New study finds dramatic spike in numbers of pre-seniors at risk of hunger
August 31, 2011
Randy and Nancy, clients of Lexington’s God’s Pantry Food Bank, are two pre-seniors now struggling with hunger.
Archive for August, 2011
Mark Salling from GLEE helps hungry kids
August 27, 2011
Singer and actor Mark Salling best known for his role as “Puck” on GLEE helped launch the ConAgra Foods Child Hunger Ends Here campaign in Hollywood. This campaign is going to give 5 million more meals to hungry kids in the U.S. Earlier this week, we released an update to our Map The Meal Gap [...]
The Feeding America solution to childhood hunger
August 26, 2011
It has been two days since ABC News went live with its coverage of the findings in Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap: Childhood Food Insecurity 2011. Both the national office and the food bank network have been buzzing about local response to the data. At the time of this blog’s publication, $172,942 had [...]
Feeding America releases Map the Meal Gap: Child Food Insecurity 2011
August 25, 2011
What does child hunger look like in America, in your state, or even your county? As Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap: Child Food Insecurity 2011 shows, childhood hunger is a sad reality in every American county. The ground-breaking data was released today, and has many folks, including our friends at ABC News, extremely perplexed [...]
Follow the ABC News coverage of “Hunger at Home: Crisis in America” today
August 24, 2011
As the results of the Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap will show when released tomorrow, child hunger is in every county in America. This startling fact got the folks at ABC News buzzing about what they could do to educate the nation about those in need. Today, ABC World News kicked off Hunger at [...]
ABC News to dedicate day to hunger
August 22, 2011
After last week’s story about child hunger on ABC World News, ABC News has announced a day dedicated to U.S. Hunger.
ABC World News reports on child hunger
August 18, 2011
Recently, ABC News profiled children who struggle with getting enough to eat in this country. It was a great piece and it really put a face on the issue of child hunger in America.
The disbelief of U.S. hunger
August 15, 2011
What does it take to make people believe hunger is a problem in the U.S.?
Guest post: Harvester’s Karen Haren speaks about winning Member of the Year
August 8, 2011
Every year, Feeding America selects one member food bank to receive the Member of the Year Award. This year’s recipient is Harvesters- The Community Food Network. Karen Haren, the food bank’s President and CEO, shared her thoughts on receiving the award with us.
Client Story: Momi from Las Vegas
August 4, 2011
A few years ago, Momi and his wife Nelly left Israel in search of something new. They arrived in Las Vegas, eager to build their lives in a country with boundless possibilities. Momi soon found work managing a chain of kiosks at local malls. Last year, Momi lost his job, and has been picking up [...]
