Just over a year into leading the Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Elizabeth McCarthy is proving to be a quick study of hunger relief, while also putting her own spin on things. McCarthy became President and CEO of CFBNJ last July, following decades of working at various multi-service nonprofits,…
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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…
When Osvaldo Grimaldo joined Houston Food Bank just over a year ago as its inaugural Civic Engagement Specialist, he had his work cut out for him. In surveying agency partners and community members on their attitudes toward voting, Grimaldo uncovered a general lack of knowledge and resources. Of the more…
What if you could tell your donors that your efforts in food rescue removed the same amount of greenhouse gas as emitted annually by 900 cars? Or restored the same amount of carbon as 63,000 tree seedlings grown for a decade? Six food banks in Mexico and Ecuador are in…
City Harvest’s approach to food drives is to cast a wide net. The New York City-based food bank – one of the largest in the country – sees food drives as an effective way for everyday New Yorkers to get engaged with its mission to end hunger in NYC. So…
GUEST OPINION BY REGINA HARMON OF FOOD RECOVERY NETWORK and LUCY SHANKER OF FOOD SYSTEMS COLLABORATIVE — The prevalence of hunger among Generation Z demands action. According to a May 2024 report from Purdue University, 36% of Gen Z households had to draw from savings or borrow money to purchase…
It’s one thing for a food bank to say it’s going to get involved in the food justice movement. It’s another to actually do it. Alameda County Community Food Bank made a definitive move into food justice when it agreed to invest between $2 million and $2.5 million per year…
Food banks are getting increasingly creative about where they put new distribution outlets. In a bid to expand their reach, especially into underserved areas, food banks are making use of farms, libraries, county clerk offices, shopping malls, and even horse racetracks as food distribution points. This attempt to meet people…
While some food banks have downplayed traditional food drives in recent years, others have found that a combination of engagement, community, and collaboration has made their traditional food drives incredibly successful. Gleaners Community Food Bank, which serves five counties in southeast Michigan, hosts a trio of food drives each summer.…