DAILY BREAD/DAILY BRIEFS
Daily Briefs is now Daily Bread.
Still distributing underwear, but focusing on food insecurity.
Keeping Calm and Breading On!
Our impact is growing!
With new leadership comes new priorities. While we will continue to work with our corporate and retail partners to distribute underwear, our efforts will now be focused on the critical need to distribute food. That has been the long time, behind-the-scenes work of our sister organization... and we mean that literally. We will be working with many of the same organizations, just bringing more food than underwear. Food insecurity in the US is at an all time high. Working with the unhoused, we know first hand that many of our neighbors are hungry. The problem is only getting worse and the real time effects of climate change are accelerating a potential agricultural crisis.
What We Are Doing
We are not trying to reinvent the wheel. There are a number of fantastic organizations that work tirelessly to source food that would otherwise go to waste and distribute it to those in need. Our Daily Bread model is to provide support and volunteers to those organizations that utilize various methods to re-distribute perfectly good food.
How We Are Doing It
We are out harvesting in huge fields and local backyards, gleaning surplus produce at farmer's markets, fetching unsold goods at restaurants and grocery stores and preparing meals for those in need.
We Know How To Pick 'Em
Get to know our partners. They are all awesome organizations providing food for vulnerable people, keeping food waste out of landfills and limiting the gases that are emitted from rotting food out of our atmosphere... now we're cooking with wins all around!
Food Cycle LA
Food Forward
Grassroots Neighbors
PATH (People Assisting the Homeless)
Partner with Daily Briefs/Daily Bread
We're always looking for more volunteers! Got a pair of hands and some time? Come join us, we're not picky!
If you are an organization looking for extra help, reach out if you would like to collaborate on a project or event. If your organization shares our values and mission, let's work together to grow your impact.
Spread the Word
Help us raise awareness of our mission and programs by sharing our website, social media pages, and events with your friends, family, and colleagues.
Donate to Daily Bread/Daily Briefs
Your donation will help us to continue our mission of supporting our community. Every dollar counts and will make a difference in the lives of those we serve.
Always hitting above the Belt...way
DAILY BREAD CORNER
We're picking some policy pops to keep you informed about the latest in US food policies, legislative action and ways to help.
United States 2030 Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal
Helpful Links
- Reducing Wasted Food at Home
- International Efforts on Wasted Food Recovery
- Food Material Specific Data
Reducing food waste presents opportunities to:
- Address climate change;
- Increase food security, productivity and economic efficiency; and
- Conserve energy and other resources.
In the U.S., 30 to 40 percent of the food supply is never eaten, wasting the resources used to produce it and creating many environmental impacts. Food waste is the single most common material landfilled and incinerated in the U.S.
More than 85 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from landfilled food waste result from activities prior to disposal, including production, transport, processing, and distribution.1 In order to reduce these emissions, we need to prevent food waste from being generated in the first place.
For more information on US Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal:
Great article on one of our nonprofit partners, FoodCycle LA:
DAILY BRIEFS CORNER
Ecce Quam Bonum... look it up!
At Daily Briefs, we want to distribute underwear. That's our simple goal. But as we do this work, we meet people that impress and inspire. Those that have experienced tragedy and trauma, and those that fight and advocate for their wellbeing.
Our hope is to use this space to spotlight relevant legislation, organizations and individuals that impact those hanging on to our social fabric by a thread.
If your community has a Daily Briefs type hero making a difference through a simple act or there's a ballot measure that is being debated on the local level, hit us up at info@dailybriefs.org.
At the state level, California takes the lead to allocate record spending to address the homelessness crisis - and we say, it's about time! We'll be keeping our eyes peeled for updates on these plans... always follow the money!
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-16/california-budget-homelessness-spending
Build Back Better?? Yeah, what PATH said....
Homelessness is costly. Let's work to prevent it and spend the money on the front end.
by PATH | Dec 20, 2021 | Press Releases
People Assisting The Homeless (PATH) Statement on Build Back Better Stalled in Senate
California — “As one of the largest nonprofit homeless services providers in the most populous state in the nation, PATH vigorously supports increased federal investment in affordable housing and homelessness prevention. The Build Back Better Act, as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, would constitute the biggest housing affordability and homelessness prevention bill in American history. Current complaints over the size of the package from some Senators appear to have halted the bill’s progress in the Senate, despite the immense and ever-deepening need for households in California and across the country.
We urge our elected leaders at every level to grapple with the human cost of the crisis left unaddressed by the federal government. Congressional leaders and President Biden must find a way forward on this bill, for the sake of millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Californians ringing in the new year in unaffordable homes – or shelters, tents, or sidewalks.
At the same time, the risk of Congressional failure is too real and too great for California’s State and local elected officials to rest assured. Our State budget is projected to run a historic surplus. Governor Newsom, State legislators, and leaders of our cities and counties should use that budget to prepare now to act where Congress won’t. We must commit those funds to double down on homelessness support and affordable housing production and preservation.”
– Jennifer Hark Dietz, PATH CEO
About PATH
Founded in 1984, PATH is committed to ending homelessness for individuals, families, and communities in California. We do this by building affordable supportive housing and providing homeless services in more than 150 cities across the state. Our services support nearly 20 percent of the state’s population experiencing homelessness. Since 2013, PATH has helped more than 12,800 people move into permanent homes. More information at www.epath.org.
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