Your Dollars are Feeding America

SeaShare has provided over 3 million seafood meals to food banks across America from January through June of this year.  We've worked with our seafood industry partners to donate an assortment of canned salmon, salmon steaks, halibut steaks, salmon patties, breaded fish portions, and frozen shrimp.  These items went to 11 different states including Alaska, Arkansas, New York, Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Georgia and Colorado.   Our seafood donors do everything they can to reduce the costs to SeaShare.  But we also rely on cash donations and grants to re-process, pack, and ship seafood.  Every $ we receive allows us to donate 8 seafood meals. 
  
Government statistics from 2007 indicate that 1 in 8 persons in the U.S. experience food insecurity.  For children that number increases to 1 in 5.  And that was before the recent economic downturn.  Hunger and poor nutrition in children creates billions of dollars in costs to our society.  It affects the child's health, ability to learn, and job readiness.  SeaShare is working with Feeding America to improve the nutritional offerings throughout the food bank network. 

We see more and more studies that validate the importance of fish protein in a healthy diet, yet that is the food commodity that is the most difficult for food banks to obtain.  Look around and it is easy to see that America needs a diet change.  Consider your donation an investment in America's future.   Nutrition is important for everyone, especially the most vulnerable element of our society.  With your help SeaShare will continue to provide high quality protein locally, regionally, and nationally.