The mission of the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland is to reduce hunger in our community by providing food and linkages to other vital services for hungry people, especially children and families, by actively participating in a coordinated response to people in need.
Over 30 years ago cuts in public welfare programs and the national recession led the Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland to create the Hunger Taskforce to address the increasing need for emergency food for children in Cuyahoga County. In 1995, with the help and blessing of the Cuyahoga County Commissioners, the Hunger Taskforce became an independent organization renamed the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland (HNGC).
The mission of the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland is to reduce hunger in our community by providing food and linkages to other vital services for hungry people, especially children and families, by actively participating in a coordinated response to people in need.
FACTS:
Over 60,000 people per month...1. The Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland is the largest emergency hunger relief program dispensing 75% of all the emergency food in Cuyahoga County
2. This network has over 100 pantries and hot meal programs, feeding nutritious meals to 60,000 people per month!
3. Lack of food puts children at risk for health and development problems; 25,000 or almost 41% of those we serve each month are children!
4. 94 cents of every dollar raised by the Hunger Network goes directly to purchase food and support our programs!
