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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.
November 29, 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 Kay-cee, a young girl whose family struggles [...]
November 23, 2011
Kat Foronda, a college student in Nevada has been helping Three Square Food Bank and Feeding America get the word out about hunger (and has previously been featured on this blog). We have invited her to write some guest blog posts about hunger in America. This is the first of a series of posts she has written.
November 15, 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 next two months, Feeding America will share the stories of families served by their local BackPack Programs. This week takes us to a family served by the Greater Berks Food Bank.
November 8, 2011
Pack ‘til They’re Back is a holiday campaign intended to raise awareness of the children who rely on the Feeding America BackPack Program. Over the course of the next two months, Feeding America will share the stories of families served by their local BackPack programs.This week takes us to a family served by Feeding South Florida.
November 1, 2011
Over the past few years as the storyteller for Feeding America, I have spoken with many families in need – too many in a country that has enough food for everyone. Reacting to the economic climate, these stories focused on the new faces of hunger – middle-income families that had fallen into financial peril because [...]
October 26, 2011
Jilly Stephens is the Executive Director of City Harvest, a member of Feeding America. Her organization was featured in Sesame Street’s special Growing Hope Against Hunger.
October 14, 2011
Sesame Street producers reached out to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey for assistance creating their new special, Growing Hope against Hunger.
October 13, 2011
“When production began, my charge seemed a simple one: tell the most complete story possible about hunger in America, through the lens of four children. In reality, of course, the task is anything but simple; there were nearly 16 million stories from which to choose, 16 million children in America who don’t have consistent access to food.”
Guest blogger, Ali Benjamin, shares her experience as a researcher for Sesame Street’s “Growing Hope Against Hunger” special, which aired nationally on PBS on Sunday night. She is co-author of the book The Cleaner Plate Club: Raising Healthy Families One Meal at a Time.
