News tagged with “food banks”. Found:
77 tagged news reports.
Your Search Returned 77 tagged news reports
PCL Construction gives $10,000 to food banks
Frisco :: CO :: USA | about 10 hours ago
Credibility
PCL Construction announced it plans to donate $10,000 in 14 operating cities, totaling $140,000 as part of a collaborative effort by each of their districts to benefit food bank organizations nationwide...District food bank giving initiative, the donations...
Tags: PCL Construction, food banks, Frisco, Pantry, Vail Colorado, Business Finance, Food bank, Eagle County Colorado, Social Issues, Disaster Accident
Private sector asked to help feed state’s hungry
Terre Haute :: IN :: USA | about 13 hours ago
Credibility Last year, Indiana’s 10 regional food banks solicited, warehoused and distributed 40 million pounds of food, but with a national recession, the need for food among low-income Hoosiers during the upcoming winter months is expected to increase. In June,...
Tags: Indiana General Assembly, Feeding Indiana’s Hungry Inc., St. Zoeller, Greg Zoeller, Indianapolis, private sector, Terre Haute, feed indiana, haute food, charities food, Feeding America, Food banks, Indiana, Gleaners
Backpacks get national look
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Evansville's Weekend Backpack — Food for Kids Program, run and organized by the Tri-State Food Bank, was highlighted in a report released last week by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. "I was really excited about it because this program has a lot of impact...
Tags: Evansville, Weekend Backpack, Vanderburgh County Indiana, Food banks, Hunger, Meals on Wheels, Evansville metropolitan area, Evansville Indiana, Southwestern Indiana
Increased demand leaving food banks, soup kitchens bare
Kokomo :: IN :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Around her, a dozen volunteers hustled in the Kokomo Rescue Mission’s kitchen last week as they prepared Thanksgiving dinner for the mission’s increasing number of clients. Volunteers and staff from Kokomo Urban Outreach expect to serve turkey and all...
Tags: Food Finders, Howard County, Kokomo Rescue Mission, dining rooms, food banks, Jeff Newton, Katy Bunder, Jane Williams, soup kitchen, Kokomo, Food bank, Domestic turkey, Food, Turkey, Poultry, Meals, Thanksgiving
South Bay steps up to feed needy over holidays
San Pedro :: Philippines | 2 days ago
Credibility A record number of turkeys will be doled out in San Pedro and elsewhere this week for Thanksgiving as more families find themselves in need for the first time. "We're continuing to see a lot of first-timers because of layoffs or reduction in work hours,"...
Tags: San Pedro, food banks, Brent Howell, South Bay, Los Angeles County, food insecurity, Michael Flood, Philippines, Security, Urban agriculture, Los Angeles, Harbor City Los Angeles California, Food politics, Food security, Humanitarian aid
Food banks brace for busy Thanksgiving
Tempe :: AZ :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Volunteers prepare to distribute food as members from Resurrection St...Thomas Boggan, Tribune Every first and third Saturday, hundreds of people line up at Main Street and Extension Road in Mesa to receive bags of food from Resurrection Street Ministry/Manna...
Tags: food banks, Mesa Drive, United Food Bank, food boxes, manna food, resurrection street, street ministry, Donna Rodgers, hot meals, Bill Berry, Tempe
AG Zoeller to business: Dig deeper for food banks
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller challenged Hoosier corporations today to help a statewide collection of food banks to feed the hungry this holiday season. In a morning press conference, Zoeller urged businesses and organizations to raise more than...
Tags: food banks, Feeding Indiana, Indiana General Assembly, Greg Zoeller, feed indiana, AG Zoeller, Indianapolis, Bank, Business Finance, Hoosier, Indiana, Food bank
Thanksgiving donations decline in Sacramento area
Rancho Cordova :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Sharp declines in donations of Thanksgiving turkeys and financial support plus a surge in demand for food and other services have conspired to make for a stressful beginning to the holiday season, officials said. "Our agencies are seeing record numbers,...
Tags: food banks, Sacramento, Antonio José Martínez, thanksgiving meals, Rancho Cordova, Game birds, Thanksgiving, Domestic turkey, Turkey, Sacramento California, Meals, Poultry, Meleagrididae
Second Harvest Tailgate at McCulloch Park
Muncie :: IN :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana will provide food for families in need at the monthly Tailgate Program on Wednesday, November 25, 2009. The Second Harvest Tailgate will be held at McCulloch Park, located at the corner of Martin Luther...
Tags: Second Harvest Food Bank, Muncie, Muncie Indiana, Hunger, Northwest Indiana, Indiana, Redwood Empire Food Bank, Food banks, Feeding America, East Central Indiana, Environment, Disaster Accident
Uncle Sam's hungry brood
Rome :: Italy | 4 days ago
Credibility More than a million children regularly go to bed hungry in the United States, according to a government report that shows a startling increase in the number of families struggling to put food on the table. US President Barack Obama, who pledged to eradicate...
Tags: food banks, food security, Feeding America, Italy, Rome, Security, Urban agriculture, Hunger, Food Stamp Program, Food politics, Humanitarian aid, Social Issues
Site Links
Site Topics
Contributions
- Report Your News
- Add your voice and contribute via your cellphone - check out how to Report News via Your Cellphone
- Blog Widget
- Widget for Blog Owner
