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The Hunger Blog

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Feeding America to the (Food) Rescue

By Colleen CallahanCommunication Manager and Content ProducerToday is America Recycles Day. Consequently, it's a great day to talk about something Feeding America does best: food rescue to prevent food waste.In...

November 15, 2014

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Many Veterans Face Hunger Back Home

By Colleen Callahan on
November 11, 2014

This Veterans Day, I'm reminded of a man I met this summer at a food pantry. I had the opportunity to visit a mobile food pantry sponsored by Feeding America-member...

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8 Impossible Choices

November 1, 2014

In October, The Huffington Post published a great article that took a deep dive into the data collected during the Feeding America Hunger in America 2014 study. By looking specifically...

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Hunger in the Mississippi Delta

October 29, 2014

Feeding America recently teamed up with National Geographic to profile hunger in five different areas of the U.S. As a result of this partnership, I recently had the opportunity to...

Hunger in America

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Strengthening the Food Chain and Growing Agency Capability with BJ’s Charitable Foundation

September 10, 2014

By Scott Akalis, product distribution innovation director, Feeding AmericaOur Feeding America network of 200 local food banks’ 60,000 partner agencies—food pantries and meal programs—are often the final step when distributing...

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A Pro Bono Partnership

July 16, 2014

By Stacey Boeke, Program Director, Taproot Foundation and Lindsey Morgan, Taproot Foundation FellowWhen Hillshire Brands emerged as a new organization, it sought to strategically align its corporate contributions to the...

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Hilton HHonors Charitable Golf Outing

By Kelli Walker on
June 3, 2014

Hilton Worldwide is one of Feeding America's most active partners in the hospitality industry. Hilton has been recognized by leading organizations such as the Clinton Global Initiative for their philanthropic...

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Celebrating National Volunteer Month at Panera Bread® by Kate Antonacci

By Kate Antonacci on
May 11, 2014

At Panera, my job is to make sure we're delivering on our company's commitment to use our scale, expertise and resources to help address the issue of hunger in America....

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Supporting Food Banks through Pro Bono: The Feeding America Hillshire Brands Partnership by Christine Feiner

By Christine Feiner on
April 24, 2014

When you think of volunteering with your co-workers, maybe you think of sorting food at a food bank or maybe even painting a school or planting trees in a park....

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Feeding America's Diabetes Initiative - Helping Clients Manage their Health

By Kim Prendergast on
March 17, 2014

By Kim Prendergast, RD, MPP Consulting Project Manager for the Feeding America Diabetes Initiative Nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes, living with the challenges of balancing the food that they...