One of the most exciting things about the Move For Hunger network is that it is continuously growing! Every new member that signs up to be a part of our program is another ally in our mission to reduce food waste and fight hunger. That's why we were so thrilled that Oak Brook Apartment Homes, one of the newest members of our Multi-Family Program, wanted to kick off their membership by hosting a summer food drive!
From July 1-August 24, Oak Brook Apartment Home residents and employees collected 530 pounds of food for the Sacramento Food Bank - that's 440 meals! Enthusiasm was growing throughout the apartment homes with every single can and box that was donated.
"Our residents have been super supportive and were so happy to see that we were doing something in the middle of the year and not just around the holidays," said Kris Barraco, the Community Director at Oak Brook.
Nearly 230,000 people in Sacramento County are food insecure, including 1 in 5 children. The urgency of summer food drives is sometimes overlooked, and that's why it is so important to us that Oak Brook stepped in. A child's only meal of the day might be limited to when they attend school. Thank you to everyone at Oak Brook Apartment Homes for joining us in the fight against hunger!
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