Read Feeding America's Mission to learn what Feeding America does to fight hunger.
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 27, 2010
You can’t seem to turn on the news or open the newspaper without everyone talking about the economy and how Americans are coping. In today’s New York Times, Bob Herbert wrote an op-ed piece about a recent report for the Rockefeller Foundation. This report says that one in five American households is financially insecure. This [...]
July 1, 2010
For 46 states, July 1 marks the beginning of the 2011 fiscal year and steep new funding cuts to programs and services that help struggling families stay afloat.
May 13, 2010
NYTimes.org recently published a story about the failure of many fields of employment to survive the economic crash. From administrative assistants and travel agents to auto workers, millions of people are finding that the jobs for which they were once highly qualified no longer exist. Months without income, foreclosure, and depleted savings, 401Ks or college funds are some of the [...]
May 10, 2010
Our colleague, Rose Dalba, sent us this note about her experience as a volunteer and some of the people she met at a local mobile food pantry. It’s a truly moving read, so we thought we’d share it… 9:30 a.m. On a recent morning, the line of hungry people snakes down a long, winding sidewalk in front of [...]
