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8 <br /> 1 b. Proclamation Recognizing and Expressing Appreciation to Nancy Grebenkemper <br /> 2 <br /> 3 The Board considered voting to approve a proclamation recognizing and expressing <br /> 4 appreciation to Nancy Grebenkemper for her devotion and service to the people of Orange <br /> 5 County through PORCH Hillsborough. <br /> 6 Chair Price introduced the item. <br /> 7 Commissioner Fowler read the resolution: <br /> 8 <br /> 9 BACKGROUND: In 2011 Nancy Grebenkemper and Claire Millar observed the impact of the <br /> 10 recession, the reality that residents having enough food to eat was a major issue in Orange <br /> 11 County, and that the number of people seeking food assistance at the Orange Congregations in <br /> 12 Missions (OCIM) food pantry was large and increasing. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Ms. Grebenkemper and Ms. Millar learned about PORCH Chapel Hill Carrboro, and with help <br /> 15 from three PORCH Chapel Hill Carrboro founders, Ms. Grebenkemper and Ms. Millar started <br /> 16 PORCH Hillsborough, which has since grown from three neighborhoods to over 30, and overall <br /> 17 donations have grown each year since 2011 and include businesses in the Meadowlands <br /> 18 Business Park donating food on a monthly basis. PORCH Hillsborough has also established <br /> 19 the Food for Schools program and Food for Families program to ensure students and families in <br /> 20 the community get enough to eat. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Ms. Grebenkemper has recently announced her plans to retire from her efforts to lead PORCH <br /> 23 Hillsborough. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 <br /> 26 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> 27 PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AND EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO NANCY <br /> 28 GREBENKEMPER <br /> 29 <br /> 30 WHEREAS, in 2011 Nancy Grebenkemper and Claire Millar observed the impact of the <br /> 31 recession, the reality that residents having enough food to eat was a major issue in Orange <br /> 32 County, and that the number of people seeking food assistance at the Orange Congregations in <br /> 33 Missions (OCIM) food pantry was large and increasing; and <br /> 34 <br /> 35 WHEREAS, Ms. Grebenkemper and Ms. Millar learned about PORCH Chapel Hill Carrboro and <br /> 36 its monthly neighborhood food collections supplying food to several food pantries, and decided <br /> 37 they themselves could also do something about hunger in Orange County; and <br /> 38 <br /> 39 WHEREAS, with help from three PORCH Chapel Hill Carrboro founders, Ms. Grebenkemper <br /> 40 and Ms. Millar started PORCH Hillsborough with three neighborhoods in 2011; and <br /> 41 <br /> 42 WHEREAS, PORCH Hillsborough has since grown from three neighborhoods to over 30, and <br /> 43 overall donations have grown each year since 2011 and include businesses in the <br /> 44 Meadowlands Business Park donating food on a monthly basis; and <br /> 45 <br /> 46 WHEREAS, PORCH Hillsborough is dedicated to helping the kids and families in the community <br /> 47 get enough to eat, and started both the Food for Schools program, providing healthy snacks to <br /> 48 students who are hungry during the school day or need supplemental food sent home over <br /> 49 weekends and holidays, and the Food for Families program, a partnership with Weaver Street <br /> 50 Market that provides healthy, fresh produce to families identified by school social workers as <br /> 51 being at risk of hunger; and <br />