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OPERATION FOOD SECURE
The Operation Food Secure program ran from May 2020 - August 2021. During this time, OFS served:
45,980 Children
46,628 Adults
17,521 Seniors
Serving the equivalent of 3.42 MILLION MEALS to 110,129 people!
Recognizing that we can go farther together, TRM's Operation Food Secure (OFS) program leveraged a powerful network of churches, tribes, neighborhood associations, nonprofits, and other civic groups to distribute boxes of fresh, healthy food to those in need in our community.
OFS began with the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program, a COVID-19 relief effort that purchased surplus food products from farmers and redistributed it to nonprofits like TRM. TRM then organized a network of staff and volunteers to distribute the food to people in need in the Topeka and NE Kansas community.
The OFS team came to find this effort was about much more than just a food box. By training our volunteers to develop a trust-based relationship with those they served, the food boxes became a catalyst to strengthen communities, build new relationships, and sow seeds of hope.
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU for being part of the journey of Operation Food Secure. Thank you for praying, giving, volunteering, and walking alongside us. We could not have done it without you!
REFLECTIONS FROM A TRM INTERN
We were honored to host Emily Irsik on the Operation Food Secure team as our summer intern. Emily was placed with OFS through the Congressional Hunger Center’s Zero Hunger Internship Program. A Nutrition and Health Major at Kansas State University, Emily developed an educational pamphlet for food box recipients to use as they prepared the ingredients in their food boxes.
Emily said, “I have been amazed to meet individuals who have shared their stories and struggles with things like drug use, domestic abuse, and homelessness. There was one individual who completely changed my perspective on homelessness.”
OPERATION FOOD SECURE IN THE MEDIA
Learn more about the OFS program and how it helped our community.
GIVE
We continue to depend on your support to help fight food insecurity and feed the hungry in our community. You can donate directly to helping us provide meals for thousands in need in our community! Just click "Food" in the drop down menu.
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS HUNGRY
We continue to hand out food boxes to the community every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 AM to 2 PM at our Distribution Center, located at 401 NW Norris. Other items that can be requested when getting a food box are hygiene items, pet food and diapers.
