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August 4, 2011
A few years ago, Momi and his wife Nelly left Israel in search of something new. They arrived in Las Vegas, eager to build their lives in a country with boundless possibilities. Momi soon found work managing a chain of kiosks at local malls. Last year, Momi lost his job, and has been picking up [...]
June 10, 2011
Sarah Cook, a Public Relations Specialist with the Feeding America member Freestore Foodbank, recently reached out to us with an encouraging story. She wrote: Rodney is a Freestore Foodbank customer turned Freestore Foodbank employee. He came to us for assistance with housing and food — and ended up going through our Cincinnati Cooks program (a free, 10 [...]
April 26, 2011
This multi-generational family relies on an agency of Three Square Food Bank for food assistance.
March 28, 2011
Jessie is a grandmother who grew up in the Mississippi Delta. Her life changed after she was diagnosed with both dementia and a debilitating muscular disease. No longer able to work, and unable to rely on her disability check to cover her bills, she turned to Mississippi Food Network, Inc.’s Pinelake Food Pantry for help. [...]
November 12, 2010
Feeding America is working hard to ensure that Congress passes the Child Nutrition Bill during the Lame Duck session. To garner public support for the passage of the bill, we are featuring a series of guest posts from our governement relations team throughout the week. This post is by Michelle Berger, Child Hunger Programs Coordinator [...]
August 24, 2010
Houma, Louisiana, a town southwest of New Orleans, is the home to our next agency during our trip — the Good Samaritan Food Bank. Here we met with Pam, a client served by the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana. Five years after the storm, she tells us how she is still trying [...]
August 4, 2010
As we commemorate five years since the hurricane, we reflect on what it meant to be part of such a large-scale effort to help, and how the tragedy affected us personally. For the month of August, we will be featuring the experiences of people whose lived were affected by the storm.
July 21, 2010
We spend some time with Jean, a senior served by a mobile pantry of the Community Harvest Food Bank.
June 28, 2010
Moving to a new town brought Tonette to a pantry served by the Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank.
June 7, 2010
Chris’ story marks the last of our series focused on the clients of Seattle’s Providence Regina House, an agency of the Food Lifeline.
