The New Orleans Northshore is a generous and compassionate community. On any given day you may hear of another organization working to make a difference to help the underserved and in-need. Northshore Food Bank recognizes the opportunity and is at the forefront of new initiatives to partner with these respected organizations to combine efforts and offer resources for targeted programs.
Northshore Food Bank understands the limitations of some individuals in need to physically come to the Food Bank to receive services – whether because of poor health, old age or lack of transportation. Thanks in part to a generous grant from the Pratt-Stanton Manor Fund at the Greater New Orleans Foundation, NFB has recently introduced two new initiatives to expand its reach and respond to these hardships by providing food to older adults who experience food insecurity in St. Tammany parish.
This is a natural alliance among these organizations to work together to identify, enroll and deliver food to elderly residents in St Tammany Parish. COAST (Council on Aging St Tammany) focuses it efforts on its strength to initially identify and consider those individuals who may benefit from support of a home food delivery program; NFB assesses eligibility and registers those who qualify for our food program; and the Knights of Columbus from St Jane de Chantal in Abita Springs, St John of the Cross in Lacombe and St Luke the Evangelist in Slidell act as the transportation vehicle making delivery directly to these homes. This has been a successful project thus far, already enrolling dozens of individual who otherwise might go hungry.
Both of these new initiatives work to ensure our older adult population, who either have no transportation or carry the label of “home-bound”, have access to nutritious food on a consistent basis, increasing their quality of life and reducing the food-insecurity they experience. Northshore Food Bank is proud to be changing the paradigm of non-profits and work beyond the foot print of our doors.
Northshore Food Bank understands the limitations of some individuals in need to physically come to the Food Bank to receive services – whether because of poor health, old age or lack of transportation. Thanks in part to a generous grant from the Pratt-Stanton Manor Fund at the Greater New Orleans Foundation, NFB has recently introduced two new initiatives to expand its reach and respond to these hardships by providing food to older adults who experience food insecurity in St. Tammany parish.
Food for the Homebound Elderly
Northshore Food Bank, COAST and the Knights of Columbus have recently partnered together to address the need for an unidentified population of food insecure homebound seniors.This is a natural alliance among these organizations to work together to identify, enroll and deliver food to elderly residents in St Tammany Parish. COAST (Council on Aging St Tammany) focuses it efforts on its strength to initially identify and consider those individuals who may benefit from support of a home food delivery program; NFB assesses eligibility and registers those who qualify for our food program; and the Knights of Columbus from St Jane de Chantal in Abita Springs, St John of the Cross in Lacombe and St Luke the Evangelist in Slidell act as the transportation vehicle making delivery directly to these homes. This has been a successful project thus far, already enrolling dozens of individual who otherwise might go hungry.
Older Adult Food Delivery
Coming this Fall, the Food Bank will be partnering with Rouquette Lodge, an income-based assisted living facility in Mandeville, and with the Knights of Columbus from Most Holy Trinity Church to provide food for Rouquette Lodge residents who meet the eligibility requirements. This new outreach program will directly address the food-insecurity present in our community as it relates to home-bound older adults.Both of these new initiatives work to ensure our older adult population, who either have no transportation or carry the label of “home-bound”, have access to nutritious food on a consistent basis, increasing their quality of life and reducing the food-insecurity they experience. Northshore Food Bank is proud to be changing the paradigm of non-profits and work beyond the foot print of our doors.
