{"id":11466,"date":"2013-04-11T14:52:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T14:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=11466"},"modified":"2013-04-11T14:52:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T14:52:35","slug":"baylors-texas-hunger-initiative-making-strides-in-reducing-hunger-across-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2013\/04\/baylors-texas-hunger-initiative-making-strides-in-reducing-hunger-across-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor&#8217;s Texas Hunger Initiative making strides in reducing hunger across Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite some tremendous results in helping reduce hunger across the state, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/texashunger\" target=\"_blank\">Baylor University&#8217;s Texas Hunger Initiative<\/a> (THI) has flown somewhat under the radar since its founding in 2009. But no longer.<\/p>\n<p>A series of sponsorships and grants from corporate foundations like Walmart and ConAgra Foods, coupled with contracts like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mediacommunications\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=128531\" target=\"_blank\">this $3.5 million deal with the State of Texas<\/a>, are allowing THI to rapidly expand the efforts that have already seen, for example, an additional 15 million breakfasts served to school children statewide over the past year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MW_-3Ntt7JI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Baylor alum Jeremy Everett, MDiv &#8217;01, began the Texas Hunger Initiative in a parking garage office space, working collaboratively with Baylor&#8217;s School of Social Work, the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. His goal was to develop a model to significantly reduce (and perhaps eliminate) hunger by building a public-private infrastructure that could be replicated in other states. To accomplish such a feat, THI has worked with local volunteers in cities across Texas\u00a0to make sure money already budgeted for food program assistance is better and more efficiently utilized.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Learn more about the Texas Hunger Initiative and how it works in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/alumni\/magazine\/1103\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=128408\" target=\"_blank\">this excellent feature from the latest issue of <em>Baylor Magazine<\/em><\/a>.]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to increased funding from outside sources, THI is now able to expand, opening a dozen regional offices (from El Paso to Houston and Amarillo to McAllen) to better coordinate with individuals in the communities being served. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/texashunger\/index.php?id=90103\" target=\"_blank\">Want to join in? Learn more here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Baylor&#8217;s <em>Pro Futuris<\/em> strategic vision calls for Baylor to be a place &#8220;where our Christian faith, in conjunction with our expertise and resources, inspires a desire to address systematic problems facing our community.&#8221; THI is a perfect example of how Baylor can serve not only our students, but our entire state. <em>Pro Texana<\/em>, indeed.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Texas Hunger Initiative!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11647\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\"thi-apr13\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/thi-apr13.jpg\" alt=\"Texas Hunger Initiative\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/thi-apr13.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/thi-apr13-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite some tremendous results in helping reduce hunger across the state, Baylor University&#8217;s Texas Hunger Initiative (THI) has flown somewhat under the radar since its founding in 2009. But no longer. 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