Food Bank News - Advancing Best Practices in Hunger Relief
Advancing Best Practices in Hunger Relief. The devastation that befell MANNA FoodBank, whose Asheville, N.C.-based headquarters and warehouse were completely destroyed during Hurricane Helene, unfolded slowly at first, and then suddenly.
Food Drive Resource Hub - Food Bank News
Welcome to the Food Drive Resource Hub Sponsored by #GiveHealthy Overview Case Studies Best Practices Resources We Love Directory Ignite the Most Popular Form of Giving Our Food Drive Resource Hub aims to help food banks take advantage of the massive inclination among Americans to give generously when it comes to food. The …
Food Rescue Archives - Food Bank News
Sep 9, 2024 · DC Central Kitchen is gearing up to incorporate plant-based meat as a central protein in the 16,000 community meals it produces daily. The alternative meat is expected to help the organization realize significant savings in both sourcing and labor costs, while also bolstering its commitment to sustaining the environment. The biggest selling point may be that it …
Our Mission - Food Bank News
Food Bank News is the first and only publication to acknowledge the critical role that food banks and related agencies play in the wellness and livelihood of millions of people living in the United States. We understand that what started as a side project for a single volunteer has now become a permanent layer in the nation’s food supply system. We get that food banks need to …
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CHRIS COSTANZO Founder and Editor chris.costanzo@foodbanknews.org Chris Costanzo spent decades as a magazine and newspaper editor, reporter and freelance writer, and more recently began volunteering at her local food pantry and hunger-relief agency. All of these interests came together in the launch of Food Bank News in 2019. Chris lives in New Jersey with her family, and is a graduate…
A New Model of Food Banking is Emerging - Food Bank News
Mar 21, 2023 · For a small but growing number of food banks, distributing food is no longer enough. These food banks, including Feeding Tampa Bay and Greater Cleveland Food Bank, are re-orienting their operations to support a range of services that go …
What the People Say - Food Bank News
Sep 21, 2024 · Feeding children, making SNAP easier to access, and promoting food as medicine all bubbled up as high priorities for nearly 1,500 adults with lived experience of food insecurity who responded to a Feeding America survey, released earlier this month. At least 90% or more of respondents to the national survey highlighted those three priorities as important to them.
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Oct 22, 2024 · For food banks seeking new pathways to raise much-needed funds, Scott Hutchings has a suggestion – ask your donors to check their sock drawers. Hutchings estimates Americans are holding on to more than $25 billion in foreign currency carried home from trips to foreign countries – currency that’s worthless to them if …
Giving to Food Banks Remains High, Post-Pandemic
Before 2019, Blue Ridge Area Food Bank averaged about $6.5 million in charitable contributions annually. This year the food bank expects to generate about $11.5 million in donations and perhaps slightly less next year.
Big Ambitions for Feeding America’s MealConnect Food Rescue App
Jun 28, 2023 · In 2019, when Food Bank News first reported on Feeding America’s MealConnect, the app was being used by 22 food banks and had helped rescue 1.5 billion pounds of food over five years. Now, virtually all of Feeding America’s 200 food banks are using the app, and it helped rescue 1.2 billion pounds in 2022 alone.
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