Read Feeding America's Mission to learn what Feeding America does to fight hunger.
A look at our efforts taking place on a national level.
January 31, 2012
Howard G. Buffett joins Feeding America President and CEO Vicki Escarra in this response to the Wall Street Journal’s recent article, The Myth of the Starving Americans. As of today, this response has not yet been accepted for publication by the Wall Street Journal. To The Editor: The Myth of Starving Americans by Warren Kozak (Jan.30, 2012) [...]
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 [...]
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 24, 2011
I have been at Feeding America for a long time and I always know that Thanksgiving week is a busy week. It is always a time when hunger is on the forefront of people and companies minds. This year, I am exhausted. Please do not take this as me complaining because I have never seen [...]
November 9, 2011
In the 18 counties served by the Houston Food Bank, more than one in four children are food insecure (26.1%). That means that more than 437,000 kids may not know where his or her next meal is coming from on a given day.
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 19, 2011
The Child Hunger Corps is a national service program designed to increase the capacity and capability of food banks to execute programs targeted towards the alleviation of child hunger. The objective of the program is to increase the number of nutritious snacks and meals served to children in need in local communities across the country. [...]
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.
