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Section 3: Report of Findings

IX. Economy, Employment & Welfare

Table EW-11: Food and Nutrition Programs in Cortland County ­ Meals Served or Distributed

 

 
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Salvation Army
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
10,000
51,387
Loaves and Fishes*
23,000
23,000
23,248
22,285
29,415
29,530
Catholic Charities Summer Children's Lunch Bunch
4,490
5,006
5,325
5,167
8,313
8,500
Catholic Charities Food Pantry
33,957
50,000
65,304
66,000
67,980
59,445
Helping Hands Food Pantry CCAAA
47,277
57,006
50,427
46,791
55,440
53,000
CCAAA Nutrition Program (8 Sites & Meals on Wheels)
124,237
129,499
137,894
144,339
143,467
146,290
Total Meals Served
238,961
270,511
288,198
284,582
304,615
348,152
 

*1996-1997 meals for Loaves and Fishes are estimated

Source: Phone calls to various agencies; annual reports from Cortland County Area Agency on Aging (CCAAA) 

 

Cortland Counts: An Assessment of Health and Well Being in Cortland County NY
November 2002 Executive Summary and Report of Findings

The Seven Valleys Health Coalition, Inc.
in cooperation with
Cortland County Health Department
Cortland Memorial Hospital
Community Outreach Partnership Center, COPC of SUNY Cortland
United Way for Cortland County, Inc.

These five organizations make up the Cortland Community Assessment Team (CAT)

Seven Valleys Health Coalition, Inc.
10 Kennedy Parkway
Cortland, NY 13045
(607) 756-4198
jackie@sevenvalleyshealth.org