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May 17, 2010
The Seattle Business Journal recently reported that the city is ranked 13th among the 50 best U.S. cities for job seekers. While the article had that much to offer citizens of the Washington city, it’s reporter also gave a few sobering words of reality. Although the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics claims that jobs are being [...]
May 14, 2010
Kevin Carlino and Karen Hanner of Feeding America attended the eighth annual Ex Awards where two of our hunger-relief partners were recognized for campaigns that benefitted Feeding America. We asked Kevin to share the special evening with us. The envelope, please… On Monday evening, Karen Hanner, Vice President of Cause Marketing at Feeding America, and [...]
May 13, 2010
It’s all over the news: Walmart has announced a $2 billion initiative to help fight domestic hunger and Feeding America is one of the charities that will benefit from their pledge. Right now, there are 49 million people in this country facing hunger and Feeding America food banks are feeding more that 37 million of them. It takes an incredible amount [...]
May 13, 2010
NYTimes.org recently published a story about the failure of many fields of employment to survive the economic crash. From administrative assistants and travel agents to auto workers, millions of people are finding that the jobs for which they were once highly qualified no longer exist. Months without income, foreclosure, and depleted savings, 401Ks or college funds are some of the [...]
May 12, 2010
Feeding America President and CEO Vicki Escarra was featured in the Impact section of The Huffington Post yesterday. Her post focuses on Child Nutrition Reauthorization and what we can do to get the bill fully funded. She also talks about a virtual town hall meeting that took place with Rachael Ray nationwide last week. “Hunger [...]
May 12, 2010
Today in America, nearly one in four children struggle on a daily basis with hunger. Federal school breakfast and lunch programs curb their appetites during the school week, but many families have little help to rely on over the course of the weekend and holidays. Two days without adequate food can do a lot to hinder [...]
May 10, 2010
Our colleague, Rose Dalba, sent us this note about her experience as a volunteer and some of the people she met at a local mobile food pantry. It’s a truly moving read, so we thought we’d share it… 9:30 a.m. On a recent morning, the line of hungry people snakes down a long, winding sidewalk in front of [...]
May 7, 2010
It seems there are a number of disasters that have occurred across the country the past two weeks. Tornadoes to flooding to oil spills to even a water break in Boston can hinder the work that Feeding America does against the daily disaster of hunger.
May 7, 2010
Feeding America blog contributors are volunteering with family members and spouses throughout the year and inviting them to share their experiences with us. The following is our first post in the series, written by Cindy Cordes, mother of Brittany Cordes, Communication Specialist at Feeding America.
May 6, 2010
The first of a three part series focusing on the stories from the Providence Regina House, a member of the Food Lifeline.
