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January 24, 2012
Tekiah is the Washington, D.C. New Media Producer for the Revolution Hunger Campaign. My phone, Twitter, and the DC Metro are the three things I can’t live without. I throw my hands in the air and panic if they are lost, over capacity, or not running on time. Thinking about it, I’m 100 percent sure [...]
January 20, 2012
The more people volunteer, the more struggling people have a chance at turning their lives around. Alone, we cannot reach out to everyone.. What we can do is encourage prosperous citizens to devote a fraction of their time to help those less fortunate than they are.
January 10, 2012
Sarah Cook is a Public Relations Specialist with Freestore Foodbank, a Feeding America member. In December, she had the chance to witness a life-changing event for a client family served by her food bank. She shared the following story of that remarkable day.
January 6, 2012
On a rainy December day, umbrellas provided little shelter to families waiting in line to receive food from the Lord’s Lambs Ministry Food Pantry, an agency of the Northern Illinois Food Bank. Patiently, soaked and tired clients came in one by one to fill their boxes with food. They were greeted inside by Bruce and Lillian Spencer, who are both ready to guide them through the tractor-trailer full of food.
January 5, 2012
Feeding America member food banks work with more than 61,000 U.S. agencies to get food to people in need. Metro CareRing, an agency serviced by Colorado’s Food Bank of the Rockies, is one such agency making a large effort to end hunger in Denver. This organization serves up to 600 people daily, and focuses on offering [...]
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 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 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.
November 3, 2011
The work of our network never ceases to amaze us here at the Feeding America national office. Rebekkah Lyman, the stewardship assistant, recently ventured to the Northern Illinois Food Bank to celebrate the beginning of an amazing center. She wrote about her experience.
