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May 2, 2011
Bill Thomas, the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Feeding America, flew down to Alabama following the horendous tonradoes of late April. He reported back on the work being done by the member Food Banks in the area: I would like to share with you some of the stories and photographs from my experience on the [...]
April 27, 2011
Anti-hunger leader Ambassador Tony Hall from the Alliance to End Hunger urged the country to join in April’s rolling Hungerfast. This movement was started to prompt goverment leaders to take a stance against budget cuts to safety-net programs. He shared his stance with Feeding America.
April 8, 2011
As the government deliberates a shut-down, national anti-hunger leaders are participating in a rolling fast to protest budget cuts to crucial safety-net programs. Feeding America President and CEO Vicki Escarra is joining thousands of advocates as they take a stand against these cuts. You can read what she has to say in this week’s Huffington Post article.
April 7, 2011
Lois Rockhill, the Executive Director of Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana, Inc., recently joined thousands of Americans yesterday in a hunger fast. Anti-hunger advocates around the country abstained from eating in protest against proposed budget cuts to safety-net programs.
April 4, 2011
“Last week, Feeding America released “Map the Meal Gap,” a groundbreaking study of hunger at the county level. And guess what the research showed… Hunger exists in every single county and every congressional district in the nation.” Feeding America President and CEO Vicki Escarra writes in her latest Huffington Post piece.
February 16, 2011
In the last few days, the House of Representatives and the President released their proposed funding cuts for the 2011 and 2012 federal budgets respectively. In addition to proposed cuts to nutrition programs beginning this year, the proposed cuts to other safety net programs will affect millions of low-income people, making it more difficult for them to feed themselves and their families.
January 17, 2011
This article was posted on the Huffington Post on the annual commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.
Today we pause to reflect and remember the legacy and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 82nd anniversary of his birth.
August 31, 2010
One of the greatest traits of humanity is our power to turn compassion into a public movement. Bob Forney, the former President and CEO of Feeding America (then America’s Second Harvest), possessed such a strong and enduring commitment. His passing last night leaves the world short of an empathetic and courageous leader in the fight [...]
August 27, 2010
“Somewhere, in the back of our minds, we can remember the details – how we found out, who we were with, what we were wearing, what was the weather, but above all else, how it made us feel.” Vicki Escarra writes about how we remember the iconic events in our lives, as she looks back on the resolve of the food bank network after Hurricane Katrina.
August 27, 2010
Brian Greene, the former Executive Director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, never knew that the summer of 2005 would ask more from him food banker than many others. It was during this time that he left one ailing food bank to become the Executive Director of the Houston [...]
