CitySquare Receives Governor’s Volunteer Award for Community
Leadership for Its Food on the Move
Program
Dallas, TX. August 5, 2013 --- The 30th Annual
Governor’s Volunteer Awards have been announced with CitySquare being named as
a recipient in the Community Leadership category. These awards allow the State
of Texas to recognize individuals, organizations, corporations and public
entities that truly embody the Texas tradition of community service. The
Community Leadership category recognizes an individual, group or organization
for strengthening their community through outstanding partnerships, service and
volunteerism. Community Leaders understand the importance of service and
develop connections between groups and individuals to help them craft
collaborative solutions to local needs. They exhibit a dedication to their
communities that inspires those around them to serve.
Food on the Move provides over one million meals in a
mobile feeding program targeting youth at low-income apartment sites, churches,
nonprofits, and summer camps. Funding
for the food comes through the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food
Service Program. Food on the Move
takes a stand against childhood hunger statewide, offering mobile feeding programs
in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin. Through an innovative
collaboration with AmeriCorps, the program has delivered meals and provided
enrichment to thousands of children. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has
hailed Food on the Move “a model for
the rest of the nation.”
“Both the kids we serve and our AmeriCorps members benefit
from Food on the Move,” says Dr.
Keven Vicknair, Director of the Food on
the Move and AmeriCorps programs at CitySquare, “We are proud to be
recognized with the Community Leadership Award especially for a program that is
helping to shape young people into community leaders.”
All of the awardees will be honored on September 11th
at a private dinner with OneStar Foundation board members and other dignitaries
at the Renaissance Austin Hotel in Austin. In addition, awardees will be
recognized throughout the Texas Nonprofit Summit on September 12th and 13th
2013.
CitySquare is one of the largest, most effective faith-based
organizations in North Texas, operating a network of services and programs
focused on fighting poverty through hunger relief, health care, housing and
hope. CitySquare is the third largest summer food sponsor in the state of Texas.
A United Way agency, CitySquare is
ranked a 4-star charity by Charity Navigator with more than 92% of revenue
going directly to its programs.
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For more information about the event and the work of
CitySquare, please contact: Katherine Allen at 214.303.2146, kallen@CitySquare.org or Lou Ann York at 214.343.1599, lapub@sbcglobal.net .
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