Help Wisconsin Children in Need
So far in 2020, the Wisconsin REALTORS® Foundation (WRF) has raised over $48,000 and committed countless volunteer hours for Feeding Wisconsin and its network of statewide food banks to support programs directly impacting children in need. Throughout the pandemic, food banks and pantries throughout the state continue to experience unprecedented increased demand. Updated estimates show that 1 in 4 children in Wisconsin are struggling with hunger.
Over 230,000 Wisconsin children rely on school breakfast and lunch programs. With the uncertainty of in-person schooling during the pandemic, not only are families struggling to meet their children’s educational needs, but they are also struggling to make up for the lost meals that they no longer can access.
Feeding Wisconsin food banks and pantries are working to fill this need by distributing more food to families through pantries and mobile distributions, supplying food through school backpack programs and delivering food directly to families' homes.
Your donations can help fill that gap to ensure that families have one less worry during these uncertain times.
Wisconsin REALTORS® Team Up Against Hunger
Twice a year, the WRF asks members to “Team Up” against hunger by organizing volunteer days with their firms or boards during designated volunteer weeks in June and November. Since the event’s inception in 2018, REALTORS® from across the state have made a real difference for thousands of Wisconsin Children.
Due to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19, teaming up against hunger has looked a little different. In In March 2020, the WRF launched a successful fundraising campaign for Feeding Wisconsin’s emergency food box program raising over $17,000. These boxes contained 10lbs of food and were distributed directly to families that needed them. This November, we are asking for members to donate time, money or whatever they feel safe in doing, to help us keep feeding Wisconsin children.
Team Up Against Hunger week is November 16-20, and we encourage REALTORS® to reach out to their coworkers or their local boards and volunteer at their local food bank or food pantry. Below is a tool to help you find a location nearest to you. Alternatively, by donating here, you can ensure children have access to nutritious food as we enter the holiday season and winter months. $1=3 meal.