This coalition was initially formed:
as a grassroots initiative responding to a locally identified need
in response to an agency request
other (please specify) to further Public Health initiatives

Mission/Purpose
The Sawyer County Nutrition Task Force is a community coalition that promotes hunger awareness and focuses as well, on issues of access to healthy food and physical activity and building systems to take control over these issues.

Description
Members interact primarily for the purpose of exchanging information and communication.

Organizations/Groups Represented
Business/Industry
CAP agencies
Emergency meal sites
Food pantries
Human services
Individual community members
Public health/WIC staff
School food service
Tribes
UW-Extension

Primary Leadership
Provided by another partner - shared leadership with Extension and Public Health

Extension's Leadership Role
Active member; provide primary leadership for the Coaltion

Strategies/Projects/Activities of the Coalition
assessing/measuring the extent of hunger/food insecurity (* primary project)
conducting outreach to connect potential participants to federal nutrition assistance programs (school meals, food stamps)
improving community capacity to address hunger/food insecurity (* primary project)
networking emergency food providers in the county
organizing food drives to supply emergency food providers
promoting/coordinating food collection and distribution other than food drives (through Hunt for the Hungry, Plant a Row for the Hungry, gleaning projects, etc)
raising awareness of hunger and food insecurity

Funding
This coalition does not have funding for general operations.

This coalition does not have funding for specific operations.

Internal Planning
This coalition has participated in planning and organizational (internal) development activities (such as strategic planning, creating a mission statement, training of members).

Evaluation
This group has not evaluated its functioning.
This group has evaluated its strategies/projects/activities.

Success Story
using the school food security survey to demonstrate hunger needs- brought the Human Services director to the table with us- we are now working to create a network of summer food programs in the county for this year

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