Food Bank News has found that 33 of the 101 largest food banks in the country are excelling in using their websites in four areas important to advocacy — having SNAP-related education and outreach on the site; having an advocacy page; having legislative policies on the site, and having calls…
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For years, the food banking sector has talked about the need to address the root causes of hunger. Now there is a campaign and toolkit to help ignite those plans into action. The Next Shift campaign, created by the organizations and individuals of Closing the Hunger Gap, puts forth a…
Justin Gilmore speaks from experience when he notes that people in need of emergency food often have trouble finding it. During two periods of his life – while earning low wages as an AmeriCorps VISTA member and later as a graduate student – Gilmore relied on SNAP to get access…
The leaders of European food banks convened a meeting on Monday to plot out ways to support Ukraine’s food banking system as war continues to unfold throughout the country, sending hundreds of thousands of people fleeing from their homes. In addition to sending support for Ukraine’s main food bank, located…
Around 2018, Scott Rumpsa started noticing that a majority of people coming to the food pantry and resource center that he runs had steady incomes. But higher rents and living expenses were outpacing their low-wage jobs and Social Security payments, making them regulars at the pantry. It was a contrast…
Building off the success of a pilot, Food Bank of the Rockies is increasing its commitment to providing culturally relevant food to ethnic groups. Its Culturally Responsive Food Initiative, started in August 2020 as a pilot in eight counties, is now expanding to include all 53 counties in the food…
How can charities efficiently steward their telephone fundraising campaign, while ensuring they are accurately represented? What must change to lower donor complaints? How can a script more personally connect with donors? Such questions led Gateway Communications founders, Tim Nashif and Mike White, to evaluate the telephone fundraising methods of that…
Taking a page from the startup world, a growing number of food banks are carving out entrepreneurial teams and tasking them with exploring new, experimental ways to eradicate hunger. Described variously as innovation labs, research institutes or strategy groups, the independent units recognize that traditional methods of addressing hunger have…
What’s the best way to strengthen SNAP? The sprawling program, which cost $113 billion in 2021 – nearly double the $60 billion spent in pre-pandemic 2019 – is guided by a vast set of rules and requirements. These stipulations ultimately dictate how many people are served by the program and…