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August 31, 2010
Rodney Bivens, founder and executive director of The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, left the comforts of his home to help re-establish food bank operations in southern Louisiana. In a series of blog posts, Rodney documented his experience at the Baker facility.
August 31, 2010
One of the greatest traits of humanity is our power to turn compassion into a public movement. Bob Forney, the former President and CEO of Feeding America (then America’s Second Harvest), possessed such a strong and enduring commitment. His passing last night leaves the world short of an empathetic and courageous leader in the fight [...]
August 30, 2010
Feeding America, Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, celebrity chef Curtis Stone and actress Lindsay Price join volunteers packing disaster-relief boxes to commemorate the food bank network’s efforts after Hurricane Katrina.
August 30, 2010
Feeding America recently recognized Nationwide Insurance as our 2010 Group Volunteer Service of the Year Award. We asked Chad Jester, president of the Nationwide Insurance Foundation to share his thoughts on the importance of building a strong corporate volunteer program.
August 27, 2010
“Somewhere, in the back of our minds, we can remember the details – how we found out, who we were with, what we were wearing, what was the weather, but above all else, how it made us feel.” Vicki Escarra writes about how we remember the iconic events in our lives, as she looks back on the resolve of the food bank network after Hurricane Katrina.
August 27, 2010
Brian Greene, the former Executive Director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, never knew that the summer of 2005 would ask more from him food banker than many others. It was during this time that he left one ailing food bank to become the Executive Director of the Houston [...]
August 26, 2010
The severity of Katrina compelled both the network and national office to re-examine the readiness of member food banks to respond to the unimaginable.
August 25, 2010
Our Gulf Coast tour took us to Gulfport, Miss.’s Feed My Sheep, an agency of the Bay Area Food Bank. During the lunch service we met Barbara, a woman still trying to make things right five years after the storm.
August 24, 2010
We recently received the following email from Al Brislain, the Executive Director of Ft. Myers’ Harry Chapin Food Bank. As the former Senior Vice President of Member Services at Feeding America, Brislain witnessed the network’s call to action immediately following Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. On the morning of August 29th, I went into Bob [...]
August 24, 2010
Houma, Louisiana, a town southwest of New Orleans, is the home to our next agency during our trip — the Good Samaritan Food Bank. Here we met with Pam, a client served by the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana. Five years after the storm, she tells us how she is still trying [...]
