Hello Partner Agencies,
Thank you for participating in our second annual Partner Network Conference. We hope you left feeling engaged, empowered and energized. The goal of the conference was to create opportunities for our agency network to collaborate, share ideas and best practices to become the strongest partner agency you can be.
We want your enthusiasm for learning new things to continue. In case you weren’t able to attend the conference or if there was a session you missed and wanted to attend, below you will find a link to our Partner Agency Website, where you’ll find all the PowerPoints from the conference.
Click here to view the PowerPoints
Click here to view Agency Photos
One part of conference that was very important to us was the survey. Understanding your responses helps us to understand how we can best serve you, what things worked, and what didn’t. Below you will find a link to the survey results.
Click here to complete the survey
One of the fun things that we noticed throughout the day was agencies from different counties sharing ideas and best practices with each other. We would love to see this continue throughout the year. We wanted to attach the roster of all the agencies who attended the conference to be used as a networking resource. You will find an excel sheet separated by county attached to this email of the attendees.
If you attended the Healthy vs. Hungry workshop with Karen Broussard and Bill Collins, then you got a chance to hear a little bit about how hunger and health are closely related. You and your agency have an important role to play in helping your clients improve their health and manage many chronic diet-related diseases. Bill and Karen outlined a number of ways to help, from arranging your pantry space differently to ordering more fresh produce.
Lastly, and maybe most importantly, keep your eyes open for opportunities to advocate about food policy. We will keep you posted about upcoming votes that will need you to raise your voice by phone, email or visits to your local, state and national elected officials. Let us know if you’d like additional training in how to effectively advocate. With enough interest, we could make that available.
Once again, thank you for spending the day with us and for all you do in your communities. We look forward to next year’s conference!
Warm regards—
The Second Harvest Agency Relations Team,
Erin Gray Stephen Currence
Patti Delacruz Fernanda Delgado