Where is hunger task force located?

Where is hunger task force located?

West Milwaukee
With our facilities bursting at the seams with food, we realized we needed to expand our capacity. In December 2020, Hunger Task Force purchased a new building at 5000 W. Electric Avenue in the Village of West Milwaukee. This 120,000 square foot warehouse will serve as the future headquarters of Hunger Task Force!

Who does Hunger Task Force serve?

Food pantries and Hunger Task Force services are for people with little or no money for food.

What is the difference between hunger task force and Feeding America?

Hunger Task Force is an independent anti-hunger organization created in Milwaukee to serve Milwaukee. Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is one franchise of over 200 food banks in the Feeding America network.

How can I get free food in Milwaukee?

Milwaukee Free Food and Food Pantries

1. Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin. 1700 W. Fond Du Lac Avenue.
2. Hunger Task Force Of Milwaukee. 201 S Hawley Ct.
3. South Milwaukee Human Concerns. 1029 Milwaukee Ave.
4. OBUUC Love Pantry – Racine. 625 College Ave.
5. Racine County Project Emergency – Food Bank. 2000 Dekoven Ave.

What is a senior box?

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), often called “the senior box program”, serves 619,000 low-income seniors with incomes of less than 130 percent of the Federal Poverty Line (approximately $15,301 for a senior living alone).

How do I host a holiday food drive?

Join our Holiday Drive

1. Contact your local food bank BEFORE you get started. Call or email your local food bank well ahead of the holidays to learn about how they typically work with food drives and any rules they have about the kind of food they can accept.
2. Get your family and friends involved.

Is Hunger Task Force a non profit organization?

Hunger Task Force, Inc. is a non-profit, anti-hunger public policy organization in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

How is Hunger Task Force funded?

We are generously supported by thousands of donors— both individuals, foundations and corporations, helped by more than 16,000 volunteers, and driven by hundreds of local community advocates each year.

Does Feeding America charge for food?

Roughly 87% of the food we distribute has no shared maintenance fee attached, meaning that our agencies receive this food for free. We have an additional way for our partner agencies to access food through our Purchased Food Program.

Where can I donate canned goods in Milwaukee?

A guide to Milwaukee’s food banks

• Central City Churches Outreach Ministry.
• Despensa De La Paz Food Pantry (Friedens Community Ministries)
• Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
• Friedens Community Ministries (Coggs Food Pantry)
• Good Samaritan Outreach Center.
• Good Shepherd Trinity Gathering Space.
• House of Peace.

How does CSFP operate?

CSFP provides USDA commodities and administrative funds to States, which in turn store and transport the food to local agencies for distribution to low-income clients. CSFP is the only USDA nutrition program that provides monthly food assistance specially targeted at low-income seniors.

What foods are commodities?

Agricultural commodities include:

• Things you drink, such as sugar, cocoa, coffee, and orange juice.
• Grains, such as wheat, soybeans, soybean oil, rice, oats, and corn.
• Animals that become food, such as live cattle and pork (called “lean hogs”).
• Things you wouldn’t eat, such as cotton and lumber.