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Grandparents Going Hungry
05/18/2012 11:49 by Vicki B Escarra HuffPost If a society is judged by the way it treats the most vulnerable among them, we may be headed for a failing grade. With Older Americans Month upon us, it should remind all of us that after having worked hard for a lifetime, our seniors should not have to worry about where their next meal is coming from -- however, sadly, that's not the case. Read More...
Community unites to help feed hungry kids
May. 17, 2012 Jerry Dietz Ithica Journal In just a few weeks, more than 60 of our area's most generous restaurants, wineries and microbreweries will donate their products and talents at this year's 23rd annual Taste of the Nation - Ithaca. They will collaborate with one another and dazzle those in attendance with the shared goal of raising money to help end childhood hunger in our area.Mario Batali, a hungry chef on a food stamp challenge
May 16, 2012 by Leanne Italie / The Associated Press Associated Press Celebrity chef Mario Batali and wife Susi Cahn attend ‘The Gentleman’s Ball’ hosted by GQ Magazine in New York. Batali, Cahn and their sons are eating for a week on a food stamp budget to protest potential cuts pending in Congress. in the benefit program now used by more than 46 million Americans. That’s $31 per person for the week, or about $1.48 per meal each. Read More...
Hungry homeless man gets arrested intentionally
May 16, 2012 Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ga. – Lance Brown was hungry and homeless, so he decided to get thrown in jail by hurling a brick through a glass door at the Columbus courthouse building.
Brown, 36, spent nine months in jail before his April trial. On Tuesday, he was sentenced to another month behind bars, and three years of probation that includes a six-month stay in a halfway house. Read More...
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive a success
Concho Valley delivers to help feed the needy May 14, 2012 By Ami Mizell-Flint San Angelo Standaed Times SAN ANGELO, Texas — Thanks to the generosity of people in the Concho Valley, thousands of bags of food are sitting in the warehouse of the Concho Valley Regional Food Bank, waiting to be distributed to local organizations. Read More...
Hunger among senior citizens continues to rise
Mon, May. 14, 2012 By Alfred Lubrano INQUIRER STAFF WRITER When 88-year-old Miriam Boss fell face-first in her home late last year, she was rushed, frightened and alone, to the Aria Health hospital in Torresdale, near her condo.
She told the doctors tending to her bruised forehead she had been feeling faint lately, and had fallen several times before, though the reason was a mystery to her. Read More...
Middle schoolers kick off annual Walk Against Hunger drive
May 11 2012 By DALE VINCENT New Hampshire Union Leader MANCHESTER — Charlie Sherman has his fingers crossed for sunshine May 20, when New Horizons holds its 22nd Annual Walk Against Hunger. “It's our biggest fundraiser of the year,” said Sherman, the New Horizons executive director.
“Last year it poured,” said Sherman, who counts on the walk to provide not only needed funds, but also an opportunity to increase awareness of New Horizons' programs.Read More...
Hunger syndrome upends normal family life
10 May 2012 NECN.com GRANGER, Ind. (AP) — Greg Gaver is sitting at his family's dining room table in Granger, speaking congenially about his high hopes for his future, when his attention abruptly shifts and his head swivels toward his mother.
"Can I have dinner?" the 21-year-old asks intently.
His mother, Debbie McKissick, nods and quickly replies, "You're going to have some leftover lasagna and a big salad and some fruit." Read More...
Hunger Initiative a growing idea locally Gardens, events planned for children
9 May 2012 By Matthew Waller SAN ANGELO Standard Times, Texas — Raised gardens. Children bringing friends to activities in neighborhood settings. And no hunger. Such is part of the vision for the Tom Green County Hunger Initiative.
The initiative is expanding the Kids Eat-Free sites and programs around the county where children can go to get free, nutritious food when the school system doesn't provide it in parts of the summer, Mary Herbert, a community organizer who helped start the program two years ago, told the San Angelo Desk and Derrick Club on Wednesday. Read More ...
As 1 in 3 county children go hungry, school kicks off food program
Published: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 BY DENEESHA EDWARDS The Dispatch Southwood Elementary School principal Deana Coley speaks Tuesday about the new Backpack Program at the school that helps with child hunger among some of the students. The Backpack Program is operated by Southwood, the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC and Communities in Schools of Lexington/Davidson County in conjunction with Bethany United Methodist, Holy Grove Lutheran and Jersey Baptist churches. Read More...
Stamp Out Hunger set for 20th year Saturday
May 8, 2012 by Thomas Leskin staff writer republicanherald.com Even if you don't have letters for your mail carrier to take on Saturday, be sure to leave some nonperishable food next to your mailbox.
