The Human Services Network has re-issued the Colorado Food Stamp Challenge for the week of August 20, following the Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute and the Colorado Anti-Hunger Network Challenge around June 5's National Hunger Awareness Day.
The challenge is to purchase, prepare and eat only the food that can be purchased on the average Colorado food stamp budget of about $25 per person per week--$3.57 per person per day.
The Human Services Network of Colorado promotes the quality & integrity of services provided to the community by case managers and other human service professionals. Our hope is to bring the challenge to the grassroots of service to raise awareness of the policy issues surrounding the Food Stamp Program.
Share your experiences and thoughts with us this week by clicking on the "Comments" link below.
-Heidi Baker
for the Network
720-252-3628
HumanServicesNetwork@gmail.com
Thank you Food Stamp Challenge Participants!
Thanks to everyone who took part in the Challenge. We hope that this has been a valuable experience for you and that it has encouraged awareness, thought and discussion about hunger, food insecurity and poverty in Colorado. This has been a very successful effort.
If this has been a positive experience for you, we encourage you to contact your member of Congress and Senators Salazar and Allard to ask them to support and strengthen the Food Stamp Program during reauthorization this summer and tell them a little about your experiences during the challenge.
If this has been a positive experience for you, we encourage you to contact your member of Congress and Senators Salazar and Allard to ask them to support and strengthen the Food Stamp Program during reauthorization this summer and tell them a little about your experiences during the challenge.
Dear Food Stamp Challenge Participants
Thank you for taking the Colorado Food Stamp Challenge which begins on National Hunger Awareness Day, Tuesday, June 5, and lasts 7 days to Monday, June 11. The challenge is to purchase, prepare and eat only the food that can be purchased on the average Colorado food stamp budget of about $25 per person per week ($3.57 per person per day).
The Food Stamp Program is the first line of defense against hunger in the United States and helps to put food on the tables of 25 million Americans including over a quarter of a million Coloradans. The goals of the Challenge are to raise awareness of the difficulties that many Coloradans face in feeding their families and to encourage Congress to support and strengthen the Food Stamp Program as it deliberates this summer on the farm bill.
Please use this blog to post your observations and experiences as you take the challenge. Just click on the "comments" link below and add your comments.
Again, thank you for your participation!
Colorado Anti-Hunger Network
Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute
The Food Stamp Program is the first line of defense against hunger in the United States and helps to put food on the tables of 25 million Americans including over a quarter of a million Coloradans. The goals of the Challenge are to raise awareness of the difficulties that many Coloradans face in feeding their families and to encourage Congress to support and strengthen the Food Stamp Program as it deliberates this summer on the farm bill.
Please use this blog to post your observations and experiences as you take the challenge. Just click on the "comments" link below and add your comments.
Again, thank you for your participation!
Colorado Anti-Hunger Network
Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute
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