 The 12 Baskets Food Pantry is a small local food pantry serving Nampa, Caldwell and out lying areas. The pantry is entirely dependent on donations from the community. The 12 Baskets is a ministry of Vineyard Christian Fellowship Nampa (VCF Nampa) and as such is a non-profit organization. We've seen the demand for emergency boxes grow as the current economic climate tightens everyone's resources. Our goal for the pantry is that no one who needs food is turned away. The pantry is in need of corporate sponsors and donations. As a 501c non-profit organization we are able to provide your business with tax incentives for your donations. Please contact our pantry manager at (208) 546-5896 for more information on donations. You may also e-mail foodbank@vcfnampa.com. We would like to say a special thank you to the following businesses who have generously donated:  Items Needed by the pantry: Pasta, Pasta Sauce, Mac n Cheese, Peanut Butter, Bread, Rice, Dry Beans, Soup, Cereal, Powdered Milk, Canned Meats, Canned Veggies, Diapers, Shampoo, Soap, Laundry Soap, Boxed Dinners, Gift Cards. If you would like to help the pantry please email or call us! _________ Here are some Statistics taken from the Idaho Food Bank Website. The USDA has ranked Idaho the 24th hungriest state, down from 13th in 2004-2006, and found that 3.4% of those households had members who went hungry. (USDA: Household Food Security in the US, 2007) This means an average of 60,663 (11.4%) Idaho families worried they could not afford to buy food between 2005 and 2007, down from 14.6% in 2002-2004, while 18,093 families (3.4%) had members who actually went hungry compared to 3.7% in the previous survey but higher than the 3.3% who experienced hunger in 1996-98). (USDA) 65,517 Idaho children (16.6%) are food insecure, the 27th highest rate in the country, down from 6th highest. For children under the age of 5, the rate of food insecurity is 20.2% (23,008 children), the 10th highest rate in the country. (This is a first-time study of children under 5.) In the U.S. there are 12.5 million food-insecure children. (Feeding America) Two of every three people who rely on the Food bank are either children too young to work or seniors who have worked most of their lives. In fiscal 2008, agencies supplied by the Food bank served children 372,975 times. We also served seniors 116,972 times and adults 448,312 times. The 2005 poverty rate in Idaho was 13.4% (186,500 people). In Ada County, it was 9.4% (31,500 people). The child poverty rate in Idaho was 13.8% (54,439 children). In Ada County, the average was 11.2% (9,600). The national average in 2005 was 12.6% (37 million people), up from 12.5% (35.9 million people) in 2003. (All from US Census) An estimated 2,700 people are homeless in Boise daily (NAEH 2007); 18 died in 2004. More than 40% of households that receive food from the Food bank currently have at least one person working. About half those work full-time jobs. More than 70% of households that receive temporary food assistance do so because their household income has temporarily dropped below $10,000 per year. |
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