APRIL SHOWERS
A virtual fundraiser to strengthen food security.
Food security is more important now than ever.
Your support can make a real difference.
We need your help to raise $50,000 this April.
The COVID-19 pandemic showed us just how fragile our local food systems are:
food supply chains were interrupted, jobs were lost, and families lined up for blocks around local pantries to receive food.
Three years since the beginning of the pandemic, our community continues to strive for recovery.
During the pandemic, at-home food costs rose over 30%. Your support to help spread food education is at an all-time high.
Since the pandemic, we have taught over 10,000 students, built more than 75 gardens and fruit tree groves, and have grown over 15,000 pounds of nutrient-dense garden-fresh produce
to distribute through local food pantries & food distribution programs.
Your donation will help us to strengthen local food systems by teaching more school garden classes, building gardens and planting more orchards, and growing more food for and with neighbors in need.
Or text APRILSHOWERS to 44-321 to donate
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US REACH OUR GOAL!
FAST FACTS:
24% of children in Nebraska are food insecure
76% of OPS students are part of the free and reduced lunch program
• Demand for fresh produce at food pantries is higher than ever
• Black & brown communities are more likely to experience food insecurity
• Incidents of diet-related illness disproportionately affect lower-income Americans
• Over 11 million children live in food-insecure households, and that number continues to grow due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Children in the U.S. receive less than eight hours per year of nutrition education, which is well below the 40-50 hours needed to create behavior change
Provide seeds & seedlings for one raised garden bed.
Ensure that all our gardens are adequately watered to grow as much food as possible.
Cover the cost of one raised garden bed filled with healthy organic soil.
Help our summer interns grow food for local pantries.
