National Community Focus
Fighting Hunger
The WoodmenLife National Community Focus of fighting hunger unites members of the WoodmenLife family, as well as our sales and Home Office associates, to make a difference. WoodmenLife also supports efforts to fight hunger in its corporate giving.
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WoodmenLife Fights Hunger with National Community Focus
Events like organizing food drives and stuffing backpacks for schools are an important part of the thousands of community service events WoodmenLife and its members organize each year to support families, give back to communities and celebrate our country.
Building on a long history of giving back and helping others, the WoodmenLife National Community Focus has been actively fighting hunger in local communities across the country since 2015.
“The need to address this widespread problem is even greater now than it was when we launched the National Community Focus of fighting hunger in 2015. We are continually humbled to see how dedicated all the members of the WoodmenLife family are to this effort.”
Patrick L. Dees
WoodmenLife President & CEO
Fighting Hunger: Our Efforts
From donating a couple hours of their time to organizing large-scale fundraisers, members of the WoodmenLife family help fight hunger in their local communities any way they can, through efforts including:
Community Food Drives
Food Backpack Stuffing Events
Sorting Donations at Local Food Banks
Serving Meals at Community Kitchens
Holding Cookout Fundraisers
Supporting WoodmenLife Impact® Fundraisers
Our EffortsBy the Numbers
WoodmenLife members enlist their communities to fight hunger by giving their time, food and monetary donations.
Donation Stats
Total Since 2015
Pounds of Food Collected
936766
Monetary Donations
$ 2,525,618
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Building Partnerships to Fight Hunger
In addition to partnering with local schools and food banks, we’ve also partnered with the following organizations to make an even bigger difference.
In 2020, WoodmenLife was named a Leadership Partner of Feeding America® when its members across the country banded together to raise more than $1 million in less than a month during the COVID-19 pandemic. Going forward, WoodmenLife is working with Feeding America to find even more ways to support America’s food banks.
See how hunger affects families in communities like yours.
A snapshot of the young faces looking at nutritious food going home with them at a mobile pantry served by Mid-South Food Bank. Memphis, TN
Omaha Partners
WoodmenLife also gives back in Omaha, NE, where the organization has been headquartered since our founding in 1890. WoodmenLife associates donate their time to volunteering with these partners on a regular basis, and WoodmenLife organizes fundraisers throughout the year.
Contact a Representative to join the WoodmenLife family and our fight against hunger.
Hunger by the numbers
37 million
Americans struggle with hunger
11 million
American children live in food-insecure households
5.3 million
American senior citizens currently face hunger
1 in 7 children
may not know where they’ll get their next meal
84%
of U.S. counties with the highest percentage of children at risk for food insecurity are rural; many of our WoodmenLife members live in these communities.
78%
of counties with the highest food insecurity rates are in rural communities.
Statistics provided by Feeding America
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