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Oregon Coast Community Action ARRA projects
 
Girl ScoutIn our South Coast Food Share program, ARRA funding created a job for this vital program in Coos & Curry counties. A local Girl Scout troop helped SCFS to label and sort a donation of albacore tuna from the Oregon Tuna Classic in July. The Girl Scouts were very excited to label the cans and to learn that their efforts would help other children in our community that are going hungry.
 
Local college students assisted in unloading food from a community food drive, the 8th Annual Bus Jam, which provided over 8,000 pounds of food to feed hungry children and families in Coos and Curry counties. These volunteers and the food drive were organized by the SCFS Warehouse Coordinator, ORCCA's Volunteer Coordinator, and many others who are fully or partially funded through ARRA.
Delivering tuna 
In addition, staff members in ORCCA's Weatherization program have been able to assist new families through ARRA funding. Weatherization staff members load the Weatherization van and go to local homes to conduct assessments for weatherization assistance. Thanks to ARRA in 2010, we will be able to assist many more families!
 
 
Article provided by Community Action Partnership of Oregon.  See www.caporegon.org for more information.