THE LUNCHBOX | QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER | SPRING 2024

A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD

As the Vision Center nears completion, the team at Clark County Food Bank has been working to create an improved, more meaningful way to distribute food to clients. We’re calling this a “Best Practices Food Pantry,” which will go beyond food by offering clients a highly dignified, shopping-style experience with additional services to address the root causes of hunger. At first glance, it looks like a specialty grocery store with fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, dairy, and culturally specific foods. But what you may not see on the surface is how the design of the pantry is built to promote healing and improved physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing for our community members experiencing hunger through a “trauma-informed” lens. One of the food pantries CCFB operates, Community Kitchen Walnut Grove, will relocate to this new space.

“It’s about mitigating barriers to access and helping people navigate the resources needed to help transform people’s lives towards independence,” said Alison Lauderdale, Director of Community Programs at Clark County Food Bank.

Along with food, clients will benefit from the new root cause programs launching at the Vision Center that include expanded nutrition education, financial wellness education, resource navigation, and workforce development.