Feeding the Hungry

Bracket Busting

Mike Curtin | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Campus Kitchens, March Madness, Campus Kitchens Project, March Matchness, Feeding the Hungry, College-Community-Service, Dc Impact, Student Volunteers, DC News
Mike Curtin

For many college students, March is synonymous with Madness -- as in the NCAA basketball tournament. But for some, it's about Matchness -- as in March Matchness, the Campus Kitchens Project's annual fundraising event.

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Pretzel Company Gives Away 1,500 Salty Snacks A Week To Homeless

The Tigard Times | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Food Donations, Auntie Anne's, Hunger, Washington Square, Video, Feeding the Hungry, Charity, Homelessness, Restaurants, Pretzels, Starbucks, Donations, Hungry, Impact News

Two embarrassing truths are at war with each other in our country right now. On one hand, we’re informed, 14 billion pounds of food are sent to U.S....

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Your Vote Can Help Food Not Bombs Feed Hundreds of Hungry Families

Andy Stepanian | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Food Not Bombs, Food, Charity, Activism, Solidarity, Philanthropy, Vivint Gives Back, Feeding the Hungry, Vegan Meals, Vegan, Impact News
Andy Stepanian

Food Not Bombs and Vivint Gives Back are showing us that DIY hunger relief and community empowerment are more then just bright-eyed ideals -- they are an ever-growing concrete reality.

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Paying it Back: Unemployed Man Is a Lifeline to 60 Neighbors

Toan Lam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: San Francisco Food Bank, Feeding the Hungry, Holiday Inspiration, Go Inspire Go, Herman Travis, Impact News
Toan Lam

Every Tuesday Herman Travis hand delivers food from the San Francisco Food Bank to residents of his low-income community.

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HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day: Robert LoCascio, Who Is Feeding 8,000 Hungry Families This Thanksgiving

The Huffington Post | Dominique Fenton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liveperson, Feeding the Hungry, Feedingnyc, Hunger in America, Thanksgiving, Greatest Person of the Day, Robert LoCascio, New York City, Ny Impact, Video, Impact News

Today we're talking to Robert LoCascio, founder of FeedingNYC, for a special Thanksgiving edition of "Greatest Person." Robert's organization has been...

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A Seder Lesson: Let All Who Are Hungry Come And Eat

Rabbi Steve Gutow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Social Justice, Jews and Social Justice, Hunger, Feeding the Hungry, Passover Seder, Child Nutrition Act, Judaism and Social Justice, Childhood Nutrition, Child Nutrition, Child Hunger, Childhood Hunger, Passover, Religion News
Rabbi Steve Gutow

As American Jews ate what for many was a plentiful meal, we listened to the traditional four questions and pondered a new one: why, in a country as wealthy and as bountiful as the United States, are there still children who are hungry?

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The Year of Rice Dinners

Tammy Tibbetts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rice, Liberia, Feeding the Hungry, Fundraising, MacDella Cooper Foundation, Impact News
Tammy Tibbetts

I'm declaring 2010 the Year of Rice Dinners. My goal: to feed 100 children in Liberia for one year, at the cost of $100 per child, and to do it one night, one rice dinner at a time.

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Venison Donations To Food Banks Up As Demand Grows

AP | LISA CORNWELL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment Numbers, Hunger, Ohio's Second Harvest, Feeding the Hungry, Unemployment, Poverty, Venison, Feeding America, Deer Populations, Impact News

CINCINNATI — Hunters are donating more venison to strapped food banks as Ohio and other states offer financial aid aimed at managing high deer p...

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College Food Banks See An Increase In Hungry Students (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cost of Tuition, Feeding the Hungry, Food Banks, College Food Banks, College Tuition, Hungry-Kids, Recession, College Rent, Tuition Increase, Video, College News

For many students, the myth of the easy college life has always been fantasy. But the dual forces of a crippling recession and rising tuition costs ar...

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