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Please explain how <br />your project can still <br />be successful if you <br />don't receive the full <br />requested amount. <br />(200 word limit) <br />Any amount granted will go directly toward growing food for children in an <br />environmentally sustainable way. TABLE has applied to several other <br />grants this summer for the Twin Creeks project and we are waiting to hear <br />back. Any funding not received through grants will be raised in other ways <br />(such as individual donors and events) or pulled from other programmatic <br />funds. <br />A grant of $50,000 would provide a vital funding source for both the Twin <br />Creeks expansion and continuing at W ildflower Lane Farm. Funding of <br />$27,000 would fully cover the Twin Creeks portion of our 2025-26 <br />expenses. <br />If we do not receive this grant, our staff will have to spend more time <br />searching for and seeking out funding sources instead of working to <br />improve and expand our programs. Additionally, we will have fewer funds <br />available to reach more children and to sustain children already <br />participating in our main hunger-relief program. <br />Section D. Scored Criteria Criterion 1 - Social Justice and Racial Equity <br />This criterion has a maximum score of 6 points (out of a total of 26 points). <br />D1. W ho will directly <br />or indirectly benefit <br />from your project? <br />Please be as <br />specific as possible <br />on the <br />characteristics of <br />those who will benefit <br />including, gender, <br />race, age, income <br />level and geographic <br />location. (200 word <br />limit) <br />TABLE began by feeding 12 elementary-school children in 2008 and has <br />grown to now feeding 1,125+ children every week across Orange County - <br />with a waitlist. W e anticipate growing to feed 1,250 children in the coming <br />year. Between CHCCS and OCS districts, about 7,000 children participate <br />in the free/reduced school meal program - there is significant need for food <br />assistance in our county. TABLE’s participating children are all ages 0-20. <br />W hile only 26% of our county’s residents are people of color, <br />disproportionately over 85% of our participants are children of color and <br />almost half speak a language other than English at home. Nearly every one <br />of their families live at or below 80% AMI (a standard measurement for low- <br />income) and experienced low food security prior to participating in TABLE. <br />Poor health outcomes disproportionately affect children of color, and <br />TABLE seeks to improve the equitable distribution of healthy food in our <br />community among children of all backgrounds. <br />D2. W hat are the <br />demographics of the <br />area where your <br />project takes place? <br />(150 word limit) <br />N/A - this project will take place in an unused field at 8016 Old NC 86. <br />D3. Does your <br />project help to <br />address any racial <br />disparities in the <br />location it is <br />proposed for? (200 <br />word limit) <br />W hile only 26% of our county’s residents are people of color, <br />disproportionately over 85% of our participants are children of color and <br />almost half speak a language other than English at home. No child should <br />worry about their next meal. TABLE serves children in need of food <br />regardless of background, race, or ethnicity. By serving children based on <br />equity guidelines (see D9) we seek to eliminate the racial gap in hunger so <br />ALL kids have plenty to eat. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 607995AB-FD72-4B81-91C2-2C0A73A91963