GNY EP.183 | feat. Jack Pflanz from Erin's Angels
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Noah Chrysler interviews Jack Pflanz about Aaron’s Angels of CNY and their efforts to combat food insecurity among children.
Aaron’s Angels of CNY: Weekend and Summer Meals for Food-Insecure Kids Host Noah Chrysler interviews Jack Pflanz, director of fund development and communications for Aaron’s Angels of CNY, a 501(c)(3) food pantry providing meal bags to children facing food insecurity on weekends, school breaks, and during summer. Jack describes the Phoenix School District program where volunteers pack about 500 meal bags per month and teachers discreetly place them into students’ backpacks to protect anonymity. He cites that one in five kids in Oswego County and Central New York go to bed hungry and shares his own experience of hunger harming learning. Jack explains the nonprofit’s growth from a church basement to expanded outreach, an endowment, and two $1,000 scholarships, and notes it is named in memory of Erin Maxwell. He highlights needs, volunteer opportunities, donations (including an Amazon wish list and $5 feeding a child for a weekend), upcoming events including a June 13 bed build with Sleep in Heavenly Peace, and an NFL Alumni meet-and-greet and charity golf tournament benefiting summer meals. 00:00 Hunger and School 00:31 Meet the Host and Guest 00:49 What Aarons Angels Does 01:08…
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