We Change What THE Hungry Hunger For. Welcome To Living Hungry.
Fueling the Brightest Futures
We Change What THE Hungry Hunger For. Welcome To Living Hungry.
Fueling the Brightest Futures
What we believe
Everyone has Potential
The Fact is 1 out of 5 American students are failing to thrive due to malnourishment. Hunger plagues our American children living in poverty, right here at home. Food is the #1 social determinant of health .Many endure 68 hours of hunger over the weekend away from school meals. Malnourishment robs our young students of their brightest futures, from elementary school to high school. This problem is solvable. We solve it.
Maura Plante founded Living Hungry to nourish children well to realize their full potential. Her dedication is total, her passion is infectious.
Everyone is Worth Nourishing
Living Hungry is a new charity born of the belief every child has a potential worth nourishing. Poverty setbacks and malnutrition plague our at-risk teens and homeless youth worst. Living Hungry is created to provide nutrition products and logistical solutions by teaming with our fiscal agent South Florida Hunger Coalition and funding partners to feed the children to change the storyline and unleash hidden genius in the next generation.
Currently Feeding Students, Youth & People in Palm Beach County, Collier County, Okeechobee County, St. Lucie County, Martin County, Hendry County, Broward County and expanding fast. Be next.
Innovator Superheroes
Our vision is big. Not to fuel children to overcome poverty barriers, but to unleash wild success stories! We want to see young Americans come from behind, tap into their “hunger” to realize their dreams, imagine their brightest futures, and then live out their best lives.
How do we do this? We innovate solutions to today's problems. We use iterative product development, R&D, efficient supply chain logistics, and build maverick collaboratives. We partner well. We build to scale, to integrate local collaborators, to automate systems. Net effect results in dynamic and sustainable platforms. All to fuel up the most at-risk students for peak performance:
- Homeless Students: "Not One Hungry Homeless Student
- "Healthy Food Prescriptions" controls Diabetes with Food, Cooking, Classes & love.
- "Whole Teen Healthy" program for At-Risk Teenagers
- New program concepts always percolating. Stay tuned.
"Food As Medicine"
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Healthy Food Prescription (HFP) program, 2020
A Sponsored Program of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County
In 2019-2020, we launched an improved nutrition-therapy intervention with the first Healthy Food Prescription (HFP) and used Life 365 telehealth technology in a community collaborative for our clients who successfully controlled their diabetes while experiencing food insecurity. The “Healthy Food Prescription” was an IRB approved research study by Tufts University under oversight of Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, MD DrPH Dean, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University, Professor of Medicine, Tufts School of Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center.
HFP 2020 was a 30-week intervention involving 26 partner agencies and organizations in a coalition to implement 16 biweekly events with an average number of 38 clients attending per event. 88% of clients participated in all 16 events with very high patient engagement. Through the HFP events, clients engaged in free telehealth equipment and training, diabetes education classes, nutrition education, cooking demonstrations, meals shared together, 1:1 coaching by nutritionists, nurses, dieticians and health coaches on best choices, weekly menus tailored for diabetics, portion control training, and tasting items to try and a sense of belonging at the biweekly check ins.
Following a meal plan for optimal health outcomes for diabetics informed by Tufts researchers, local dieticians and Living Hungry CEO, Maura Plante, clients received a curated set of groceries lasting two weeks at El Sol Community Center with classes and coaching and groceries sets packed for their family size. Menus, shopping lists, and recipes all utilize the fresh produce and foods in the bags. Clients participate in cooking classes, tasting meals, nutrition education, 1:1 coaching and a personal check-in experience with a volunteer nurse or coach using the telehealth results to encourage accountability and a sense of belonging. Recipes-on-a-budget and smart shopping lists will extend healthy habits beyond the intervention.
2020 Program Results:
Health Outcomes include drops in A1C, weight and cholesterol. Pre- and Post- Screening results of biomarkers taken by the Diabetes Coalition of Palm Beach County from a cohort of 15 diabetic patients reveal HbA1c in 11 clients dropped a range of 0.2-3.3 points. 6 clients dropped over 1 point in their HbA1c, and 3 clients dropped 3+ points. 8 clients lost an average of 5.5 lbs., with one losing 20 lbs. Among 9 clients with decreased cholesterol, the group average was 42 points down, with the greatest drop being a 114-point decrease for one proud client. Our clients report a newfound sense of confidence in managing their diabetes, adopting healthier habits, and enjoying healthy foods more. Our surveys reveal clients are eating healthier, have more energy for work and exercise, enjoy clarity of thought, and confidence in knowing how to eat well to control their diabetes. Many clients expressed gratitude for the high-quality Sysco fruits and vegetables and the consistent supply during the COVID-19 crisis, keeping the most vulnerable well-nourished and immunity strong through the COVID19 crisis.
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NOT ONE HUNGRY HOMELESS STUDENT
Fuel Up Packs Progam is 5 Years Old!
Fun Events for Volunteers @ Corporate Social Responsibility
Let's Feed our Teens & Little Children
We will not stop until every hungry homeless student is fed every weekend of the school year in Palm Beach County. We are going big! 4,000 students were known to be homeless in Palm Beach County Schools in 2019. We plan to feed all we can. Here's your part: Adopt a School. Take a Classroom. Feed One Student.
