Food Insecurity in Our Community

One in every 6 Americans is Food Insecure!

Millions of Americans face food insecurity, which impacts numerous aspects of an individual’s life, including physical and mental health, academic performance, and future economic productivity.

WHAT is food insecurity?  Lacking access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life and often no guarantee of the next meal.

The number of people in Rockland County requiring additional healthy food is growing at alarming levels! 14.4% of Rockland County residents survive at poverty level, most being food insecure.

We are on the Road to Reducing Hunger with an expanded Rockland Community Against Hunger (RCAH) Food Recovery Program! RCAH is a collaborative of Food Pantries and Feeding Programs in Rockland County, NY. It's lead agency TOUCH, in collaboration with BRiDGES and Meals on Wheels of Rockland recently received a grant to acquire the storage capacity and new vehicles to recover food and distribute it to support more than 40 Food Pantries and Feeding Programs throughout Rockland County.

To meet this growing need, The RCAH Food Recovery Program will pick up healthy recoverable food from supermarkets, farms, farmers' markets and the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley and distribute this to the many Food Pantries and Feeding Programs throughout Rockland County.  

 PLEASE HELP US HELP THOSE IN NEED AND DONATE TODAY!  There are only FOUR weeks left in our A Road to Reducing Hunger campaign. Please join us now we are more than 40% to our GOAL – but we still have a ways to go! Click here now to make your donation and THANK YOU!