Every Day is a Miracle, Inc.

This past summer, the Food Relief Assistance Program transitioned from a traditional food pantry model to the revolutionary, client choice alternative. As its name suggests, the client choice food pantry model, provides pantry clients the opportunity to choose their own food items based on dietary restrictions, familiar recipes, and cultural, religious, and individual preferences. Clients take an active role in providing for their own nutritional wellbeing as they "shop" among the food-filled tables organized into food groups and select different foods in accordance with nutrition and family size guidelines. This model cuts back on waste while also increasing families' consumption of nutritious food, since clients select only those items they KNOW their families will eat.