HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 3a - Hunger Awareness Day Proclamation
WHEREAS, the SLO Food Bank is the leading hunger relief organization in the county; and
WHEREAS, the SLO Food Bank was founded in 1989, and has provided 32 years of hunger
relief throughout the community; and
WHEREAS, the SLO Food Bank provides the backbone infrastructure for hunger relief and
is the primary source of quality and affordable food for over 80 partner nonprofit agencies
that feed the hungry; and
WHEREAS, the SLO Food Bank and its coalition partners deliver nutritious food to those in
need to every community in the county, from Nipomo to San Miguel, on the coast from Los
Osos to San Simeon, and to points east including Creston, Shandon, and California Valley; and
WHEREAS, the SLO Food Bank provides millions of pounds of only the most wholesome
nutrition which advances and promotes important public health outcomes; and
WHEREAS, the SLO Food Bank is coordinated a countywide promotion called Hunger
Awareness Day on June 3rd this year; and
WHEREAS, the SLO Food Bank believes that the people of our county will rally to donate
funds needed to alleviate local hunger; and
WHEREAS, people giving donations on, June 3, 2022, and every day, can raise the funds
needed to help alleviate hunger.
Now therefore, I, Erica A. Stewart. Mayor of the City of San Luis Obispo, on behalf of the
entire City Council hereby proclaim June 3, 2022, as Hunger Awareness Day in San Luis Obispo.
Hunger awareness day
June 3, 2022
June 7, 2022
Mayor Date