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April 30, 2010
Each year, Feeding America honors those who have taken part in the fight against hunger through the Hunger’s Hope Awards. One of this year’s recipients for the Model Program Award was the San Antonio Food Bank, whose 7-year-old Summer Food Service Program has served more than 200,000 breakfasts, lunches and snacks to impoverished children in Southwest Texas. Eric Cooper, [...]
April 29, 2010
In the next few months, Congress will make critical decisions about the programs that help provide food to children in need— known as the Child Nutrition Reauthorization. Nutrition programs in this bill include the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), the Child and Adult [...]
April 28, 2010
Ross Fraser is the Media Relations Manager of Feeding America. We asked him to write about his experiences at the Idol Gives Back event.
April 27, 2010
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Milwaukee was once known almost exclusively for brewing and manufacturing. In the past decade major additions to the city have reshaped its image. Skyscrapers and condos, best in class museums and stadiums for competitive teams are now a fundamental part of the city’s culture. [...]
April 26, 2010
I first had the privilege of meeting Spencer Day, after he performed at the House of Blues in Chicago last November. Little did I know that his performance that night of the song “Better Way,” would be used in a video to help raise awareness of hunger and Feeding America. From now until June, Day is [...]
April 23, 2010
As we reflect on National Volunteer Week, I am reminded of two wonderful volunteers I met last fall in St. Joseph, Mo. Imminent finals were approacing the end of another college semester. Good friends Katy, 32, and Melissa, 28, were eager to find something to fill the free time of a holiday break from their studies in nursing and [...]
April 22, 2010
We strive to make a connection in people’s minds of how a national organization gets food to people in need locally: It is through our network of more than 200 food banks across the country that this work gets done. It’s important to understand that in order to make change nationally, we must act locally. [...]
April 21, 2010
On Sunday, Feeding America’s Senior Vice President of Communication Phil Zepeda appeared on “The Celebrity Apprentice” to accept a financial donation for our organization. We asked Phil to share his experience with us. A few months ago, I had the opportunity to head off to New York to tape a segment for NBC’s reality hit “Celebrity [...]
April 21, 2010
If you’ve been keeping up with your favorite reality shows this week, you may have seen Feeding America appear on your TV screens more than once! SUNDAY NIGHT, April 18, on the “Celebrity Apprentice,” master chef, best-selling author, TV host and entrepreneur Curtis Stone presented our very own, Phil Zepeda, Senior Vice President of Communication, [...]
April 21, 2010
The numbers are counted and confirmed. In March alone, the Feeding America network distributed 106 million pounds of food! This is truly an astounding number because it is more than 20 million pounds higher than any other month. In the past year, the highest number of total pounds garnered was just under 85 million in October 2009. Nearly 39 [...]
