VOTE TODAY to Provide 10,000 Meals!
Each month, Kind Snacks gives $10,000 to a cause through their Kind Causes campaign - we have been accepted to enter Conscious Alliance’s cause into the running for July! The cause that generates the most votes by July 31st receives the $10,000 award to fund their project!
_x000D_WE NEED YOUR HELP to secure the most votes so that we can use the award to provide 10,000 HEALTHY MEALS for community members in need on Pine Ridge Reservation, where we operate our full-time emergency food pantry.
_x000D_VOTE FOR CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE TODAY!! Here is how:
_x000D_ 1. Visit our KIND Causes Page_x000D_ 2. Click the ‘Vote with a Kind Act’ button_x000D_ 3. Follow steps to login through Facebook_x000D_ 4. Like KIND when prompted_x000D_ 5. VOTE by picking from any of the Kind Acts listed_x000D_ 6. Make your vote count up to 3 more times by SHARING your vote through Twitter, Facebook & Email! _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_Thank you for your support in helping us provide much-needed nutritious food to one of the most economically isolated and disadvantaged communities in our country.
_x000D_PINE RIDGE RESERVATION_x000D_ Roughly the same size as Connecticut, Pine Ridge Reservation is home to a population of over 30,000 Oglala Lakota people. The unemployment rate hovers between 80-85%, and 91% of the population lives under the federal poverty line.
_x000D_Many families live in extremely substandard housing – with an average of 17 people per household – with no electricity, telephone, running water, or sewage systems.
_x000D_The population of Pine Ridge Reservation suffers damaging health conditions including high rates of diabetes, heart disease, infant mortality, and malnutrition. Many of these conditions stem from poor nutrition and a lack of access to healthy foods. Life expectancy is only 48 years for men and 52 years for women – lower than any community in the western hemisphere outside of Haiti.
_x000D_OUR IMPACT_x000D_ Since 2005, we have operated a full-time emergency food pantry on Pine Ridge Reservation that provides meals to hundreds of critically food-insecure families each month. Our natural food partners make it possible for us to provide nutritious food for our food bank recipients on the reservation. Providing healthier options to the usual USDA supplied processed foods is critical in this population, where so many rely on emergency food for their family’s survival.
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