World Food Day 2004

Posted by on September 17, 2004

WORLD FOOD DAY 2004

For emergency feeding program volunteers, social service workers, legal services staff, local and state program specialists and policy makers, students, and activists.

Friday, October 15th
8:30am ? 12:30pm
At the William J. Green Federal Building, 600 Arch Street (Picture ID Required)

Did you know that 225,507 households in southeastern Pennsylvania skip or cut back on meals because they cannot afford to do otherwise?* Hunger is hiding behind the faces of people you see on the streets everyday. Join us for a day of solidarity in the fight against hunger!
*The Philadelphia Health Management Corporation, 2002 Southeastern PA Household Health Survey.

Day to Include:

8:30am: Continental Breakfast
8:45am: Optional prayer service
9:15am: Keynote: The Politics of Hunger: Lessons Learned and Prospects for the Future presented by Ellen Teller, Director of Government Affairs for the Food Research and Action Center in Washington D.C.

Workshops ? choose two of three:
– Helping Hands Need Tending: Retaining and Nurturing Volunteers
– The Welfare Office and Its Neighbors: A West Philadelphia Model Project
– Pennsylvania?s Food and Nutrition Policy: The New Interagency Council and Its Mission. How Can You Have an Impact?

Wrap-up: Online Food Resource Guide

Directions:
Enter the Green Federal Building on 6th Street between Arch and Market Streets. Entrance will be in the center of the block. Don?t forget your picture ID.

Parking:
Underground lot on left side of 6th Street between Arch and Market Streets; $9.50 if enter lot before 9:00am.

National Constitution Center underground parking. Enter on the right side of Race Street between 5th & 6th Streets. $9.00 if enter lot before 9:00am; lot opens at 8:30am.

Public Transportation:
The Market Frankford Line and the following buses stop at or near the Green Federal Building: 17, 33, 38, 44, and 48.

For specific details on how to get to the Green Federal Building, please call SEPTA at 215-580-7800.

Register online through the Contact Us page at http://www.hungercoalition.org, send an email to info@hungercoalition.org, or call 215-430-0555 and ask to speak with Cindy. Please indicate your choice of two workshops. Note ? security at the Green Federal Building is similar to airport security. You must have a picture ID.

Sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger and the Mid-Atlantic Office of the U.S.D.A. Food & Nutrition Service