Read Feeding America's Mission to learn what Feeding America does to fight hunger.
December 21, 2011
Now I know that life is not about earning as much as you can so you can spend as much as you can so that you can acquire as much as you can. The more you give, the more blessed you are in return. We’ve learned you need to aspire to inspire before you expire.
December 20, 2011
Pack ‘til They’re Back is a holiday campaign intended to raise awareness for the children who rely on the Feeding America BackPack Program. Over the course of the holidays, Feeding America will share the stories of families served by their local BackPack Programs. Last week, you learned about Donna and her girls, a Missouri family [...]
December 19, 2011
Rachel Kramer, a second cohort member of ConAgra’s Child Hunger Corps initiative, writes about how Feeding America San Diego kept spirits alive for a local school district over the Thanksgiving holiday.
December 16, 2011
“This is a lesson in learning to survive in a new and different economic climate; learning how to go without a meal, two meals, or perhaps food the majority of the weekend. It’s a new subject to learn, one that we hope our children would never be taught.”
Amanda Lopez-Betanzos, Child Nutrition Program Associate, writes about how it takes a variety of resources to help families cope with food-insecurity.
December 13, 2011
Pack ‘til They’re Back is a holiday campaign intended to raise awareness for the children who rely on the Feeding America BackPack Program. Over the course of the holidays, Feeding America will share the stories of families served by their local BackPack Programs. Last week, you learned about Margarita, a grandmother struggling to raise her grandsons. This week takes us to a family served by the Second Harvest Community Food Bank.
December 12, 2011
Our member food banks work hard in their mission to end hunger, constantly using innovative efforts to reach more advocates. Social media has become a well-used tool for many food banks. The following article from PRWeek focuses on the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana’s recent social media work.
December 11, 2011
Feeding America intern Ryan Young graduated from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign with a BS in Media and Cinema Studies. This marathoner and devout older brother shared a bit about his experience working with Feeding America social media team.
December 6, 2011
Pack ‘til They’re Back is a holiday campaign intended to raise awareness for the children who rely on the Feeding America BackPack Program. Over the course of the holidays, Feeding America will share the stories of families served by their local BackPack Programs. Last week, you learned about Wanda, an Indiana mother struggling to raise [...]
December 2, 2011
This is the second of a series of posts Kat Foronda has written and this post is a continuation of her previous post where she shared her experiences with hunger.
December 2, 2011
Child hunger can be a difficult thing to work on—it can pull on your heartstrings and make you feel as though you can’t possibly do enough. During this season of thanks, however, the simple and kind actions of children remind us to stay actively engaged in cycle of thanksgiving, wherever we fall: whether accepting help in times of need, providing help to others when we are able to offer it, or simply saying “thanks.” You never know how much that small gift of gratitude will mean.
