,000 pounds of produce this
summer.
Future Plans
Continued expansion of education programs
for growers.
Recruitment of new growers
Library as a food distribution site that stays open past 5pm