Food Banks

Huge Baby Food Donation In City That Needs It Most

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Baby Gourmet, Food Banks, Detroit Impact, Gleaners, Forgotten Harvest, Child Nutrition, Child Poverty, Detroit Baby Food, Video, Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan, Gleaners Community Food Bank, Child Poverty Detroit, Detroit Food Banks, Child Hunger, Baby Food, Baby Gourmet Donation, Detroit News

On Tuesday, Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan and Forgotten Harvest received donations that will go a long way to feed some of the...

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Using Coupons To Collectively Clip Away At Hunger

Amy Neumann | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive, Couponing for Community, Food Banks, Hunger, Extreme Couponing, Stamp Out Hunger, Humor, Impact News

Couponing for Community and the Stamp Out Hunger food drive are nationwide events that make fighting hunger in local communities as easy as cleaning out a pantry and checking the mail.

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Mobile Food Pantries Bring Fresh Produce to Neglected Communities

Kenneth Estelle | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Feeding America, Hunger Relief, Mobile Pantries, Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank, Food Banks, Mobile Food Pantries, Helping the Hungry, Impact News

By taking clients at their word and allowing them to choose from an array of truly healthy foods, Arnold ushered in a new era of food banking, one that is more efficient, more nourishing, and more responsive to those it serves.

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Warren Buffett's Son Fights Rural Hunger

AP | JOHN FLESHER | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Archer Daniels Midland Co., Farming, Economic Downturn, Video, Poverty, Food Banks, Rural America, Invest an Acre, Warren Buffett, Howard G. Buffett, Feeding America, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Business News

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Farmer and philanthropist Howard G. Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, wants to enlist fellow food producers...

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Should Pantries Provide Food For Homeless People's Pets?

Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Feeding the Homeless, Video, Homelessness, Daffy's, Food Banks, Pet Food Banks, Homeless Pets, Homeless, Homeless Cats, Soup Kitchens, Pet Food, Homeless Animals, Helping the Homeless, Animal Food Banks, Homeless Dogs, Impact News

When stomachs start rumbling, homeless people with pets often feed their best friends first. To help the estimated five to 10 percent of homeless p...

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Demand For 'Survival Services' Grows Across U.S.

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Video, Survival Service, Food Banks, Economic Recession, Economy, Reuters, National League of Cities, Survival Services, Housing Shelters, Recession, Business News

March 9 (Reuters) - Many cities across the United States are still scrambling to help their residents overcome the economic recession that official...

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Is Virtual Reality The Next Step In Documentary Film?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Video, Virtual Reality Journalism, Nonny De La Pena, Sundance Film Festival, Food Banks, Virtual Reality, Gone Gitmo, Hunger in America, Virtual Journalism, Documentary Film, Hunger in Los Angeles, Sundance, Slidepollajax, Culture News

Imagine you're at a food bank outside the First Unitarian Church in Los Angeles. It's a clear and hot Saturday in August. Dozens of hungry people are ...

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The Reality Behind Rhetoric About Food Stamps

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Poverty, Food Stamps, Food Banks, Second Harvest, US Poverty, Mitt Romney, Florida Primary, Video, Unemployed, Second Harvest Food Bank, Mitt Romney 2012, Food Insecurity, Second Harvest North Florida, Florida, Food Bank, Snap, Poverty in America, Politics News

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Rhetoric about jobs is everywhere during this campaign season. To emphasize how much they want to create jobs and how valuable s...

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Mitzvah Gifts -- Giving More Than a Wrapped Present

Laura Kumin | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Hanukkah, Chanukah, Holiday Gifts, Christmas Gifts, Happiness, Christmas, Solar Cookers, Food Banks, Giving Donations, Dc Impact, Charity Donations, DC News

In keeping with my obsession with all things food-related, I've compiled a list of nonprofits that do great work in some way related to food. I've named it my "mitzvah gift list."

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Local Food Banks Can't Keep Up With Demand

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Video, Hunger, Hungry Families, Food Banks, Food Stamps, SNAP Program, Food Assistance, Detroit, Detroit Impact, Gleaners, Michigan Food Banks, Detroit Food Banks, Food Stamps Asset Test, Detroit News

Food banks in metro Detroit are struggling to keep up with demand as food assistance from federal and state programs is being cut. John Kastler, a ...

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Northbrook, IL: Volunteers Unload 40,000 Pounds of Chicken To Local Nonprofits

northbrook.patch.com | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Northbrook Patch, Chicken, Chickens, Food Banks, Charity, Chicago, Northbrook, Illinois, Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Northbrook-Il, Home News

"My partner said, 'Chicken's so cheap. What can we do?'"...

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Project Oatmeal Delivers 24,400 Meals to Brooklyn in Their Campaign to End Hunger

Anthony Papa | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Food Banks, Slidepollajax, US Child Hunger, Food Pantries, Hunger, Hunger New York, Hunger in America, Food Pantry, Food Banks Ny, Child Hunger, New York News

This holiday season there will be tens of thousands that will be hungry. Maybe with the help of concerned New Yorkers the problem can be alleviated.

