Join the SNAP Experience

1/18/2012 10:00:00 AM by jlantrip

EAT HEALTHY ON $4.06 A DAY FOR 5 DAYS.

Experience first-hand the food budget challenges of 330,000 Nevadans on SNAP (formerly known as Food Stamps).

The Food Bank of Northern Nevada invites you to take the SNAP Experience 5-day challenge on January 23-27. SNAP Benefits are vital to many of the Food Bank's clients. More than 300,000 people currently rely on SNAP benefits in Nevada and of those, more than half of the benefits awarded in our state go to feed hungry children and seniors, the most vulnerable of our citizens.

The Food Bank of Northern Nevada's sister organization, Three Square in Las Vegas is organizing a statewide awareness campaign in which participants agree to live on the average SNAP benefit, which is $4.06 per day for five days in January.  The SNAP Experience is set for January 23-27, 2012. 

The more that we at the Food Bank thought about asking our supporters to take this challenge, the more that we knew that some of us needed to do it too.  Several staff members have signed up already including our president & CEO, Cherie Jamason, and our Chief Operations Officer, Clyde Takahashi.  Whether you decide to take the challenge or not, check in with us to see some of the things we are discovering during the SNAP Experience. 

Register your intention at SNAP Experience and share your experience with others about the challenges and opportunities you find during the experience.

Want to know what to do and what is expected for the challenge? Click here for some very helpful guidelines and expectations. 

Click here for some tools to help you during the challenge.    

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