Good News Notes: “At 5 a.m. Saturday Joe Capobianco pulls up to the Good Shepherd Parish in Oak Bluffs, heads to the side entrance and checks out the food storage locker. It’s still dark and a bulb is out on one of the outdoor lights but he can find his way even in the predawn…
Category: hunger
DOLE FOOD COMPANY RENEWS ITS COMMITMENT TO COMBATING CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN 2022
Good News Notes: “Dole Food Company has renewed its partnership in 2022 with No Kid Hungry, a campaign to end childhood hunger in America. The company’s alliance with the national campaign first began in summer 2020 in response to the impact of COVID-19 when schools closed and millions more U.S. children were left facing hunger. The strategic…
Billionaire’s donation helps Durham nonprofit expand services and maybe its building, too
Good News Notes: “A year after Meals on Wheels of Durham received the largest donation in its history, the nonprofit is looking to expand – both its services and to a larger building. Mackenzie Scott, one of the world’s richest women, selected Durham’s Meals on Wheels for a $750,000 donation, which was roughly equal to half of…
Feed the Love: Inner-city Muslim Action Network pantry, Greater Food Chicago Depository provides fresh groceries in Englewood
Good News Notes: “According to The Greater Chicago Food Depository a least half of Englewood’s population doesn’t have reliable access to enough affordable, nutritious food. “The reason I’m here, for to help me out, is because I can’t get food stamps. I worked all my life, still can’t get em’,” said Annie McMurtry. But that’s…
Weis donates $180K to Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley
Good News Notes: “Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley is getting some help putting food on local tables. Weis Markets donated $180,000 to the organization Tuesday as part of the grocer’s program to support local food banks. Collaborations like this one are extremely important to Second Harvest to help families around the Lehigh…
Winn-Dixie delivers holiday meals to military families
Good News Notes: “Military families in need got a boost last week when employees of Winn-Dixie donated hundreds of turkeys and holiday meal essentials, just in time for the big feast. A long line of cars streamed in and out of the parking lot at the Neptune Beach store for the event, held in partnership with the USO….
‘It has been a true blessing’: Nonprofit dishes up healthy meals with food bank on wheels
Good News Notes: “It has been a month since MUST Ministries unveiled its “mobile pantry,” a 30-foot bus stocked with meats, produce and non-perishables. MUST plans to use the bus to reach and feed thousands of families in food desert neighborhoods. “So many of our clients are transportation challenged,” MUST Ministries President and CEO Dwight…
Drive-thru food distributions serving hungry San Diegans
Good News Notes: “The cars start lining up early and before long, they’re stretched out of the parking lot and down the road. About once a month, at the Faith Chapel here in Spring Valley, Feeding San Diego staff and volunteers turn this spot into a stop on what they call the “Together Tour.” “Anyone…
Central Pa. Food Bank aims to end food insecurity
Good News Notes: “Over the last few weeks, reports have been coming out detailing the ongoing supply chain disruptions, inventory issues, and labor shortages across the country. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank is working to end food insecurity in our area, however. Any Dessel, who works for the food bank, told FOX43 that people who are food insecure have…
Food Bank of Iowa working to combat veteran food insecurity
Good News Notes: “This year the Food Bank of Iowa is giving back to veterans in a special way. It’s bringing its food pantry on the road with a Mobile Food Bank. The Food Bank officials said they started doing this because food insecurity is high among veterans. Officials also say that sometimes those individuals are hesitant…