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The Tennessee Wildlife Federation’s Hunters for the Hungry (HFTH) program connects deer hunters and deer processors to help address the ever‐increasing problem of hunger in Tennessee. Hunters donate properly field-dressed deer at any of the 75-plus HFTH certified deer processors in the state. The donated venison is then prepared, packaged, and distributed to food banks and soup kitchens to be disbursed to people in need. HFTH is one of the most unique and cost‐effective ways to feed hungry people in Tennessee, utilizing a renewable resource to provide protein‐rich venison to those in need. In the last 15 years, HFTH has collected over 942,868 pounds of venison — enough to provide over 3,750,000 meals! |
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70 Tons of Venison Will Provide Half Million Meals Tennessee Wildlife Federation Program Will Provide a Half a Million Meals in 2013 Food banks and soup kitchens across the state continue to cite increasing need and decreasing donations. The lean, healthy, safe protein provided by the state’s Hunters for the Hungry program is often the only meat available. Thankfully, officials from the Tennessee Wildlife Federation (TWF) say that hunters continue to be willing to help address hunger, in spite of the recession. “In the midst of the economic downturn, it’s incredibly rewarding to be able to say we’ve grown this program each of the last five years,” said Matt Simcox, TWF’s Hunters for the Hungry coordinator. “Programs in other states have not been as successful, and it goes back to that Volunteer spirit—Tennesseans are willing to help their neighbors.” The program posted growth of 8.3 percent over the 2012 numbers, collecting a total of 136,162 pounds of donated venison. Over the life of the program, hunters have donated nearly a million pounds of lean, healthy meat—more than 3.7 million meals! |
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Sharing the Harvest with Tennesseans In Need Hunters for the Hungry Mission: Hunters for the Hungry motivates the generosity of Tennesseans to donate, process, and distribute venison to people in need.
Over the course of 14 years, Hunters for the Hungry has provided more than 3,225,000 meals to families across the state. We can do more! Consider donating a whole deer this year, or just a few pounds at a participating processor. |
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Find a participating processor by clicking the link below Participating Processor List If you have any questions or would like to recommend a deer processor to the program near you, please email
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Hunters - Donate extra venison, from a whole animal to a package of meat, and pay the discounted processing cost if possible. $$Bucks$$ - Help target hunger, send a cash donation today! Meat Processors - Call the Tennessee Wildlife Federation to register, if you are willing to process a deer at a discounted rate and hold that meat for regular pickup by a local food bank. Volunteers - Call the Tennessee Wildlife Federation to host or sponsor a fundraising event. The need is tremendous and there is plenty of venison available - the limiting factor is money. |
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Tenn. Wildlife Federation Provides Professionally Processed Venison Donations to Hungry Families
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Hunger relief agencies statewide are seeing record numbers of individuals and families seeking food assistance, and the demand is stretching limited resources. The Tennessee Wildlife Federation is helping to meet this need with a renewable resource in plentiful supply – venison, donated by hunters.
When the deer season ends next January, TWF’s Hunters for the Hungry program expects to have provided more than three million meals to hungry families across the state through donated venison. TWF began operating the program in 1999, and the impact has grown steadily ever since. It’s a reliable source of protein that many food banks and soup kitchens otherwise wouldn’t have, and venison is rich in vitamins and minerals with a third of the fat of beef. One deer can provide an average of 160 meals. |
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