As many of you may know, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) that has operated at a high level in Portales since its inception is in need of a new and permanent location and its operation has been suspended until that time. A meeting to explore the options will be held next week at the Chamber with Kathy Shafer, President of the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico and others organizing the effort to restart the program. Below is the agenda. Please attend.
What: Roosevelt County Emergency Food Programs Stakeholders Meeting
Date: Thursday December 12, 2019
Time: Noon
Location: Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce
Goal: To unite feeding organizations and grow current capacity of established feeding organizations in Roosevelt County
Agenda:
Introductions
Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico organizational overview
Overview of TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) Federal Program
Current locations/sites to access the TEFAP Program in Roosevelt County
Questions about the TEFAP
Why the need for partner agency and site in Portales?
Open Discussion about ways to increase food distributions in Roosevelt County
Set meeting date for continued discussions about hunger relief in Roosevelt County
Karl Terry, Executive Director
Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce
100 S. Avenue A
Portales, NM 88130
(575) 356-8541 or (800) 635-8036