This Saturday marks the 20th year of the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, which has become the nation's largest single-day food drive benefitting Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, according to a press release from Schuylkill United Way.
The food drive is held on the second Saturday in May every year.Read More...
Hungry for righteousness, or at least a can of beans
May. 5, 2012 by Jeff Gill Newark Advocate After two weeks of talking about fasting, you had to figure I'd get around to hunger. And you'd be right.
Back to the everyday struggles of today's life, you might have a food pantry in your congregation's building. Licking County is blessed to have a large number of pantries, more than 30, located across our wide geographic reach. In 1981, people started coordinating their care and their resources, and created the Food Pantry Network of Licking County. Read More...
Hunger Hits Hardest the Most Vulnerable
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro meets with those who provide food to the hungry to brainstorm ways to combat threatened funding cuts.
4 May By Kathleen Ramunni North Branford Patch Everyone sitting in the conference room at Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity Thursday morning had one common concern: the hungry. Read More...
Threat Of Hunger Skyrockets Among Seniors Over Last Decade
By Laura Rowley HuffPost 4 May 2012 One in seven seniors in America -- some 8.3 million people -- faced the threat of hunger in 2010, a 78 percent spike since 2001, according to a study released today by Meals On Wheels, the nonprofit that delivers meals to the homebound.
The “Senior Hunger Report Card” found while the risk of hunger for the U.S. population as a whole has declined since the end of the recession in 2009, it rose for people age 60 and older, mainly among those earning less than $30,000 Read More...
How do you count the world's hungry people?
May 2, 2012 By Megan Rowling, Reuters Two years ago, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a petition to fight hunger with the slogan: "1,000,000,000 people live in chronic hunger and I'm mad as hell."
Since then, more than 3.4 million people, including actors, pop stars and footballers, have added their voices to the online campaign calling on governments to make the elimination of hunger their top priority. Read More...
Chase "Doubling the Difference" in the Fight Against Hunger Among Older Americans
AARP(R) Visa(R) Card from Chase to double donations from each purchase made and account opened to support AARP Foundation for Drive to End Hunger
WILMINGTON, Del., May 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Chase Card Services, a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. [NYSE: JPM], today announced that it is continuing its fight against older adult hunger by doubling donations to AARP Foundation in support of Drive to End Hunger in honor of Older Americans Month. Read More...
Healthy, Hunger-free Kids Act rules given to managers
1 May 2012 by David Broyles/The News DOBSON — Surry County Director of Child Nutrition Services Sherri Parks presented county child nutrition services managers with updated information on the Hunger-Free Kids Act Monday at Meadowview Middle School.
Paramount Marketing Group representative Torie Combs and J&J Snack Foods representative Stan Neighbors were on hand to demonstrate even more healthy options of fare in an afternoon buffet for the managers following the meeting.
“Much of what I am doing is to demonstrate new ways for things already available to be used. These new approaches could be helpful,” said Combs. Read More...
Read More...CVSD endorses 'hunger garden'
By Joseph Cress, Carlisle Sentinel Reporter | Posted: Monday, April 30, 2012 Michael Woods went before the Cumberland Valley School Board hoping to plant a seed.
He left last week’s meeting with an endorsement to develop four acres of district property into a community hunger garden and agricultural learning center. Read More...
Charitable Donations Dip During Summer; Hurt Homeless and Hungry
Published: April 26, 2012 By: Archith Seshadri | WJBF-TV Augusta, GA --
Many non-profit organizations notice a drop in donations during the summer.
Organizations like the Golden Harvest Food Bank help feed the hungry and say many families are out traveling during the summer and don’t think about donating time, food or money. Read More...
Map the Meal Gap 2012 Documents the Continued Pervasiveness of People at Risk of Hunger in Every County in the U.S.
CHICAGO, April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Rising Food Prices and High Unemployment Undermine the Food Security of Those in Need Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, today released "Map the Meal Gap 2012," which provides estimates of food insecurity at the county and congressional district level. Food insecurity is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. Read More...
Towne placeBETHESDA, Md., April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The tally is in and signatures have been counted - in recognition of the national breakfast week at the end of March, TownePlace Suites, Marriott International's moderate extended stay brand, collected almost 10,000 signatures from guests and associates in an effort to help children across the country. Partnering with Kellogg's in its second annual "Share Your Breakfast" campaign, more than 120 TownePlace Suites hotels promoted the program during their breakfast hour where cereal is the featured offering. Read More...
Wed April 25 By Other Voices In many ways, America is the land of plenty. But for one in six people in the United States, hunger is a reality. Today, nearly 49 million Americans, including 16 million children, are struggling with hunger. These are often hardworking adults, children and seniors who simply cannot make ends meet and are forced to go without food for several meals, or even days. Read More...
