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Failing to Make the Grade

Enid Borden | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Senior Hunger in America, Solving Hunger, Hunger, Senior Hunger, Volunteering, Meals on Wheels, Going Hungry, Seniors, Craig Gundersen, James P. Ziliak, Fifty News

It is the prevalence of senior hunger that is out of step with America and its values, in any and every economy.

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One In Seven Seniors Faces Threat Of Hunger: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Rowley | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Senior Hunger Report Card, Threat of Hunger, Meals on Wheels, Risk of Hunger, Bv-Life, Enid Borden, Food Insecurity, Risk of Hunger Among Seniors, Food Insecure, Threat of Hunger Among Seniors, Fifty News

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 ...

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Linda Evans and Linda Grey Show Their Support For 'Meals for Moms'

Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Linda Evans, Hunger, Capitol Hill, Meals on Wheels, Dynasty, Mothers-Day-Pkg, Linda Gray, Dallas, Seniors and Hunger, Meals for Moms, Fifty News

Linda Evans and Linda Gray, of popular rival '80s soap operas "Dynasty" and "Dallas," respectively, are teaming up to support the Meals On Wheels Asso...

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Dropping the "F" Bomb

Enid Borden | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Hunger, Aging, Non-Profit, Senior Hunger, Homelessness, Fundraising, Meals on Wheels, Impact News

It's always that time of year. Those of us who beg for loose change have to drop that bomb on an almost daily basis: the Fundraising Bomb. Today the role of the non-profit is more urgent and more important than ever. And yet that work is harder and harder than ever.

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SLIDESHOW: Honor Top Do-Gooders For National Volunteer Month!

Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Bill Howard, Do-Gooder, Video, Purdue University, Meals on Wheels, Volunteering, Memorial Regional Hospital, Volunteer, Volunteers, Top, National Volunteer Month, Slidepollajax, Scotty Crocker, Dorrie Aber Noyek, Impact News

The volunteers who bring hot meals to the homebound and perform backbreaking labor for tornado victims aren't interested in fame. They give up their t...

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The Hunger Epidemic No One Is Talking About

Enid Borden | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Senior-Nutrition, Hunger, Meals on Wheels Association of America, Nutrition, Enid Borden, Senior Hunger, Aging, Senior Citizens, Meals-on-Wheels, Meals on Wheels, Elderly Caregiving, Third World America, Impact News

We still have many millions -- and their numbers are growing -- who face the threat of hunger on any given day. The Old Face of Hunger, unlike the younger one, has no way out. There is no job waiting for the 87-year-old.

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Help This Man With Cerebral Palsy Continue To Feed The Hungry

Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Video, Meals on Wheels, Cerebral Palsy, Disabled Volunteers, Volunteers, Tampa, Florida, Meals on Wheels Volunteers, Norma Crocker, Scotty Crocker, Impact News

Scotty Crocker loves volunteering with Meals on Wheels and doesn't let his cerebral palsy stand in his way. But the uneven concrete and tree roots in ...

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Top Ways To Volunteer, Donate To Charity This Holiday

Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Nursing Home Volunteering, Holiday Giving, Angel Tree, Department of Veterans Affairs, Charity, Red Cross, Christmas Charity, Toys for Tots, Animal Shelter, Veterans, Christmas Volunteering, Ways to Give Christmas, Mytwofrontteeth.org, Video, Volunteering, Meals on Wheels, Christmas Donating, Homelessness, Petfinder, Foster Care, Family-to-Family, National Coalition for the Homeless, Impact, Salvation Army, Impact News

As you continue to cross presents off your holiday shopping list, remember those who are need of your time and generosity, but may not be able to ask ...

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Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish -- To Fight Hunger

Enid Borden | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Steve Jobs, Apple iMac, Aging, Hunger, Meals on Wheels Association of America, Meals on Wheels, Whole Earth Catalog, Walter Isaacson, Impact News

I've been doing what a lot of other people have been doing lately. I've been reading Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson. I have been a fan of Jobs for as ...

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Spend A Little, Give A Lot

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Holidays, Jane Goodall, Gifts Under $20, oprah.com, Meals on Wheels, Gift-Guides, Thanksgiving, Gift of Giving, Homes for Our Troops, Oxfam, Food for the Poor, Fifty News

There's no better way to spread the joy of the holiday season than to give to those in need. But as the seasonal charity solicitations being to tug at...

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Will You Still Need Me? Will You Still Feed Me?*

Enid Borden | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: World Population, Hunger, Aging, Senior Hunger, Meals on Wheels, Aging Population, Demographics, Aging Demographic, Fifty News

While I think a great deal about the whimsical nature of getting older, I am at once brought back to Earth by the policy and social implications of an aging population.

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Beyond The Edible Schoolyard: Senior Citizens and the Quality Food Quagmire

Elissa Altman | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Senior Nutrition, Assisted Living, Senior Citizens, Nutrition, Edible Schoolyard, Medicare, Diabetes, Meals-on-Wheels, Senior Citizens Nutrition, Nursing Home Food, Hospital Food, Food News

The quality of food fed to seniors by assisted living facilities and senior centers will continue to plummet unless we begin to place the same level of importance and social value in what and how we feed them as we do our children.

