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DocuSign Envelope ID: DD554565-B9BA-4128-863D-805D6BC56619 i /\ - continued <br /> Provider's Outside Agency Application <br /> MAIN APPLICATION <br /> * This increased number is based on two additional pieces of data. 1) TT[ Farm's participating farmers <br /> regularly sharing produce (1x week), during the growing season, with extended family, friends and neighbors <br /> in the refugee community. 2.) Number from a new hunger relief program "Share a Share" in partnership <br /> with PORCH. , an all-votunteer, grassroots hunger relief organization whose mission is to collect and <br /> distribute food for families going hungry in the Chapel Hill and Carrboro, in order to serve more refugee <br /> families experiencing food insecurity in our local community.The program was piloted July November with <br /> great success, with $3,320 in donations from 36 community members. These funds were then used to <br /> purchase fresh, traditional produce from TTCF farmers. Over 1,200 lbs. of traditional produce grown by TTCF <br /> farmers such as rosette, water spinach, pennywort, water gourd and pumpkin was then donated to PORCH <br /> to feed 118 refugee families (1 x month). Numbers are significantly higher than the numbers reported in the <br /> funding application in January 2015 <br /> Main Application 1/25/2016 10:25:47 AM <br />