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Improving Chandler Area Neighborhoods
How many times have you asked yourself, “What can I
do to help children in my community reach their potential”?
ICAN of Chandler has some programs and ideas to help you.
ICAN Core Programs, are designed to empower youth to be productive,
self-confident, and responsible citizens. ICAN has been providing
free positive programming to youth from ages five through
eighteen since 1991. Their facility is located in the heart
of downtown Chandler, but the area that they serve has expanded
from the downtown area to include all of Chandler and sometimes
the surrounding community.
ICAN partners with United Food Bank through the Kid’s
Café Program to provide healthy snacks for the youths
participating in their after-school program, feeding approximately
130 neighborhood kids daily. ICAN staff and volunteers help
participants to learn about and make healthy food choices
while assisting students with their homework.
Ms. Christy McClendon CEO, spoke about the need to empower
the students that may have grown up in an environment that
did not always foster high self-esteem and positive choices.
ICAN staff and volunteers offer assistance in five goal areas
of Education, Healthy Lifestyles, Job Skills, Prevention,
and Youth Development. You can find out more about ICAN by
visiting their website at www.icanaz.org.
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Emergency Food Boxes
Food items are distributed in bulk quantities to our participating
agencies who pack and provide food boxes to families and individuals
in need of emergency assistance.
Community Network Distribution
Food items are distributed in bulk quantities to our partner
agencies that serve hot meals and/or snacks. These agencies
are shelters, soup kitchens, youth programs, senior programs,
residential facilities, or rehab facilities.
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Kids Café
This program is a collaborative effort with partner social
service agencies of the East Valley to provide a nutritionally
balanced evening meal/snack five nights weekly to at-risk
children. We presently operate Kids Cafes in Mesa, Tempe,
Chandler, Gilbert, Phoenix, Guadalupe, Laveen, Apache Junction,
Lakeside, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Whiteriver, Sacaton and
Casa Grande.
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Helping Hands
A community outreach program aimed at reaching volunteers in the
human services industry who might recognize the need for emergency
boxes for their clients. “Helping Hands” emergency food
boxes are built on-site and are distributed through the efforts
of a network of volunteers.
Helping Hand Box Request
Food
for Thought
A partnership program with educational - based programs
in which we reinforce their efforts to provide educational
assistance for at-risk children. We provide nutritionally
balanced food boxes which are distributed by the participating
programs to the families of those students who have satisfactorily
participated in the educational programs.
Food for Thought Order Form
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Help Yourself!
A self-help purchased food program for anyone wanting to stretch
their food dollars. Boxes will provide $26-$30 worth of food for
only $15 in either cash, EBT or food stamps. Boxes are available
every Friday at our location at 358 East Javelina Avenue in Mesa.
We have several site in our surrounding area's as well. If you would
like more information, please call @ 480-926-4897.
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