June 28, 2011
“Crossing the Finish Line Saturday morning was invigorating, and I felt, more than ever, the deep personal responsibility to help feed the millions of Americans who struggle with hunger.”
Last weekend, Feeding America Corporate Partnerships Coordinator Kevin Carlino joined nearly 10,000 people in the Greater Chicago Food Depository’s 26th annual Hunger Walk. He writes about his experience and how “walks” build community support, one step at a time.
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Posted by Elizabeth Rowan on June 28, 2011 at 4:33 PM in Uncategorized
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June 22, 2011
Food America is an ongoing series that illustrates the different costs of food low-income people face from coast to coast. We’ll feature pictures of the price of common food items across the country at convenience, grocery and wholesale stores, everywhere from urban to suburban to rural areas. Want to show us how much food costs in [...]
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Posted by Emily Basten on June 22, 2011 at 9:55 AM in Living with Hunger
Comments (0) | Tags: Columbus, Dozen Eggs, Food America, Food Prices Across Country, Mid-Ohio FoodBank, Ohio
June 17, 2011
Sr. VP of Government Relations and Public Policy Eric Olsen appeared on Lou Dobbs Tonight talking about the increase in food stamp usage.
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Posted by Dan Michel on June 17, 2011 at 1:17 PM in Hunger in the News
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June 16, 2011
Food boxes sometimes get a bum wrap. People don’t know what is in the food box and sometimes they don’t like what they get. Different tastes or dietary restrictions may limit the use of specific foods in a particular box for a family.
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Posted by Dan Michel on June 16, 2011 at 12:33 PM in Local Efforts
Comments (3) | Tags: Chattanooga Food Bank, food boxes, tennessee
June 13, 2011
It’s been a while since my last blog post…but I wanted to share with you a heart-warming experience during my recent visit to Bentonville, Arkansas, home of Walmart. On June 1, I accompanied my colleague Mia Roberts to attend a food packing event at the Arvest Minor League Ballpark to benefit the Northwest Arkansas Food [...]
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Posted by Brittany Cordes on June 13, 2011 at 10:05 AM in Local Efforts
Comments (0) | Tags: food boxes, Northwest Arkansas Food Bank, Walmart
June 10, 2011
Sarah Cook, a Public Relations Specialist with the Feeding America member Freestore Foodbank, recently reached out to us with an encouraging story. She wrote: Rodney is a Freestore Foodbank customer turned Freestore Foodbank employee. He came to us for assistance with housing and food — and ended up going through our Cincinnati Cooks program (a free, 10 [...]
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Posted by Nola Akiwowo on June 10, 2011 at 12:51 PM in Living with Hunger
Comments (0) | Tags: Cincinnati, client, client story, Freestore Food Bank, Ohio, real story
June 1, 2011
My initial thought for this blog was to muse on the difficulties of summer food in a rural setting. I could tell you that I stare at a map of rural counties, worried that children living twenty miles from the nearest congregate setting will not get the meals they need this summer and I don’t know how to change that. … But I’m not going to do that. What I am going to tell you is about a few successes that mean a lot to me.
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Posted by Emily Basten on June 1, 2011 at 11:51 AM in Local Efforts, National Initiatives
Comments (0) | Tags: Child Hunger Corps, Community Needs Assessments, ConAgra Foods Foundation, Feeding America Southwest Virginia, Guest, Kim Shrader, summer, summer food, summer hunger
