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June 16, 2010
The day was a busy one for food banks and agencies across the country as they carried, loaded, delivered and sorted the food. Donations were collected by letter carriers as they delivered mail along their routes in over 10,000 cities and towns in all 50 states.
June 15, 2010
Slate recently published an interesting article about food waste and challenged its readers to think about how they can do a better job at not letting the food they purchase go to waste.
June 14, 2010
Friday was a busy day in Chicago – the start of the Cubs and White Sox interleague series at Wrigley Field and the rally for the 2010 Stanley Cup champions, the Chicago Blackhawks. For the Feeding America national office, Friday was our annual volunteer day, where staff members scatter throughout the city and suburbs to volunteer at agencies that serve people in need.
June 10, 2010
This is a critical time to weigh in on Child Nutrition Reauthorization. We need your help to generate as many calls and meetings as possible to show Congress how important this bill is to hungry children!
June 9, 2010
Feeding America has confirmed most of this food is destined for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), a federal program that provides food at no cost to low-income Americans in need of short-term hunger relief. These foods are provided directly to eligible recipients through emergency feeding organizations like food banks…
June 7, 2010
Chris’ story marks the last of our series focused on the clients of Seattle’s Providence Regina House, an agency of the Food Lifeline.
June 7, 2010
Janet Gibbs of Feeding America is scheduled for a phone interview with Derek and Romaine of Sirius XM Satellite Radio tonight, June 7th, at 7:05 pm ET.
June 4, 2010
Politicians, policy members and non-profit representatives gathered in Hillsboro, Mo. yesterday to talk about the growing economic plight of rural Americans. In a time when many of us are wrapped up in the goings-on of Wall Street, it’s often easy to neglect the hard work of farmers, ranchers and residents of rural America. The National Rural Summit, which comes at the end of US Secretary [...]
June 4, 2010
While children are eagerly awaiting summer and a long break from school, millions of parents are scrambling to find ways to pay for the extra breakfasts and lunches that they’ll have to cover when their children won’t have access to the free and reduced-priced meals offered during the school-year. This summer will be particularly difficult as families are still struggling to recover from the recession.
June 2, 2010
With the recent floods in Nashville, the oil spill in the Gulf, and the start of hurricane season, chances are you know someone who has been or will be affected by a disaster. I am fortunate enough to say that I have never experienced a disaster, but I have visited communities that have suffered through floods and [...]
