Articles tagged with: food drive
Hunger Action Week is in its last day. It has been a great week. There are a lot of people taking the Hunger Challenge and writing about it and even more joining the discussion. The Hunger Challenge has certainly been the most public part of HAW, but there is so much more going on. People are helping United Way and our partners by donating to support improvements to food banks, additional trucks for meals delivery programs, and bringing the farm to food banks. It’s exhilarating…
“I’m going to have a drink of water. I hope I don’t have to pay for it!” – CJ, Magnolia Prep
Day one of the Hunger Challenge is about adjustment and will. Adjustment to the lack of whatever constitutes your “one of these and I blow my budget” guilty pleasure. The will is not to cheat and indulge in said guilty pleasure because, “who would know?” This morning I woke up to blue skies and, in a bit of serendipity, Mr. Blue Sky by E.L.O.…
The folks at Stamp Out Hunger are getting an early start to their food collecting this year thanks to the help of Campbell’s Soup. If you join Stamp Out Hunger’s Facebook fan page, Campbell’s will donate 1 can of soup ( up to 1 million pounds!) to Feeding America.
Stamp Out Hunger is one-day event where the postal service collects food left by mailboxes and delivers it to Feeding America. Last year, they collected a record 73.4 million pounds…
If one of the biggest reasons for you not contributing to a food drive is because there’s no convenient drop-off spot, you’ve just run out of an excuse!
Starting yesterday and going through June 14th, all 55 Bartell Drug stores will be accepting nonperishable and monetary donations for their “Stock the Pantry” event.
Summer months are particularly important for food banks because students that normally get free or reduced lunches at school are home.
Bartell Drugs is working with Northwest Harvest and Fisher…
Pretty soon, school is going to be out for kids. While I’m sure they’re all ecstatic, one thing that gets overlooked is the fact that without school, many children go hungry.
One in 5 Washington state children rely on federally funded free lunches at school to get their daily nutritional needs. What’s more, summer time is generally a slow season for food bank donations.
To help these children,
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