This Is One Dot, and It Represents One Person
This Is One Dot, and It Represents One Person
This is one dot, and it represents one person struggling with food insecurity.
This one dot might represent Mary, someone we met at the Los Angeles Mission who was homeless a year prior, but thanks to help provided by the Food Bank and the LA Mission, she’s getting back on her feet. This might be Frank, a United States Veteran, or Irma, a part-time teacher who lives with her mother and two children. This dot represents someone living in our community – one of our neighbors.
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This is 600 dots, and they represent the number of charities that the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank provides food for as of 2019.
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This is 29,000 dots, each representing one of the low or fixed-income seniors who receives food from the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank each month. This food saves them money which can be spent on medicine or utilities instead.
This is 300,000 dots, each representing a person that is helped by the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and our partner agency network each month. By supporting the Food Bank, you are helping these individuals by providing them with meals, and with hope.
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This is 573,000 dots. Each one represents a child in LA County who may not know where their next meal is coming from. We currently don’t have the resources to reach every single one of these children, but our vision is that no one goes hungry in Los Angeles County.
This is 2,000,000 dots. Each one represents one human being in LA County who currently faces food insecurity. In a county that 10,160,000 people call home, 1 in 5 people don’t have reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.
This is one dot, and it represents one dollar. With it, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank can provide up to four meals.
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Anyone can be a hunger hero. Why not you?
We believe that people can do amazing things when they have the right tools. That’s why we’re excited about our #WeFeedLA platform where you can create your own fundraiser. Use it to fight hunger in LA County!
More Stories from the LA Regional Food Bank
How Food Assistance Strengthens Families at Main Street Elementary
The LA Regional Food Bank’s Backpack Program helps alleviate hunger for thousands of children across LA County.
Food Banks are Bigger Than You Think
When many people think about a food bank, they may picture something small and simple. In reality, the work is far larger and more complex.
Finding Stability Through Food: Voices From Mayo Elementary
Through the BackPack Program, students and their families receive nutritious food to take home, helping bridge the gap between school meals.
Food as Medicine: How Anthem Blue Cross Foundation and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank Partner to Address Social Determinants of Health through Phase 2: Food Rx Pilot Program
With generous funding from the Anthem Blue Cross Foundation, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank launched the Food Rx Pilot.