The Hunger Blog

While many food banks and food pantries still welcome volunteers with extra safety measures, some of us may prefer to help from the comfort of our home. Becoming a virtual...

As coronavirus cases rise across the country, more of our neighbors will be turning to food banks during the holidays – many of them for the first time. During a...

Gift-giving can be so rewarding, but it can also be incredibly routine. Instead of that sweater you get your dad every year or that lemur-of-the-month calendar you always get your eccentric...

Honoring the Contributions of America’s Indigenous PeopleNovember is Native American Heritage Month – one of many times to acknowledge the experiences and contributions of Native Americans. While the list of contributions is long,...

What’s Happening?In just over two months, the Gulf Coast and the Southeast have been devastated by four powerful hurricanes.The most recent storm, Hurricane Zeta, moved across the Southeast on Thursday, October...

As we head to the polls in November there's one issue that is more critical now than ever: the alarming number of people facing hunger in America. How we vote in...

Over the past year, you’ve probably heard and seen a lot about drive-thru food pantries. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, drive-thru food pantries have become the safest, most...

You may have seen the numbers: food banks are feeding nearly 60 percent more people during the COVID-19 pandemic than they were this time last year. Unfortunately, at the same...

Emily Hines teaches sixth through eighth grades in the St. Louis area. The day her school was shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she was supposed to be taking...