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July 29, 2010
Located directly on a bank of the Mississippi River, downtown Saint Paul maintains the Minnesota outdoorsy spirit. In the land of 10,000 lakes, the capital city has its share of them, as well as many public beaches and parks, with great walking and biking paths. At this urban area grocery store, the cost of a gallon of milk increases as the fat content increases. Skim is the least expensive at $3.59…
July 27, 2010
You can’t seem to turn on the news or open the newspaper without everyone talking about the economy and how Americans are coping. In today’s New York Times, Bob Herbert wrote an op-ed piece about a recent report for the Rockefeller Foundation. This report says that one in five American households is financially insecure. This [...]
July 23, 2010
NASCAR racer Kyle Busch stopped by the Feeding America national office to explain his participation in the Bar Hunger campaign. It was pretty exciting to hear nine-time NASCAR nationwide series champion talk about driving Snicker’s Bar Hunger car in his upcoming races. Hear why Kyle decided to become a hunger advocate:
July 21, 2010
We spend some time with Jean, a senior served by a mobile pantry of the Community Harvest Food Bank.
July 20, 2010
On the heels of the committee approval of the Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill, National Public Radio features a two-part story on a family struggling to make ends meet.
July 19, 2010
A family relies on an after-school program served by the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
July 16, 2010
A San Francisco Food Bank volunteer and board member receives the “Nobel Peace Prize of Public Service” for his work serving his local community.
July 15, 2010
The House Committee on Education and Labor approved the Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill. Changes to the bill include expanding the after-school at-risk supper pilot nationwide and authorizing competitive grants to strengthen the Summer Food Service Program.
July 13, 2010
The Pound for Pound Challenge 2010 has come to a close. Our colleague Liz Monis, who attended the taping of NBC’s ”The Biggest Loser” Food Bank Challenge and the season finale, shares with us just what this partnership has meant to our network. Earlier this spring I had the chance to visit Asheville, NC to meet an incredible woman who had [...]
July 8, 2010
The Today Show announced yesterday the Bay Area Food Bank won the What Do You Care About TODAY contest! The food bank received a $100,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project.
