HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 3c. Hunger Awareness Day Proclamation♦ .•
'ova as �aas'o
hunceu awaaeness aay
June 7, 2024
whepeas huncep ppofounOLy unaepmines the health ana welt-Beinc of Both ouR
community at lapse ana individual neichsops; ana
whepeas apppoximately a thiud of households in san luis oBispo county ape stpucclinc, to
a f foR6 the cost of Livinc in ouR Recion; ana
whepeas mode than 4,800 childRen in san LUIS OBlspo county ape suffepinc fpom food
insecupity, JeopaRNzinc theip cpowth, health, and academic success; ana
whepeas neaply a quaptep of local seniops ape stpucclinc to meet theiR Basic neeaS; ana
whepeas the slo food sank ppovides essential support to ovep 70 paptnea nonppofit
acencies, thepesy fonminc a cpitical netwopk that aistpisutes nutpitious, life-sustammc food
to those who face huncep; ana
whepeas the slo food sank serves ovep 36,50o neichsops in need each month acposs San
Luis OBlspo county fpom nipomo to San micuel, ana fpom san Simeon to Cali fopnia valley; ana
whepeas the slo food sank distpisutes millions of nutpitious meals to families, seniops,
childpen, and people in need annually; ana
whepeas the annual huncep awaReneSS aay event, takinc place this yeap on June 7, 2024 IS
a cpucial Initiative opcanlzed By the slo food sank to elevate pudic consciousness asout
huncep ana cenepate the necessapy funds to continue ana expand huncep Relief efforts in
san Luis OBlspo county; ana
now, thepefope, I, epica a. stewapt, mayop of the city of San Luis osispo on Behalf of the
entipe city council ppoclaim that on huncep awaneness day, we call upon the citizens of the
city of san Luis oBispo to acknowleace the upcency of food insecupity, to contRIBute
cenepously to huncep Relief, and to papticipate in a conceptea of fopt to ensupe that no child,
adult, OR senioR toes huneRy in ouR community.
441 June 4, 2024
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