Voting is on line, STARTS Sept 23rd, CLOSES Oct 2nd.
- State Farm runs a annual ‘State Farm Neighborhood Assist’ grant program
- Only registered nonprofits are eligable
- Applications are capped at 2000
- 200 applications are approved from the 2000 to go to the ‘Voting Round’
- TEAC is one of the 200!!
- The top 40 vote getters will each receive a $25,000 grant. Winners announced Nov 4th.
- People can vote 10 times per day, every day
TEAC’s Grant Application:
Mobile Food Pantry: Providing Healthy Food Options for Seniors and Veterans in NE Ohio
- TEAC is a food pantry serving No Summit County Ohio for over 29 years.
- A largely unreported issue for the under served in our area is the lack of either public or private transportation. Without transportation it can be a struggle to get fresh, healthy food to those most in need, especially area seniors and veterans.
- With a mobile pantry we could bring our pantry to them.
- Our vision is to have a mobile pantry with fresh produce, dairy, eggs, healthy snacks, and canned goods enabling us to go directly to high need areas such as low-income senior housing and VFW identified veterans in need.
- Currently, TEAC provides limited services to these groups, but food is restricted due to not having truck to bring it to the high need areas.
- Having a mobile food pantry opens-up healthy food options for some of the most vulnerable and is truly an unmet need in our community.
What the $25,000 grant will fund:
- TEAC wants to purchase a gently used multi-use transit cargo van to be used as a mobile food panty
Benifit to TEAC
- Will enable TEAC to deliver food more efficiently to target areas such as senior housing
- Will enable TEAC to pick up heavy loads of food from the Akron-Canton Food Bank
- Better serve the clients most in need in our area, by providing healthy food options