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The Youngstown-Warren area is currently in third place in the Walmart Fight Hunger in Your Town campaign. Joliet Twp. H.S. community joins the fight against hunger
By Tony Graf April 22, The herald News Jennifer Villalobos mobilized a group of 30 students, parents and teachers at Joliet Township High School, and together they raised money to fight hunger in America.
Villalobos’ bake sale on Saturday was one of the feature presentations at Global Youth Service Day — which brought dozens of community service projects and hundreds of people to Joliet West High School. Read More...
More Time - Less Hunger: Five of the Nation's Top Food Banks Compete For Volunteer Hours
CABOT, Vt., April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The farmers of Cabot Creamery Cooperative salute the nation's food banks with a challenge to volunteers to give their time in helping to alleviate hunger.
The ChallengeFrom April 13 to July 7, volunteers from five of the nation's top food banks will compete to see which region can generate the most volunteer hours. Read More...
Howard Buffett Announces 'Invest An Acre' Program To Combat Hunger In Rural Areas
19 April by John Flesher Huff Post Business TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Farmer and philanthropist Howard G. Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, wants to enlist fellow food producers in a new campaign to fight hunger in rural America.
Buffett and other organizers planned to announce the "Invest an Acre" initiative Thursday. It will encourage farmers around the nation to donate profits from the sale of 1 acre's crop to the charity Feeding America, which will use the money to support food banks in rural communities where advocates say malnutrition is a serious – if often overlooked – scourge. Read More...
Bread for the World Outraged by Cuts to Anti-Hunger Program
WASHINGTON, Apr 18, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Bread for the World is infuriated by the House Agriculture Committee's decision today to slash the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) by more than $35 billion.
"Cuts to SNAP, particularly at a time of continued high unemployment and unprecedented need for food assistance, are a moral outrage," said Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World. "SNAP is working exactly as intended. It has grown to meet increased need and is expected to decrease to pre-recession levels as the economy recovers." Read More...
Fighting Hunger For Over 25 Years
16 April By MELANIE GRAYCE WEST The Wall Street Journal It all started for Lois and Arthur Stainman with a $50 gift.
Some 25 years ago, the Food Bank for New York City had a different name and the work of feeding hungry New Yorkers was less coordinated. But the commitment that the Stainmans have for the organization has not changed a bit and, recently, the couple gave $25,000 in support of the organization's annual awards dinner to be held Tuesday night in New York.Read More...
Residents walk river trail to battle hunger
April 16, 2012 By SAM SHAWVER , The Marietta Times MARIETTA - More than 130 people hiked Marietta's River Trail to help fight hunger locally and worldwide during a Crop Hunger Walk Sunday afternoon.
Sponsored by Church World Service, the annual event brings local churches, organizations and individuals together to raise money and community awareness in an effort to help feed and provide drinking water for people in need in the U.S. and abroad.
Sara Lamb, with First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta, helped coordinate Sunday's event.Read More...
In a hungry world, should edible landscaping do more?
Edible landscaping -- planting vegetables, herbs, or, occasionally, fruits among decorative plants -- is a popular trend, but, asks this gardener, shouldn't we also think about providing the edibles to those who might be hungry?
April 13, 2012 By Christopher Weber Christian Science Monitor A few years ago, edible landscaping — the practice of mixing vegetables and herbs in decorative displays — was a vogue new idea. Now it's commonplace. You can find attractive staples like Swiss chard, kale, and ornamental chilies growing everywhere, and not just in yards. I see these and other edibles in the parking-lot planters of my local shopping center. Read More...
Walmart partners with food giants to fight hunger
Campaign » Shoppers can help in-store or on Facebook page.
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Apr 12 2012 Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have teamed with four of the nation’s largest food companies — General Mills, ConAgra Foods, Kraft Foods and Kellogg Co. — to fight hunger by enticing customers to stop at a Walmart store or visiting the company’s Facebook page through April 30. Read More...
Emmett working to become hunger free
April 11, 2012 by Natalie Podgorski KTVB.com EMMETT -- Hunger is an issue that almost every town in America faces.
In Emmett, the community is working to be hunger free -- and that work is receiving national attention.
The program started when the group running the town's food pantry and weekly dinners suddenly stopped.
The Emmett Valley Friendship Coalition (EVFC) stepped in to keep the efforts going. That was four years ago. Read More...
