A Summer Food Service Program wish list
June 30, 2010
As the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill makes its way through Congress, we ask that our representatives keep a few things in mind.
Archive for June, 2010
Interview with Cathy ten Broeke of the Office to End Homelessness
June 29, 2010
Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development presented a strategic plan to President Obama to prevent and end homelessness. Earlier this spring I talked to a college friend Cathy ten Broeke who is the Project Coordinator for the Office to End Homelessness in Minneapolis and Hennepin County. I wanted to get her perspective on our related issues.
Client Story: Tonette in a new town
June 28, 2010
Moving to a new town brought Tonette to a pantry served by the Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank.
Guest Blog: Tracy Mlakar visits a mobile pantry
June 24, 2010
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit a school pantry located at Pioneer School in West Chicago, a mobile pantry supported by the Northern Illinois Food Bank. I went there not only to volunteer, but to learn more about the people who come to the mobile pantry for food.
Educating the hunger skeptics
June 23, 2010
After 13 years of working for Feeding America, I still encounter disbelief that hunger is a problem in the United States. Often, I meet people who cannot even wrap their brains around the fact that 49 million people – one in six – struggle to get food on the table.
Food banks aim to ease access to SNAP benefits
June 23, 2010
A recent Associated Press story stated that millions of Americans were waiting for their SNAP benefits to kick in because there are not enough people left at the state and local levels of SNAP administration to help the influx of Americans in need.
11-year-old raises 15 tons of food for her community
June 21, 2010
Even kids can change their communities, as 11-year-old Peyton Medick has done. This young lady from Weston, Wisconsin was moved to fight hunger three years ago, after she was brought to tears while watching a news broadcast about poor communities. Since then, she has run Peyton’s Promise, a series of organized food drives held at schools and centers in the central Wisconsin area.
All-Stars Among Us contest ends June 20!
June 18, 2010
The contest features individuals who go above and beyond for their community. There are three finalists representing each Major League Baseball team. A number of them are engaged in hunger relief.
Vicki Escarra writes about oil spill on Huffington Post
June 18, 2010
Feeding America President and CEO Vicki B. Escarra starts a discussion about the oil spill on The Huffington Post. She writes about the long-term economic and human effects on the people of the region and what food banks in the area can expect in the future.
Feds Feed Families food drive launch event
June 17, 2010
The second annual Feds Feed Families food drive kicked off on June 7 at the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, DC. Feds Feed Families is a national food drive led by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and other federal agencies to raise food for Americans struggling with hunger across the country.
