The Florida School Lunch Hero Award is an annual campaign by No Kid Hungry, the Dairy Council of Florida, and The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
In a powerful collaboration to combat food insecurity and childhood hunger, Island Harvest Food Bank, Freeport Public Schools, and No Kid Hungry New York joined forces to recognize the impact of …
Today, nearly 4,000 Utahns are lacing up their running shoes and putting on a costume for the Utah Food Bank s 18th annual Utah Human Race. Ginette Bott, president and CEO of the Utah Food Bank, said as many gather in the spirit of Thanksgiving, it is an important time to remember close to 320,000 Utahns face hunger, and one in 10 Utah kids do not know where their next meal is coming from. She explained by running with an "attitude of gratitude," many are helping the food bank in the fight against statewide hunger. .
As Thanksgiving approaches, some Alabama residents are facing a meal gap crisis, forcing people to choose between buying gas and medicine or putting turkey on the table. Each month, the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama reported they serve about 250,000 people across 12 counties who experience food insecurity on a regular basis. Nicole Williams, CEO of the food bank, said this holiday season the food bank is preparing an extra 25,000 holiday meal boxes to help feed families. .