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Hotel Bel Air Reopens... And the Swans Are Back!

Jay Weston | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, Paul Anka, Meals on Wheels, Sidney Poitier, Hotel Bel Air, Hotel Reviews, LA Restaurants, Los Angeles Hotels, La Around Town, Best of La, Los Angeles News

The formerly somewhat dreary hotel, nestled into the woods of rustic Bel Air, has been brightened, refurbished and rebuilt to maintain its oh, so romantic atmosphere while accommodating guests in this wired age.

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Opening Night of LA Food & Wine Festival Is... Delicious!

Jay Weston | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: LA Food & Wine Festival, Meals on Wheels, Cheese Shop, Wolfgang Puck, LA Restaurants, Food and Wine Festival, Food Festivals, La Around Town, Los Angeles News

Heralded as having 30 chefs and 200 wineries, the Red Carpet opening night of the Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival lived up to its billing in spades.

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In Light Of World Food Day, Help Fight Hunger In Your Own Backyard

Enid Borden | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Hunger, Nutrition, Food Prices, Food Insecurity, Food Deserts, Food Swamps, Hunger in America, Meals on Wheels, Poverty, Senior-Hunger, Meals on Wheels Association of America, Enid Borden, National Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging, World Food Day, Fao, Impact News

I always thought it was true, but it is appalling to see it for oneself. In my hands were two grocery items - one snack-sized cream filled yellow ca...

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Wolfgang Puck's L.A. Food Wine Festival Is Special

Jay Weston | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, Meals on Wheels, LA Live, Hotel Bel Air, Los Angeles News

For the past 27 years I have faithfully attended and written about the Wolfgang Puck/Barbara Lazaroff "Meals on Wheels" Benefit. But this year there is a new gala.

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Responding to Senior Hunger -- "Good Food, Good Deeds"

Enid Borden | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Florence Henderson, Hunger, Poverty, Meals on Wheels, Joy Bauer, Enid Borden, Hunger in America, Hunger Awareness Month, Hunger Action Month, Senior Hunger, Linda Gray, Rltv, U.S. Senior Hunger, Impact News

The risk of hunger is a national crisis, but it affects some sub-populations more than others. Low-income seniors are more likely to be at risk of hunger, for instance, even though half of all at-risk seniors have incomes above the federal poverty line.

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Food Pantries Face Unprecedented Demand They Can't Fill

The Huffington Post | Anna Bahr | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Doreen Wohl, Hunger, Video, Food Kitchen, Meals on Wheels, Budget Cuts, Food Pantry, Hunger Action Month, Impact News

For the third consecutive year, Hunger Action Month has had to contend with a 1 in 6 hunger rate, the highest percentage since such monitoring began i...

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So, How Do We End Hunger?

Enid Borden | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Hunger, Meals on Wheels, Hunger Action Month, Feeding America, Senior Hunger, Poverty, Hunger in America, Hunger Awareness Month, Impact News

September is Hunger Action Month. We must work together to combat the scourge of hunger -- all hunger, not just one segment of our society. When one person is hungry, aren't we all?

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Duff Goldman: The Ace of Cakes On A Sugar High

Regina Varolli | Posted 11.15.2011

A lot has changed for Duff Goldman over the past year. The Ace of Cakes has gone off on a motorcycle powered Sugar High, becoming a bi-coastal frequent flyer who told me, "I travel so much I don't have a time zone anymore."

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(SLIDESHOW) Hunger Among Americans 50-Plus Spikes 80 Percent, New Study Says

Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Hunger Study Hunger, Meals on Wheels, Third World America, Aarp, University of Kentucky, Slidepollajax, Food Insecurity Among Older Adults, Impact News

Hunger among Americans 50 and older has jumped almost 80 percent since 2001. More than 9 percent of older Americans were at risk for hunger in 2009...

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Bad News: We're Getting Older; Good News: We're Getting Older

Enid Borden | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Aging Gracefully, Aging, Hunger, Senior Hunger, Meals on Wheels, Enid Borden, Impact News

Isn't aging just a natural part of life that we are better off embracing than fighting? Why not sustain that childhood excitement to grow up our whole lives?

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9-Year-Old Dedicates Self To Helping Kids, Seniors, Cancer Patients

TONIC | Jennifer Gilbert | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Good News, Meals on Wheels, Charity, Sophie Foster, Locks of Love, Impact News

In May, nine-year-old Sophie Foster wrote Tonic.com a letter about donating her hair to Locks of Love, an organization that provides wigs to children ...

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How Can We Let Our Seniors Go Hungry?

Enid Borden | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: Ricky Gervais, Hunger, Senior Hunger, Meals on Wheels, Enid Borden, Impact News

My passion is to bring an end to senior hunger in the U.S. by 2020. My conviction is that we can make this happen, and that's why I work for Meals on Wheels Association of America.

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America's Moms: No Holiday From Hunger

Enid Borden | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Elderly, Mother's Day, Hunger, Moms, Meals on Wheels, Enid Borden, Impact News

Will next year be any different? Will we inch one step closer to ending the disease of senior hunger in this country? Yes. But only if we don't wait another year to celebrate Mother's Day.

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