Skip to content

For all press inquiries, please contact:
[email protected],
Debbie DePoala at [email protected] or 212-629-0853

The founders of World Hunger Year sought to end hunger and poverty by supporting grass-roots movements and community solutions. Today, WhyHunger is known for its annual Hungerthon campaign, running this year…
Read more.
The annual health care costs associated with hunger are estimated to be $130.5 billion in the U.S. alone, showing that addressing food insecurity and poor nutrition is a necessary step…
Read more.
For a tenth consecutive year, SiriusXM will participate in WhyHunger's annual Hungerthon campaign, it was announced Wednesday (Nov. 14). The annual Thanksgiving radio tradition began in 1975, according to Hungerthon's…
Read more.
Hard Rock International is partnering with WhyHunger to release the brand's latest limited-edition merchandise line on Oct. 2. The Bruce Springsteen Signature Series: Edition 36 collection supports WhyHunger's work to…
Read more.
The social contract between our government and its people is hanging on by a thread. If the 2018 Farm Bill is any indication of the strength of that last thread,…
Read more.
Shape
Read more.
WhyHunger is in Billboard Magazine's 2016 Music + Philanthropy issue along with our partners at Food Chain Workers Alliance and longtime supporter Tom Morello.
Read more.
Interview with New York City Food Policy Center and WhyHunger Executive Director, Noreen Springstead.
Read more.
Alison Cohen, Senior Director of Programs, sits down with WNBC4 New York to share five fresh tips on how to fight hunger for the holidays.
Read more.
Alison Cohen speaks to ABC 7 Chicago about the different ways you can help end hunger.
Read more.
After a cancelled GovBall performances, Prophets of Rage dedicate proceeds from make-up show in Brooklyn, to WhyHunger.
Read more.
Q&A with recent WhyHunger Chapin Awards honoree Kenny Loggins
Read more.
Bill Ayres and Jen Chapin discuss hunger, poverty and the role we can play in finding solutions.
Read more.
Music festival hosts 15 charitable organizations on-site, including WhyHunger.  
Read more.
Socially-conscious musical shows benefit organizations like WhyHunger.
Read more.
WhyHunger's approach in working to end hunger, goes beyond charity.
Read more.
Writer Ilene Angel discusses the memorable full circle moments she had at the WhyHunger Chapin Awards.
Read more.
Emily Kinney Interview
Read more.
Talking About Food with WhyHunger Activists, Tess and Beatriz
Read more.
Southside Johnny Plays 30th Annual Hungerthon
Read more.
Emily Kinney’s Taking Over Our SnapChat for a Solid Cause  
Read more.
Emily Kinney on why watching The Walking Dead now is like going back to high school
Read more.
For Love and for the Love of Lennon in New York City: 35th Annual Tribute Concert Preview
Read more.
Deb Gordon with Suzanne Babb and Denny Marsh
Read more.
Make it Plain with Mark Thompson Broadcast Live from Bed-Stuy Campaign  Against Hunger with Alison Cohen
Read more.
Stories From Main Street: In 30th Year, Hungerthon Needed More Than Ever, Organizers Say
Read more.
It’s Hungerthon Day! Join the Fight to End Hunger in America Now
Read more.
WhyHunger featured in Family Circle's "Best Of" List for November, 2015
Read more.
Grassroots Struggle for Food Sovereignty and Liberation of Black Cultures
Read more.
Steve Adubato’s Lessons in Leadership
Read more.
Creating Harmony with WhyHunger
Read more.
Millennial Startup Founders Are the Must-Have Item This Fundraising Season
Read more.
Black and Afro-Indigenous Farmers Share 2015 Food Sovereignty Prize
Read more.
See Recent
<!--
dinner invitation 2012
[nggallery id=31] It's 7am on a rainy Thursday morning when Brooke and I meet up with Dayne, Heather and some dedicated volunteers at Community Services Unlimited's Mini Farm at the Expo Center in South Los Angeles.  We're just in time to help finish up with harvesting carrots, kale, collard greens, strawberries and a variety of herbs that will be distributed,
smaller version of "columbia students"
Columbia Univeristy Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Delta Psi and Columbia Kiwanis Circle K members collected gently used clothes and shoes from their classmates and set up a pop-up thrift shop on campus.
Size 8.5x11 English PDF
Flyer 8.5x11 English
Size 728x90 English
by Peter Mann, Director Emeritus of WhyHunger’s Global Movements Program This is an exciting time for those of us who work in local food systems! Whether we are involved in fighting hunger and poverty, joining the Occupy movement, tending community gardens or supporting family farmers and fishers, many of us are coming together to create a more unified and more
[nggallery id=30] Yesterday over 40 youth from a local Salvation Army after school program participated in the launch of the Bushwick Campus Farm and Greenhouse Earth Week Celebration.  After quick introductions and a bit of practice with basic farm tasks, they were soon running the show. The youth worked collaboratively in teams to weed and add compost to the raised
-->
dinner invitation 2012
[nggallery id=31] It's 7am on a rainy Thursday morning when Brooke and I meet up with Dayne, Heather and some dedicated volunteers at Community Services Unlimited's Mini Farm at the Expo Center in South Los Angeles.  We're just in time to help finish up with harvesting carrots, kale, collard greens, strawberries and a variety of herbs that will be distributed,
smaller version of "columbia students"
Columbia Univeristy Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Delta Psi and Columbia Kiwanis Circle K members collected gently used clothes and shoes from their classmates and set up a pop-up thrift shop on campus.
Size 8.5x11 English PDF
Flyer 8.5x11 English
Size 728x90 English
by Peter Mann, Director Emeritus of WhyHunger’s Global Movements Program This is an exciting time for those of us who work in local food systems! Whether we are involved in fighting hunger and poverty, joining the Occupy movement, tending community gardens or supporting family farmers and fishers, many of us are coming together to create a more unified and more
[nggallery id=30] Yesterday over 40 youth from a local Salvation Army after school program participated in the launch of the Bushwick Campus Farm and Greenhouse Earth Week Celebration.  After quick introductions and a bit of practice with basic farm tasks, they were soon running the show. The youth worked collaboratively in teams to weed and add compost to the raised

All publications