Tag: food banks
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Nine-year-old girl’s lunch blog shames school and local politicians into making changes
from naturalnews.com: A nine-year-old Scottish girl, Martha Payne, got some help from her dad to set up her blog “Never Seconds,” in which she displayed her school’s lunches and created her own content about them. Although the photos of those meals were not flattering, Martha was not decrying her school’s food. Instead, her ratings were…
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Starving Las Vegas: $3.39 a day buys little food, lots of lessons
from lasvegassun.com: Try eating on $3.39 a day. Some Las Vegans learned last week that it’s doable but difficult. Luckily for them it was just a one-week experiment, whereas for hundreds of thousands of our neighbors, it’s an ongoing challenge… To show the difficulty of living on a meager food budget, Three Square, a local…
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Giffords winds up congressional duties with Food Bank visit
from tucsonsentinel.com: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ last official act in her district was not a rousing speech to political supporters, nor a tearful resignation. Rather, she took a quiet tour of the good works others are doing in her honor. In what her office said was her final Tucson act as a member of Congress,…
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food needs abound all times of the year, not just holidays
arkansas food banks feel the post-holiday pressure from baxter bulletin: While area food pantries traditionally receive a lot of donations this time of year, the needs are especially great after the holidays are over. Although the Mountain Home Food Basket happily received an unexpected donation before Christmas, the shelves often are bare the first few…
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portland giving back on christmas: “we’ve seen need skyrocket this year”
from katu: Many Portland residents spent their Christmas serving the homeless, hungry and needy. Fred Gartner says he’s been coming to the Union Gospel Mission for almost 40 years. He says the holiday meal isn’t just food for the body, but food for the soul. “For people who don’t have families, companionship is very important,”…
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12/8 binge & purge: rhetoric, recalls & recipes
newt says obama the ‘finest food stamp’ president* is obama the ‘food stamp president’?* supervalu joins farmers behind US food stamps at $71.8b* world food prices fall for a fifth straight month, united nations says may be ‘bottoming out’* 46 million on food stamps, up two-thirds* woman denied food stamps kills self, shoots children* iowa…
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‘stuff a bus’ campaign helps out edmonton food bank
from inews880: The Edmonton Food Bank still has a long way to go in its goal of raising 225,000 kilograms of food for the Christmas and Festive Campaign, but the ETS Stuff a Bus campaign has sure helped out. Food Bank Executive Director Marjorie Bencz says they spent several hours unloading over 20,000 kilograms of…
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food banks face peanut butter shortage for the holidays
as peanut prices soar, supply goes down from time: Peanut butter may be too expensive for impoverished families this Christmas. Happy holidays, America! The miracle staple that saves the starving and goes ever so well with jelly is in short supply. A spell of hot weather in Texas and Georgia this year, combined with a…
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11/24 binge & purge: the high cost of high prices
video: study says thanksgiving to cost more* oregon food bank raises more than $500,000 at gala* video: obamas pay visit to food bank* food banks low for thanksgiving crunch* video: food bank asking for final donations*
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9/29 binge & purge: pantries, pets & pig thieves
is the govt stockpiling food in anticipation of economic crisis?* report: emergency food pantries become a mainstay* illinois food bank grows to meet bigger demand* food pantry repeat visits increase in northeast florida* need for pet food banks is up in down economy* midwest farmers on alert as pig thieves strike* video: will food trucks…
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food banks across the country hit by hunger, thieves
salvation army’s food pantry almost empty from rocky mount telegram: Food is in short supply at the area’s Salvation Army pantries. For the first time in a long time, local Salvation Army staff members have reported a severe shortage in nonperishable food donations coming into the organization. “We just ran out of food this week,…
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food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry
from ap: Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods. It’s a long way from handing out macaroni and canned soup from a church basement. While more people can be fed…