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More than Half a Million Meals Provided to Hungry Tennesseans by Local Hunters The Tennessee Wildlife Federation's Hunters for the Hungry (HFTH) program is reporting another record year, with total venison donations up 13 percent over last season's record. Tennessee deer hunters donated nearly 63 tons of lean, high-protein venison that provided more than half a million meals to their hungry neighbors through local food pantries. Program support was also up significantly, with grants from the Wal-Mart Foundation and the Plough Foundation funding additional processing quotas and placing new chest freezers at key distribution points. "The white-tailed deer is a healthy, renewable resource that has to be managed, and this program gives hunters a way to donate venison to be prepared by professional butchers and distributed to food banks and soup kitchens across the state," says Matt Simcox, the Federation's statewide Hunters for the Hungry coordinator. "Tennessee hunting and fishing licenses expire at the end of February, and we hope people will take advantage of the opportunity to give a dollar to Hunters for the Hungry when renewing those licenses. One dollar can provide four meals to hungry Tennesseans." Based upon available funding, participating processors are allotted a quota for the number of deer that HFTH will subsidize. Grants and local fund-raisers raise funds that pay for processing; beyond the established quotas, hunters pay a reduced processing fee to donate a deer. A $25,000 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation supported the program statewide, and a $20,000 grant from the Memphis-based Plough Foundation focused on supplying the Mid-South Food Bank with much-needed protein. |
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 Sportsmen and Women, due to the generous donations to HFTH in different counties across the state, your processing fee may be free! That's right, FREE! We have volunteers in select counties that have been raising funds for HFTH within their county to pay the processing fee for the donated venison. These funds were donated from businesses, churches, civic groups, and personal contributions. Click on the link below for the list of processors that have allocated funding and the amount of deer available.
Processors with funding - Updated 1/6/2012 |
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Tenn. Wildlife Federation Provides Professionally Processed Venison Donations to Hungry Families
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Hunger relief agencies statewide are seeing record numbers of individuals and families seeking food assistance, and the demand is stretching limited resources. The Tennessee Wildlife Federation is helping to meet this need with a renewable resource in plentiful supply – venison, donated by hunters.
When the deer season ends next January, TWF’s Hunters for the Hungry program expects to have provided more than three million meals to hungry families across the state through donated venison. TWF began operating the program in 1999, and the impact has grown steadily ever since. It’s a reliable source of protein that many food banks and soup kitchens otherwise wouldn’t have, and venison is rich in vitamins and minerals with a third of the fat of beef. One deer can provide an average of 160 meals. |
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Approximately 445,000 Meals Provided to Hungry Tennesseans by Local Hunters
Despite an essentially flat statewide deer harvest, venison donations to the Tennessee Wildlife Federation's Hunters for the Hungry (HFTH) program were up 9 percent in 2010-11, over last season's record of 101,000 pounds. Tennessee deer hunters donated 111,223 pounds of lean, high-protein venison that provided approximately 445,000 meals to their hungry neighbors through local food pantries. |
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More than 11% of Tennessee’s children and 19% of the elderly go to bed hungry. Hunters for the Hungry is a program of the Tennessee Wildlife Federation in cooperation with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Through this program, hunters and meat processors fight hunger by providing properly prepared venison to food banks and soup kitchens across the state. |
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