Getting Back on their Feet: Lisa and David
May 28, 2010
These parents are living better lives after help from the Open Door Food Pantry, an agency of the Greater Boston Food Bank.
Archive for May, 2010
Through Children’s Eyes
May 27, 2010
I attended an event this past weekend at a church with an attached school. The hall by the first-grade classroom had pictures created by the students. Each picture addressed a social issue and the child’s plea on how to make the world a better place.
Thank you to our Top Chef Master
May 26, 2010
Bravo TV’s Top Chef Masters is a cooking competition show where top U.S. chefs battle it out with the winning monies going to their favorite charities. This season, Tony Mantuano of Spiaggia restaurant in Chicago chose Feeding America.
The Pound for Pound Challenge and Biggest Loser Season Finale Tonight!
May 25, 2010
The Biggest Loser season nine ends tonight, but the Pound for Pound Challenge runs until June 30. For every pound you pledge to lose, 14 cents is donated to Feeding America – enough to deliver one pound of groceries to your local food bank. It doesn’t matter whom I’m rooting for (although if Michelle hadn’t won season six [...]
Guest Blog: Jan Pruitt, North Texas Food Bank
May 24, 2010
Feeding America recently recognized Jan Pruitt, Executive Director of the North Texas Food Bank as our 2010 John van Hengel Fellow. We asked Jan to share her thoughts on what the award means to her and her colleagues. When Feeding America presents its John van Hengel Fellowship award during its annual Network Summit, it’s a [...]
CNN features Gary Oppenheimer, one farmer helping the hungry
May 21, 2010
CNN Heroes is a feature on CNN.com that showcases everyday people that are changing the world. This week’s hero is Gary Oppenheimer who is a gardener in West Milford, New Jersey. In 2007, he had a bountiful crop that provided him with excess produce.
Guest Blog: Texie Wadell of the Westmoreland County Food Bank, Inc.
May 21, 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 Model Program Award recipients was Westmoreland County Food Bank’s Pantry Program Expansion Model. Texie Wadell, the Project Manager of the local effort to distribute 40,000 more boxes to people struggling with hunger [...]
Kids Cafe: Senaya and Kenny’s Story
May 20, 2010
Watch a day in the life of siblings Senaya and Kenny, participants of the Riverbend Food Bank Kids Cafe program at their local Boys and Girls Club.
Hunger Statistics Video
May 19, 2010
A close friend of Feeding America asked us to find a way to visually present the story behind the numbers in our recent study, Hunger in America 2010. The result turned out to be a great piece that really engages viewer in the numbers around Americans struggling with hunger. Take a look:
Guest Blog:Linda Nageotte of Food Lifeline
May 18, 2010
My name is Linda Nageotte, and I’m the President and CEO of Food Lifeline–the western Washington member of Feeding America. Two weeks ago, I was profoundly honored and deeply humbled to be named Feeding America’s 2010 Executive Director of the Year during our Network Summit in Lost Pines, Texas. This prestigious award honors the leader [...]
