Meet Mike, a single father from a small town in Florida, who called the National Hunger Hotline after finding the number in the phonebook. His ex-wife recently moved to Ohio with their two daughters, ceding him custody of their three-year-old son. Mike explained that he is unemployed and searching for a job, and in the meantime he is also working
18-07-2013
Congratulations are in order once again for WhyHunger friends the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, honored with this year's prestigious Four Freedoms Medal from the Roosevelt Institute! Recognizing two decades of farmworkers’ struggle for human and economic rights and the unprecedented advances of the Fair Food Program, the award places the CIW among a worthy group of recipients including Presidents Truman, Kennedy, Carter and
15-07-2013
National Hunger Clearinghouse staff visited the Hell’s Kitchen Rooftop Farm Project as part of an urban agriculture tour put on by the Partnership for a Healthier Manhattan. This coalition of community organizations, funded by a CDC Community Transformation Grant, is looking at how urban agriculture can be used to increase access to healthier food. Through site visits and interviews, the
10-07-2013
"Close the Food Banks! Lay us off!" read the signs held by members of Freedom 90. Who are these people, you ask? A union of food bank and emergency meal program volunteers based in Ontario, Canada, the members of Freedom 90 are getting on the mic about the what they envision for the future of food banks: empowerment, not charity. Which, if
03-07-2013
Just one month ago, we were surrounded by the the incredible honorees of this year's 2013 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winners at the WhyHunger Chapin Awards Dinner. Revisiting inspiring moments of past years, we're moved once again by the powerful words of Joaquin Martinez, youth member of Community to Community Development, a 2011 honoree, who delivered an original hip hop song in honor of
01-07-2013
26-06-2013
Meet Mike, a single father from a small town in Florida, who called the National Hunger Hotline after finding the number in the phonebook. His ex-wife recently moved to Ohio with their two daughters, ceding him custody of their three-year-old son. Mike explained that he is unemployed and searching for a job, and in the meantime he is also working
18-07-2013
Congratulations are in order once again for WhyHunger friends the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, honored with this year's prestigious Four Freedoms Medal from the Roosevelt Institute! Recognizing two decades of farmworkers’ struggle for human and economic rights and the unprecedented advances of the Fair Food Program, the award places the CIW among a worthy group of recipients including Presidents Truman, Kennedy, Carter and
15-07-2013
National Hunger Clearinghouse staff visited the Hell’s Kitchen Rooftop Farm Project as part of an urban agriculture tour put on by the Partnership for a Healthier Manhattan. This coalition of community organizations, funded by a CDC Community Transformation Grant, is looking at how urban agriculture can be used to increase access to healthier food. Through site visits and interviews, the
10-07-2013
"Close the Food Banks! Lay us off!" read the signs held by members of Freedom 90. Who are these people, you ask? A union of food bank and emergency meal program volunteers based in Ontario, Canada, the members of Freedom 90 are getting on the mic about the what they envision for the future of food banks: empowerment, not charity. Which, if
03-07-2013
Just one month ago, we were surrounded by the the incredible honorees of this year's 2013 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winners at the WhyHunger Chapin Awards Dinner. Revisiting inspiring moments of past years, we're moved once again by the powerful words of Joaquin Martinez, youth member of Community to Community Development, a 2011 honoree, who delivered an original hip hop song in honor of
01-07-2013
26-06-2013