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The Hunger Blog

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What is MealConnect? Learn about Feeding America's food rescue platform

Feeding America’s food donation platform, MealConnect, recently hit a major milestone: it has helped facilitate more than seven billion pounds of food rescue since its launch in 2014. While we...

By Paul Morello on
May 24, 2024

Karen Pittman volunteering.

Actress Karen Pittman shares her story of overcoming hunger

By Karen Pittman on
February 16, 2024

Karen Pittman is an Actress and Producer who has recently starred in “The Morning Show” and the “Sex and the City” spinoff, “And Just Like That...” As a single mother,...

Ralph and his son, Michael.

A holiday meal from an 'angel'

November 2, 2023

Ralph Deane and his son Michael loved to volunteer every year at the Thanksgiving Angels holiday distribution. “We’d be unloading turkeys all day,” Michael said. “At the end of the night,...

Jesse sits on a bench near 'Elepaio Social Services.

Growing connection to food and history on Oahu

By Paul Morello on
September 28, 2023

Land, legacy, history and food. Every day, Jesse is putting those pieces together to help build a better community in the Waianae region of Oahu, Hawaii.“I grew up in Waianae...

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How does Feeding America respond to disasters?

By Paul Morello on
August 28, 2023

Whether it’s a wildfire like the tragedy in Maui, a hurricane, a tornado or any other disaster – the Feeding America network of food banks are there before, during and...

Disaster Response

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How Food Banks Responded to the 2023 Maui Wildfires

August 11, 2023

Updated 8/16/23What’s happening in Maui? Our hearts are with the people of Hawai’i as catastrophic wildfires broke out in Maui on August 8. More than 100 people have lost their lives...

Disaster Response

Bertie in her car.

Taking care of each other is 'what life is all about'

August 4, 2023

Bertie Branham, 78, has cared for others for as long as she can remember. Growing up with a single mother, Bertie helped raise her four younger siblings. She said she wishes...

Arlene and Judy.

'I know what it's like:' Volunteer motivated by past experience with hunger

By Paul Morello on
May 31, 2023

Every week, Arlene Hansey (at right) volunteers with her wife, Judy, at the Ocean Shores Senior Center in Ocean Shores, Washington. The couple helps pack food and gets it ready...

Ray Lodge holding some oranges.

Fighting food waste one orange at a time

By Paul Morello on
March 7, 2023

Nestled into rolling hills about an hour north of San Diego, California, Ray Lodge’s small farm has been growing some of the best citrus in the country for more than...

Duvrabska and her daughter hugging.

5 Unexpected Benefits of Volunteering as a Family

By Feeding America Staff on
January 10, 2023

Are you looking for a way to bring your family together? Hoping to find a hobby that can be shared by both the little ones and adults? Volunteering as a...