(Bismarck, ND) About 500 volunteers in the Bismarck-Mandan area are participating in the United Way's Day of Caring. The volunteers are spending Wednesday working on 60 service projects. More than 100 local businesses are supporting the event through sponsorships, in-kind donations, or by providing lunches or offering employees a paid volunteer day. Executive Director of
Backpacks for Kids program helps feed North Dakota students
MIKE McCLEARY, The Bismarck Tribune
July 4, 2021
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Public school teachers in Bismarck-Mandan for years would pull out boxes of crackers or packets of instant macaroni and cheese tucked away in their desk drawers, buy something from a vending machine or make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to give to students they knew wouldn’t get enough to eat over the weekend.
When those students returned to classes recently, many were unable to concentrate, complained of stomach aches and dizziness, or caused disruptions in class. Food insecurity not having reliable access to adequate food was not only a troubling issue for many families, it was having a harmful impact in the schools.
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Food insecurity worsens, even in America s breadbasket
MIKE McCLEARY, The Bismarck Tribune
June 13, 2021
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) As the sun set behind an overcast sky in early December, deepening the cold of the late afternoon, Jesse Rennich stood in line with about 30 others before an Adopt-a-Block food distribution drop at Tatley Place in south Bismarck.
Dressed in jeans and wearing a hoodie under an open flannel shirt, Rennich held onto the cold metal handle of a child-size red wagon with a gloveless hand. He used the wagon to transport what would amount to three meals for his family.
As a part-time worker, Rennich had been coming to the distribution site for several months.
Jesse Rennich walks past a long line of people waiting to receive donated food from the Adopt-a-Block food distribution program location in south Bismarck in December. Mike McCleary
As the sun set behind an overcast sky in early December, deepening the cold of the late afternoon, Jesse Rennich stood in line with about 30 others before an Adopt-a-Block food distribution drop at Tatley Place in south Bismarck.
Dressed in jeans and wearing a hoodie under an open flannel shirt, Rennich held onto the cold metal handle of a child-size red wagon with a gloveless hand. He used the wagon to transport what would amount to three meals for his family.