May 20, 2013
The final day of training, after we had done all our technical learning, we gathered in a circle on the floor to reflect. We shared our achievements, personal goals, and praises for the group as a whole. It was incredibly moving for me to experience the genuine sense of accomplishment and pride we shared with each other. In my, albeit limited, experience, love of this kind is rare among co-workers. I never felt more fortunate to be a part of Cohort 2 than I did in that moment, and it reminded me that there has undoubtedly been a greater purpose to our work than our ability to send our programs off into a steady and unwavering future…
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Posted by Emily Basten on May 20, 2013 at 10:02 AM in Local Efforts, National Initiatives
Comments (0) | Tags: Child Hunger Corps, Childhood Hunger, ConAgra, ConAgra Foods Foundation, Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana
August 3, 2012
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. [...]
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Posted by Dan Michel on August 3, 2012 at 2:05 PM in Local Efforts
Comments (0) | Tags: child hunger, Child Hunger Corps, Conagra Foods
April 3, 2012
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. [...]
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Posted by Nola Akiwowo on April 3, 2012 at 4:55 PM in Local Efforts, National Initiatives
Comments (3) | Tags: Child Hunger Corps, ConAgra, Oklahoma City Public Schools, Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
February 16, 2012
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. [...]
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Posted by Nola Akiwowo on February 16, 2012 at 5:01 PM in Local Efforts, National Initiatives
Comments (1) | Tags: Child Hunger Corps, ConAgra, Houston Food Bank
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.
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Posted by Nola Akiwowo on December 2, 2011 at 8:41 AM in Local Efforts, National Initiatives
Comments (0) | Tags: Child Hunger Corps, ConAgra Foods Foundation, Feeding America Southwest Virginia
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.
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Posted by Dan Michel on November 9, 2011 at 3:33 PM in National Initiatives
Comments (0) | Tags: child hunger, Child Hunger Corps, Child Hunger Ends Here, Conagra Foods, Houston Food Bank, Twitter
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. [...]
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Posted by Nola Akiwowo on October 19, 2011 at 8:44 AM in Local Efforts, National Initiatives
Comments (0) | Tags: Bay Area Food Bank, Child Hunger Corps, Conagra Foods
September 20, 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. [...]
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Posted by Nola Akiwowo on September 20, 2011 at 12:12 PM in Local Efforts, National Initiatives
Comments (6) | Tags: Child Hunger Corps, ConAgra, Guest, Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, Traci Simmons
June 1, 2011
My initial thought for this blog was to muse on the difficulties of summer food in a rural setting. I could tell you that I stare at a map of rural counties, worried that children living twenty miles from the nearest congregate setting will not get the meals they need this summer and I don’t know how to change that. … But I’m not going to do that. What I am going to tell you is about a few successes that mean a lot to me.
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Posted by Emily Basten on June 1, 2011 at 11:51 AM in Local Efforts, National Initiatives
Comments (0) | Tags: Child Hunger Corps, Community Needs Assessments, ConAgra Foods Foundation, Feeding America Southwest Virginia, Guest, Kim Shrader, summer, summer food, summer hunger
May 11, 2011
The Arkansas Foodbank has also been participating in relief efforts across the state; just yesterday a co-worker and I drove a bob truck full of bottled water and diapers to a temporary set-up in Hot Springs Village, where last week’s tornadoes destroyed dozens of homes and businesses and left most of the town without power for a full week.
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Posted by Emily Basten on May 11, 2011 at 10:16 AM in Hunger in the News, Local Efforts, National Initiatives
Comments (0) | Tags: Alex Handfinger, Arkansas Foodbank Network, Child Hunger Corps, ConAgra Foods Foundation, disaster, emergency, Guest, tornado
