Heart of Alabama Food Bank launches “Breakfast Stack Challenge”
Hunger is a sad part of life for too many people in our area, but there’s a new way you can help curb hunger, especially as people start their day.
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Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive This Saturday
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The country’s largest single-day food drive is this weekend. And organizers are asking for your help — to Stamp Out Hunger. The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is conducted annually — by the the National Association of Letter Carriers. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift…
Montgomery Area Food Bank to Celebrate Expansion
The Montgomery Area Food Bank is celebrating a major expansion.
EJI’s National Anti-Poverty Initiative Starting in Montgomery
The Equal Justice Initiative’s anti-poverty initiative hopes to provide relief and aid for people in need.
COVID-19 Creates New Challenges to Effort to End Hunger in Selma
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The COVID-19 crisis continues to create new challenges in the fight to stamp out hunger. Namely, the pandemic has affected both the food supply — and demand for food. The Selma Area Food Bank has been working to end hunger in West Alabama — for close to 30 years. Executive Director Jeff Harrison says the…
Thank You for your Support in the 6th Annual ‘Stuff the Truck’ Event
The 6th annual ‘Stuff the Truck’ event kicked off today. Many of the challenges we face are even more difficult now because of the pandemic, so imagine what life must be like for Alabama students who depend on the free or reduced lunch program a for meal each day. For many of them, it’s their only meal of the day….
ASU Food Pantry Gets $25k Grant
Alabama State University’s food pantry is getting a late Christmas present of a $25,000 grant from the ECMC Foundation. School officials say the food pantry is open two days a week for students. They see between 20 and 30 students on a weekly basis. Food insecurity is a major problem on college campuses across the country, and ASU officials say…
Fundraising Effort Underway for Selma Area Food Bank
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A fund raising campaign is underway to help a Selma non-profit that’s on a mission to stamp out hunger. The Selma Area Food Bank supplies food to about 65 different agencies that distribute food to people in need. Non-profit group, Woodmen Life is raising funds to help the food bank fight hunger. The food bank…
Major Food Donation To Fight Hunger In The Montgomery Area
1 in 5 Alabamians don’t always know where their next meal is coming from, but one partnership program is helping hundreds of families in the Montgomery Area that know that statistic all too well. Winn- Dixie grocery stores and the Montgomery Area Food Bank teamed up Friday morning to distribute groceries to over 300 families. Dozens of cars lined up…
New Campaign for Ending Child Hunger in Alabama
End Child in Hunger in Alabama, a statewide initiative launched from the Hunger Solutions Institute at Auburn University, has a new marketing campaign. The “Every Meal Matters” public service announcement will air on eight television stations in Alabama, plus one in Columbus, Georgia, to bring awareness to End Child Hunger in Alabama. “The alarming truth is that one in four…
