Mark Lowry - Meanwhile, Back at Cafe Du Monde
Channel: capocvideo
Date: 17/10/2017

Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAPOC) kicked off their Hope for the Holidays with Meanwhile, Back at Café Du Monde... The event is a festive monologue about the 2nd universal language: food. All proceeds went to the OC Food Bank, a program of CAPOC

To support our OC Food Bank, please visit www.OCFoodBank.org/donate

Date: Sunday, October 1, 2017
Location: Old Ranch Country Club
Storyteller: Mark Lowry
Title: Director of the OC Food Bank

Storyteller Profile:
The quantity of food distributed by the OC Food Bank has grown from two million pounds annually to over 21 million pounds annually.  Nearly 400 other charities rely on the Food Bank for the food they distribute.  Those organizations include churches, senior centers, shelters, community centers, and social service agencies.  Those charities feed seniors on fixed incomes, individuals with disabilities, the unemployed, homeless persons, and the working poor.  The Food Bank also feeds 1,400 people directly each day in communities throughout the region. Over 150,000 vulnerable people now receive food from the OC Food Bank each month.
The Food Bank is part of a larger private non-profit community service organization – The Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAPOC). 

Under Mark’s leadership, the Food Bank has, on two occasions, received the annual Hunger Fighter Award from the California Hunger Action Coalition. In 2013 the OC Food Bank received the Giving is Living Award for Outstanding Community Service. In 2015 Mark was nominated by the Orange County Register as part of the Register’s Most Influential People, 2015. In 2016 Mark was honored by CLUE for the Architects of Justice, Building a Just and Sacred Society Award.