Community Food Banks of South Dakota Unveils New Identity as Feeding South Dakota

COMMUNITY FOOD BANKS OF SOUTH DAKOTA UNVEILS NEW IDENTITY AS FEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA
Agency will fight hunger as statewide “hunger relief organization”


(Sioux Falls, SD – May 12, 2010) – The former Community Food Banks of South Dakota will now be known as Feeding South Dakota. The agency unveiled its new identity as a hunger relief organization at a press conference at their Sioux Falls Food Bank today at 10:00 a.m.

According to Executive Director Matt Gassen, the name Feeding South Dakota better reflects the organization’s unified fight to end hunger in the state while also strengthening its long-standing connection to Feeding America, a major national hunger relief organization.

“This new identity will help South Dakotans easily identify our various hunger-fighting agencies as one united organization,” Gassen said. “We have battled hunger in South Dakota for over 30 years and this rebrand more clearly reflects our mission to feed the hungry people of this state.”

Feeding South Dakota – which provides hunger relief through its various food banks, food pantries and the largely successful BackPack Program – serves over 100,000 hungry individuals and provides over 10 million pounds of food to people in need each year.

The organization helps individuals in need statewide by providing immediate hunger relief, long-term meal planning and personal care items like toiletries. Feeding South Dakota’s BackPack Program also provides a weekend food supply for 4,389 children across the state who might otherwise go hungry on weekends.

For more information on Feeding South Dakota, contact Kay Torney at Kay@sdfoodbanks.org. You can also visit http://www.sdfoodbanks.org for more information.


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