Presiding – Charlie Wagner

Attendance – 68

Greeters – Jack Birch & Jim Smith

Guests – Deb Townsend

Birthdays – Nick Deeter, Dave Illingworth, Luke Becknell, Everett Nifong, Rich Haddad, Joel Wihebrink

Announcements –

• Golf tournament upcoming, still need “hole watchers”, also could use a few more teams.
• Fall Displays are on their way, phone calls have been made to confirm days people are working
• Our end of the year celebration will be an evening meeting, September 25, 2024.

Membership – Deb Townsend was inducted as a new member.

50/50 – $38 Art Gakstatter

Sergeants – Food insecurity was the topic of the day. Stories of “gross” food that has been consumed were told. According to Wikipedia the longest someone has gone without food is 382 days.

Program – Program- Food Insecurity Coalition, Caroline Arnett, The project focuses on building and supporting community gardens, greenhouses, and food markets to address food deserts and food insecurity in our rural communities, and to develop a sustainable local food system by increasing accessibility to local produce, and offering nutrition education.

The HELP Kosciusko project team was invited to participate in the AgriNovus HungerTech Challenge, a business pitch contest that tasks innovators with creating and implementing tech-enabled business solutions that connect populations experiencing food insecurity to for-profit and not-for-profit food networks. The HELP team pitched an innovative project called “Double Snap” which uses an app to increase the efficiency of Snap Benefits and incentivizes buying healthy food.

Quote -“bad things can teach us to look at good things in a whole new light”

Did You Know – Pluto was discovered in 1930, it still hasn’t made one orbit around the sun. Its orbital period is 248 earth years

Next Week’s Program – Heritage Festival, Diana Diaz Barriaga