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Food Banks Concerned About Rising Peanut Butter Prices

AP | KANTELE FRANKO | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Video, Food Banks, Peanut Butter Prices, Peanut Butter Shortage, Food Banks Peanut Butter Prices, Food Banks Peanut Butter, Food Bank, Peanut Butter, Food News

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Food banks and pantries around the country say high peanut butter prices have made it harder for them to provide one of their m...

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Thanksgiving for Seven Billion

Ann Gentry | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Vegetarian Restaurants, Vegetarian, Faux Turkey, Turkey, Food Banks, Vegan, Thanksgiving, New York Times, Vegan Family Meals, Ann Gentry, Vegan Restaurants, Dan Barber, Real Food Daily, Food News

All seven billion people of us sit at the table together, not only this Thanksgiving, but also every day of the year. I think we can all do something to help feed them.

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Food Pantries Ask For Healthier Food Donations This Christmas

AP | DINESH RAMDE | Posted 01.21.2012

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MILWAUKEE — The season of giving has started, with schools, churches and businesses kicking off food drives that have become annual holiday trad...

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Northport, NY: Boom Times For Long Island Food Banks

northport.patch.com | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Long Island, Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Poverty, Food Banks, Northport, Home News

"The economy is wreaking havoc.... There are a lot of people you’d never expect who are walking into a pantry now.”...

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A Food Bank With Flagging Corporate Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Needham | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Working Poor, Virginia, Hunger, Food Banks, Patch Road Trip, Food Crisis, Fredericksburg Food Bank, Hunger in America, Fredericksburg Virginia, Food Insecurity, Washington DC, Food Shortage, Feeding America, Fredericksburg, Food Bank, Impact News

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Oya Oliver knows exactly what everything costs, from the price of a box of 100 small Slim Jims -- $14.79 -- to her electric bil...

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In Harlem, The Unemployed Turn To A Church During Tough Times

HuffingtonPost.com | Rebecca Carroll | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: Harlem, Unemployment, Food Banks, Unemployment Rate, Black Church, City Harvest, First Corinthian Church, Black Voices News

NEW YORK -- Outside the First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, a line starts forming at about 9 o’clock every Friday morning. Unattended shoppin...

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Making a Difference: The World of Giving -- Giving Back on Labor Day

Lisa M. Dietlin | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Food Banks, Labor Day, Donating to Charity, Feeding America, Making a Difference, Labor Day Weekend, Back to School, Mda Telethon, Food Insecurity, America Food Insecurity, Impact News

With Labor Day fast approaching, many of us are already beginning to anticipate the end of summer and all its fun activities. However, I suggest this Labor Day taking a look at the meaning of the holiday and what you can do to uphold and honor its original intent while making a difference.

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Move For Hunger Supports Food Banks Nationwide

Adam Lowy | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Hunger, Food Banks, Child Hunger in America, Move for Hunger, Impact News

While some problems demand complex solutions, budget talks, and economic growth models, tackling our nation's hunger problem relies on one simple equation: get excess food to those who need it.

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Hunger Doesn't Take A Vacation

Rev. Larry Hollon | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Underemployment, Hunger, Food Banks, Second Harvest Food Bank, Hunger in America, Poverty in America, Second Harvest Backpack Program, Galatians 6:2, Childhood Hunger, Middle Tennessee Second Harvest, Religion News

One in five children in my state of Tennessee is at risk of hunger. But this is not just a Tennessee crisis. Nationally, one in four children are at risk of going to bed hungry.

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Taking Food From the Most Vulnerable Among Us Isn't a Budget Fix

Lucy Cabrera | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Hunger, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Budget Priorities, Food Stamps, Food Banks, Budget Cuts, NY Budget Cuts, Ny Impact, Emergency Food Assistance, Food Poverty, NY Food Bank, New York News

As the debate over budget cuts heat up in Washington, let's hope cooler heads prevail when it comes to supporting something as basic as food assistance for those in need.

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Food Banks Find New Ways To Fight Rising Costs, Including Charging For Produce

Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Kosher Soup Kitchen, Food Shortages, Food Pantries, Food Banks, Rising Food Costs, Food Costs, Soup Kitchen, Soup Kitchens, Food Shortage, Food Pantry, Food Waste, Food Bank, Good News, Food News

Food banks around the country are implementing new policies to combat rising food costs and food shortages as more people are struggling to get enough...

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Major Restaurant Chain Lets Customers Pay What They Can

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Hunger, St. Louis, Food Banks, Ron Shaich, Pay What You Can, Bread, Hunger in America, Detroit, Portland Oregon, Greatest Person of the Day, Good News, Panera Cares, Panera Bread, Impact News

Ron Shaich, the founder and chairman of Panera Bread, has sculpted his company into one of the most successful small restaurant chains in the country....

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California Mom Collects 500 Tons Of Fresh Fruit For The Hungry

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: California, Fruit, Anna Chan, Food Banks, Fruit Trees, Lemon Lady, Fresh Fruit, Greatest Person of the Day, Good News, Bay Area, Impact News

Anna Chan's story is proof that one passing thought could have a lasting effect. Less than three years ago, Anna found herself constantly searching...

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