<<VIDEO: Watch Teens Cook & Learn Why Homeless Student Campaign is On Now>>
Let's Feed our Teens & Little Children
Fun Events for Volunteers @ Corporate Social Responsibility
Let's Feed our Teens & Little Children
Homeless students identified in PBC schools live outside, on sofas, in cars, motels, or shelters. Many endure 68 hours of hunger over the weekend away from school. Hope is now found in a $10 bag of food that solves the problem for 1 child for 1 weekend. Together we will feed al homeless children and teens in our schools. You are the hope. Help today. Every dollar feeds kids.
Fun Events for Volunteers @ Corporate Social Responsibility
Fun Events for Volunteers @ Corporate Social Responsibility
Fun Events for Volunteers @ Corporate Social Responsibility
No Matter where you meet, your meeting can have a lasting impact. To experience the joy, add packing Living Hungry packs to the agenda. Any group, party, meeting, small or large, will have fun packing Fuel Up Bags for local homeless students to eat over the weekend. Personal hand-written notes cheer on the one receiving the bag making this a memorable experience all will be talking about long afterwards.
<<VIDEO: Watch 500 Florida County Commissioners Enjoy the Packing Experience>>
HOW WE END HUNGER: COLLABORATIONS
Collaboration of the Year 2020 Award Winner.
Our Collaborative Approach Succeeds again! Proud to Partner with Buccan Provisions to bring millions of meals to those in need through the hands of Living Hungry partners and dozens of feeders. Plus produce boxes and pantry boxes too!
CLICK HERE>> Watch a video on how Buccan + Living Hungry + many more fed nutritious meals during Covid 19
"Buccan Provisions, Ember Group & Living Hungry & dozens more agencies" WON the Nonprofits First Hats Off Award FOR BEST COLLABORATIVE OF THE YEAR 2020!
$11,000,000 in Farms to Families Boxes given away in 2020
Living Hungry with 3 million pounds of food was one of the nation's largest community partner distributor of the USDA Farms to Families Boxes entrusted by to GA Foods & Five Star Foods, Freedom Fresh, J&J Produce, Sysco, DiMare, and Mac Edwards with 155,000 boxes each feeding a family for one week during Covid. Living Hungry partnered with cities and teams across 9 counties including
City of West Palm Beach
Delray Beach
Uninc. PBC County OCR
B&G Clubs
Riviera Beach
North West Palm Beach RISE
Pahokee & Glades
Ft. Lauderdale, Broward & SFHC
Naples & Immokalee Lee & Collier County
Sysco Rural - Glades, Hendry, Okeechobee
Sysco FS Dade & Monroe
21,000 Warm Meals a Week
When COVID19 struck in March, 2019 Maura's friend Rodney Mayo, owner of Subculture Group's 17 restaurants was forced to lay off 650 amazing, dedicated staff. He called Maura for food, and instead started Hospitality Helping Hands together with Kimberly Mitchell and Living Hungry. "We were up to 7 restaurants funded and open, creating 21,500 meals a week, with 120 agencies coming every hour, 7 days a week to feed the elderly, the children, the sick, and everyone who needed a meal"- Maura Plante, CEO LH. Volunteers drove in from Ft. Lauderdale to Jupiter, to Pahokee. Living Hungry and H3 fulfilled a $30,000 contract with the City of West Palm Beach and also fed dozens of communities for the first 5 months of the pandemic.
CLICK HERE>> Watch WPTV describe the warm meals reaching the hungry, scared, lonely during the Covid Outbreak 2019
Collaboration of the Year 2018 Award Winner.
Collaboration of the Year 2018 Award Winner.
Living Hungry led a 19-lead partner collaborative to End Hunger in PBC in summer 2018. Our Collaborative Approach Succeeds. Proud to Partner with Farm Share, Jooociful, Sysco, SFHC, Palm Beach Post and the Palm Beach County School District School Food Service.
CLICK HERE>> Watch the WPTV Ch 5 News Piece
"War on Hunger Collaborative" WON the Nonprofits First Hats Off Award FOR BEST COLLABORATIVE OF THE YEAR 2018 !
35,000 Take-Home Meals Go Home
Collaboration of the Year 2018 Award Winner.
Costs < 14 Cents per meal Delivered!
Fed 25K-30K kids and their families with organic juices and meals for weekends or nights, reaching little siblings, adults or seniors. Take-home distributions were hosted at 14 summer school feeding sites across Riviera Beach, Delray Beach, Lake Worth and the Glades. Reach was dramatically Increased.
CLICK HERE>> Palm Beach County Schools TEN Network Shares Our Story
Costs < 14 Cents per meal Delivered!
Collaboration of the Year 2018 Award Winner.
Costs < 14 Cents per meal Delivered!
60,000 Students rely on school cafeteria meals during the school year "But during summer it can be difficult for some parents to provide every meal." Donated by Farm Share and Jooociful, funded and brought home by Sysco SEFL with Trucks and Volunteers.
1 meal + juice cost less than 14 cents!
CLICK HERE>> Catch the WPBF ABC Ch 25 News for a different perspective
"WHOLE TEEN HEALTHY" Program
LIVING HUNGRY GRATITUDE WALL
