Taste of the Nation Ithaca FAQ
WHEN: June 15th, 2010
WHERE: The Emerson Suites at Ith
aca College
TICKETS: General Admission $75, VIP $125
Live music by Little Joe and the Big Shots
VIP Corporate Reception; 5:30-6:30pm
General Admission 6:30-9:30pm
- Current list of participating Restaurants and Wineries and Beverage companies.
- READ CURRENT POSTS about Taste of the Nation Ithaca.
2010 Recipient Agencies for the Taste of the Nation Ithaca Event
- Food Bank of the Southern Tier – the Backpack Program.
- The Learning Web – Youth Outreach Program.
- Cornell Cooperative Extension – the CSA Farm Share Program.
- Loaves and Fishes
Share Our Strength No Kid Hungry Campaign – PDF
2008 Photos:
Our national partner is Share Our Strength. They are a non-profit organization whose sole mission is ending childhood hunger by the year 2015 through the execution of events including Taste of the Nation, the Great American Bake Sale, and the Great American Dine Out; and the implementation of programs like Operation Front Line. (http://www.strength.org)
The concept behind the name Share Our Strength is derived from the belief that poverty is complex; feeding a child is not. Everyone has a Strength and everyone has something to Share! Chefs, Companies, Volunteers and everyday Americans who care to make a difference.
- Since 1988, Taste of the Nation events have raised more than $70 million.
- Since 2004, Taste of the Nation funds have helped:
- Increase access to public and private programs that provide healthy food to those in need by:
- Distributing 2.5 billion pounds of food
- Distributing 277 million pounds of gleaned produce
- Serving 63 million meals to families.
- Strengthen the community infrastructure to get healthy food to children by:
- Serving 791,000 kids through privately funded children feeding programs–that’s 23 million meals!
- Taught families how to get the most nutrition out of a limited budget by:
- Educating 95,000 adults in nutrition education classes
- Educating 200,000 children in nutrition education classes programs
- Provided 2.5 million hours of nutrition education– this equals 106,000 days/15,000 weeks
- Increase access to public and private programs that provide healthy food to those in need by:
- National organization working to make sure no kid in America grows up hungry. We weave together a net of community groups, activists and food programs to catch children at risk of hunger, and surround them with nutritious food where they live, learn and play.
- In the world’s wealthiest nation, no child should grow up hungry. At times during the year, more than 12 million children in America worry about when their next meal will come.
- That’s one in six who are at risk of hunger, and who have limited or uncertain access to the nutritious foods they need to develop to their full potential.
- Despite its devastating and highly visible consequences, childhood hunger is invisible. You can’t see it just by looking, and you can’t measure it in pounds, but it is among us: It affects black, white, Asian and Hispanic, short and tall, thin and chubby.
HISTORY of TASTE OF THE NATION ITHACA
WHAT IS Taste of the Nation Ithaca?:
Over the past 20 plus years, we have raised over $700,000 for organizations that have directly impacted the lives of people who experience hunger within our own community as well as across the nation. We are a year-round committee that executes events with the goal of raising funds and awareness in the mission to end hunger. Our national partner is Share Our Strength. They are a non-profit organization whose sole mission is ending childhood hunger by the year 2015 through the execution of events including Taste of the Nation, the Great American Bake Sale, and the Great American Dine Out; and the implementation of programs like Operation Front Line. (http://www.strength.org)
