The Food Bank for Monterey County

Certified member of the America's Second Harvest Network

Affiliates of the United Way

Links
Links will provide you with access to an overview of hunger and poverty in the United States and the efforts that are being made to fight on both these fronts. Click on any of the following Internet addresses to reach the organization in question.
Food Banks
www.food4hungry.org	The Food Bank for Monterey County
www.thefoodbank.org	Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz/San Benito Counties
www.2ndHarvest.net	Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara & San Mateo Counties
www.secondharvest.org	America's Second Harvest -- National Level
www.ccfb.org	Contra Costa Food Bank (California)
www.cafoodbanks.org	California Association of Food Banks
www.sffb.org	San Francisco Food Bank (Interactive Hunger 101 available on their web site)
www.acfb.org	Atlanta Food Bank (originator of Hunger 101)
www.accfb.org	Alameda County Community Food Bank (California)
• Go to America's Second Harvest for a list of affiliated foodbanks as well as national data and legislative news. • To find out more about food banks nationwide, search "food bank + [a particular city]." • For Monterey County addresses for the Salvation Army food basket and congregate feeding programs, go to: www.tsagoldenstate.org

For Children

www.kidsmakeadifference.com	Kids Can Make a Difference
www.readtofeed.org	Read to Feed -- a program of Heifer International (Contains downloadable activities and games, notes for teachers, and access to a free teaching kit which includes a book and video; contains Spanish language activities)
www.usda.gov/news/usdakids	USDA site with downloadable activity sheets about food, nutrition, and agriculture. (Contains Spanish language material)

About Children

www.childrensdefense.org	Children's Defense Fund
www.savethechildren.org	Save the Children (National and International)
www.aecf.org/kidscount	The Annie E. Casey Foundation
www.childrennow.org	Children Now

Policy Organizations

www.cfpa.net	California Food Policy Advocates
www.frac.org	Food and Research Action Center
www.wrhac.org	Western Region Hunger Action Coalition
www.results.org	RESULTS
www.cppp.org	Center on Public Policy Priorities
www.foodsecurity.org	Community Food Security Coalition
www.foodfirst.org	Food First: Institute for Food and Development Policy
www.centeronhunger.org	Center on Hunger (Brandeis University)
www.hungercenter.org	Congressional Hunger Center
www.Tufts.edu/nutrition/centeronhunger	National Center on Hunger and Poverty

DATA SITES

www.tellus/diganos.org	TellUs/Diganos (Monterey County Data)
www.census.us.gov/data/ca	Census Data for California and by county
www.food4hungry.org	Food Bank for Monterey County
www.cbp.org	California Budget Project
www.cfpa.net	California Food Policy Advocates
www.newfederalism.urban.org	Urban Institute

Organizations with Hunger Projects (also include information and policy statements)

www.hungercenter.org	Congressional Hunger Center
www.projectbread.org	Project Bread (Massachusetts)
www.bread.org	Bread for the World
www.shareourstrength.org	Share Our Strength
www.thp.org	The Hunger Project
www.oxfam.org	OXFAM
www.splcenter.org	Southern Poverty Law Center
www.heifer.org	Heifer International
www.endhungernow.org	End Hunger Now
www.stopthehunger.com	Stop the Hunger (A click on this site will buy a meal for a hungry person in the U.S. You can also send virtual anti-hunger postcards here.)
www.thehungersite.com	The Hunger Site (A click on this site will provide a meal for a hungry person somewhere in the world.)

Nutrition Information

www.fnc.usda.gov	USDA Food and Nutrition Services
www.wicworks.ca.gov	Women Infacts and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program
www.dhs.ca.gov/cpns	California 5 a Day
www.caprojectlean.org	California Project Lean

Most of the web sites noted here include a mixture of data, policy, and information. However, for your browsing or research, we have provided a mini-directory.

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