Like any hunger relief organization, Crossroads Community Services in Dallas distributes lots of food. Unlike most, it also acts as an incubator for research-based innovation. Over time, its research has pushed it to change its practices, including toward a food distribution model that encourages frequent client visits as a means…
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While cryptocurrency has had a volatile year, it continues to emerge as a valid fundraising tool for food banks able to accept it. “It wasn’t something that we necessarily were looking to get into,” said David Jones, Vice President of Fundraising Operations at Food Bank for New York City. “Our…
Produce-prescription programs may be innovative, but traditionally have operated on a small scale. A Boston-based company wants to change that with a card-based solution that could get millions more people using the prescriptions. The solution from About Fresh taps into existing card processing systems, making it much easier for end-users,…
For food bank advocates seeking to sway their state legislatures toward policies that promote health and nutrition, Dariush Mozaffarian has some guidance about where to push. States can take advantage of three big federal tools, each with a lot of funding behind them, to promote a healthier populace, said Mozaffarian,…
It’s fair to say that the biggest expenditure in a food bank’s budget is food, especially now, as ongoing demand continues to outstrip the amount of food coming in via donations and federal aid. But there are plenty of other things that food banks spend money on to keep their…
As more people recognize that food is integral to health, more hospital-based food pantries are turning up. In Chicago, one hospital has pioneered an “open-access” pantry model that it contends can be more beneficial to public health than other approaches. The Feed1st pantry at the University of Chicago Medical Center…
Affinity marketing is the reason some people carry credit cards emblazoned with logos from a university or sports team. It taps into a person’s sense of identity, giving them an extra nudge toward a particular product. Raj and Anna Asava have applied the concept of affinity to a more charitable…
To Erin Pulling, becoming CEO of Food Bank of the Rockies was a bit of a leap – she had never run such a large organization before and she didn’t know anything about food banking. At the same time, she couldn’t deny the feeling that she had landed in a…
Most food banks do a good job of tracking and talking about how many pounds of food they deliver. But they still have a ways to go in terms of knowing and sharing how much of that food is nutritious. Partnership for a Healthier America wants to change that by…