Hungry Kids Can't Keep an Empire State of Mind
11 April by Gordon Campbell President United Way New York Most Huffington Post readers don't have to worry about their children going to bed with hunger pangs. But as Governor Cuomo reminded us in his State of the State address, the numbers of children going hungry have never been higher in New York. Right now one in six kids lives in a home without enough food. They suffer from what we call "food insecurity," and it has no place in the Empire State. Read More...
Kimberly Williams-Paisley Helps Fight Hunger
The Band Perry Assist Launch of Fighting Hunger Together Campaign
April 9, 2012 CMT News Kimberly Williams-Paisley and The Band Perry launched a national hunger relief campaign in Nashville on Monday morning (April 9). The Fighting Hunger Together spring initiative will provide an opportunity to fight hunger by shopping at Walmart stores or visiting the company's Facebook page through April 30. Read More...
90 Hunger and Nutrition Organizations Urge Congress to Protect Nutrition Programs in the Upcoming Farm Bill
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Over 90 national and regional hunger relief, public health, faith-based and other advocacy organizations sent a letter to Congress today urging the Senate and House Agriculture Committees to strengthen and protect nutrition programs in the 2012 Farm Bill. The letter is being sent as the Senate Agriculture Committee is expected to begin marking up a Farm Bill after the congressional Easter recess. Read More...
Skydive Films Launches "Hunger in America" Film, Narrated by James Denton of "Desperate Housewives"
"Desperate Housewives" star James Denton takes a bite out of "Hunger in America," a new documentary film tackling the hunger issue in America.
Apr. 7, 2012 By Skydive Films NASHVILLE, Tenn PRNewswire -- "Desperate Housewives" star James Denton and production companies Skydive Films and Casting Life Films have teamed up to produce a powerful new documentary tackling the hunger issue in America.
"When I think about hunger, I think about kids in third world countries, not adults and children here in America. When you hear the stats, they are staggering," says Zac Adams who is serving as the film's writer, director, and producer. My goal with this film is to educate and raise awareness. We hope to motivate people to get out there and do something about this growing epidemic." Read More...
Poverty, hunger and homelessness in America
6 April by Hal Sundin Post Independent Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado While the Dow Jones average has doubled in the past two years and the income of the wealthiest Americans has increased by 250 percent since 2006, a growing number of Americans have been descending into poverty, hunger and homelessness. There's something terribly wrong with this picture, when in purportedly the wealthiest nation in the world we have the highest poverty rates of all the industrialized nations.
Just look at these shameful statistics:
• 50 million Americans (one out of every six, and one fourth of all children) are now living in poverty, without adequate nutrition, and lacking any form of health insurance.
• 15 percent of American families are considered “food insecure,” meaning they are not always able to put an adequate meal on the table, parents often going hungry to provide food for their children. Read More...
Walmart Global Giving Increases in Last Fiscal Year; Contributions to Fight Hunger in America Grow
BENTONVILLE, Ark., April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Walmart and the Walmart Foundation announced $958.9 million in cash and in-kind contributions around the globe during the fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 2012. The company's U.S. giving grew nearly 20 percent, largely due to increased donations of produce, meats, poultry and other nutritious food to local food banks from Walmart stores, Sam's Club locations and distribution centers. Read More...
A new Sonrise in town Outreach oriented Hillsboro church expands to the former Tupper’s Furniture space in Forest Grove
April 4 By Nancy Townsley The Forest Grove News-Times It will be no different at Sonrise Church, which will officially christen its newest venue for weekly services in Forest Grove April 8.
Sonrise, whose main campus is in Hillsboro, is known for its outreach to the homeless, the hungry, the beleaguered and the bereaved. By opening a cold weather shelter, stocking a food pantry for families and hosting programs for divorcees and ex-prisoners, the nondenominational church multiplied its members by the hundreds. Read More...
Volunteers Makes Sure Students Have Food - Hero Organizes Other Volunteers To Help Students In Need
April 3 By Mitch Jelniker 7 News Denver. FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Thousands of Colorado children who often do not eat before or after school. They are either homeless or their families just cannot afford regular meals. This week's 7Everyday Hero, Gerry Lake, is leading the community in Fort Collins to end hunger among school-aged children.
She runs a program called Mcbackpack. It is a play on the Federal McKinney Act that helps homeless school children and because the first sack of food is delivered in a backpack. Read More...
HALO Cafe serves 100,000th meal to those in need
2 April By Earl Holland Delmarva Now SALISBURY -- A Salisbury organization that focuses on giving the area's homeless a helping hand recently accomplished a major feat.
The Hope And Life Outreach ministry's HALO Cafe served its 100,000th meal to the area's homeless and hungry during Thursday's dinner shift, less than two-and-a-half years after the cafe began. Read More...
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