TAMPA, FL, Monday, August 21, 2017 – Senior hunger is a significant issue in the Tampa Bay area with nearly 150,000 of seniors struggling with access to healthy meals. This issue, often hidden in the shadows of shame and fear, is being highlighted at the Elder Hunger Dinner hosted by a collective group of organizations whose missions are to ensure seniors in the Tampa Bay area have the resources they need to live stronger, healthier lives. The dinner is expected to generate nearly 100 attendees, including Rep. Kathy Castor and the Director of Food Security for the AARP Foundation, Kimberly Perry.
The goal of the Elder Hunger Dinner is to raise awareness and support for the issue here in our community where 1 in 7 adults struggle with food insecurity. The issue of hunger among seniors is even more critical because of the direct linkage between access to food and health. Seniors who face food insecurity are often left to choose between paying for food or medicine, a sacrifice they cannot afford to make as both help sustain or build their health. The Elder Hunger Dinner will bring collaboration to life in a setting where strong community partners come together to create a stronger community.
WHEN: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 6:00PM
WHERE: Feeding Tampa Bay, 4702 Transport Drive, Building 6, Tampa, FL 33605
About AARP
AARP is the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering Americans 50 and older to choose how they live as they age. With nearly 38 million members and offices in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, AARP works to strengthen communities and advocate for what matters most to families with a focus on health security, financial stability and personal fulfillment. AARP also works for individuals in the marketplace by sparking new solutions and allowing carefully chosen, high-quality products and services to carry the AARP name. As a trusted source for news and information, AARP produces the nation’s largest circulation publications, AARP The Magazine and AARP Bulletin. To learn more, visit www.aarp.org or follow @AARP and @AARPadvocates on social media.
About Feeding Tampa Bay
Founded in 1982, Feeding Tampa Bay is the largest food rescue and distribution organization in the community, serving a food-insecure population of more than 700,000 people in a 10-county area. Feeding Tampa Bay recovers surplus food donations from local growers, manufacturers, supermarkets, and organized community food drives and distributes it to those in need through a partnership network of more than 500 faith-based and other incorporated nonprofit hunger relief organizations. Last year, Feeding Tampa Bay supplied more than 48 million pounds of food, enough to provide nearly 3.5 million meals every month to those who would otherwise go hungry.
About Humana
Humana Inc. is committed to helping our millions of medical and specialty members achieve their best health. Our successful history in care delivery and health plan administration is helping us create a new kind of integrated care with the power to improve health and well-being and lower costs. Our efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.
To accomplish that, we support physicians and other health care professionals as they work to deliver the right care in the right place for their patients, our members. Our range of clinical capabilities, resources and tools – such as in-home care, behavioral health, pharmacy services, data analytics and wellness solutions – combine to produce a simplified experience that makes health care easier to navigate and more effective.
Humana is Florida’s largest Medicare health benefits company with more than 1-million Medicare members statewide, and one of Tampa Bay’s largest health care employers with more than 4,000 associates in the bay area. Humana has launched its Bold Goal regional public health initiative in the Tampa Bay area, to improve the health of the community 20 percent by 2020.
About Meals On Wheels of Tampa
Meals On Wheels of Tampa has been committed to nourishing, enriching, and strengthening the lives of homebound and seniors since 1975. Today, Meals On Wheels of Tampa is volunteer driven and serves over 700 people with a hot meal during the lunch hour. Meals On Wheels of Tampa is a 4-star charity and relies on its community for support by not accepting government funding.
About Neighborly Care Network
Neighborly Care Network is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the homebound elderly in Pinellas County since 1966. Neighborly’s services include Adult Day Care, Transportation, and Nutrition Services, including Meals on Wheels and Senior Dining. Neighborly Care Network is funded by federal, state, and local governments; the United Way; and is supplemented by private donations to sustain its mission of improved health, wellness and independent living for individuals and families.
About REUNIONCare
REUNIONCare changes the way we care for each other – connecting family and professional caregivers, delivering better care for all. REUNIONCare Provider Gateway aggregates care management processes into one easy to use dashboard. REUNIONCare aggregates all elements of care into a total care solution – providing busy families with the peace of mind that comes with knowing their most vulnerable loved ones are safe. We offer a low cost solution that protects your loved ones, and educates all caregivers to proactively identify and mitigate problems by engaging in a Circle of Care and activating the community around them.
REUNIONCare’s free smartphone application “Credit For Caring” or C4C can be found on iTunes for iPhones and iPads. Credit for Caring mobilizes caregiver tools and aggregates all expenditures on a single account for easy tracking and management.
Founded in 2014, REUNIONCare is a Florida Certified Minority Owned Business located at the Innovation Lab @ Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, FL.
About Senior Connection Center
Senior Connection Center is the Area Agency on Aging and the Aging & Disability Resource Center serving Polk, Highlands, Hardee, Hillsborough and Manatee counties. SCC’s mission is to help older adults and persons with disabilities live with independence and dignity.
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