Football Feeds The Hungry

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The Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl was played at the San Francisco AT&T Park. It raised enough money to sponsor more than 20 million meals to Feeding America. The Second Harvest Food Bank in the South Bay is a subsidiary of Feeding America.

Before the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, the University of Nevada and Boston College teams served meals to the needy in San Francisco while dressed in their team jerseys.

The Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl took place with a cold temperature of 45 degrees. One meal was donated for every ticket sold and the game was almost sold out in spite of the cold weather.

Restava Donating To Feed The Hungary

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Feeding-America1Feeding America reports that one sixth of all Americans contend with hunger. Feeding America is a charity whose mission is to feed that hungry. It helps in all 50 states and has more that 200 foodbanks nationwide.

Restava, a mattress company, chose to support feeding America. It chose Feeding America because it is an American charity and Restava is an American company, with American workers who love their country. Every dollar given to Feeding America helps provide seven meals to hungry people.

Restava will donate one dollar to Feeding America for every mattress purchased. In addition, Restava will match customer contributions up to $10. So purchase of one mattress can bring $21 to feed 147 people.

PricewaterhouseCoopers donates $500,000 To Feeding America

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Feeding-AmericaThe PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC Charitable Foundation has donated $500, 000 to help Feeding America. Their goal is to improve youth education by helping children not to fall behind in their studies due to malnutrition. The PwC Foundation has given more than $1 million for three years in a row.

The joint effort works throughout the United States in different ways to help the fourteen million children who live in poverty in the United States.

The programs include:
Afterschool Snack Program and Kids Cafe. Thes programs gave nutritious meals and snacks to over 124,000 children last year alone.
The School Pantry Program. This program operates at 12 food banks throughout the country and also operates the BackPack Program and the Summer Food Service Program which supplement the National School Lunch Program.

According to Mary Ann Cloyd, president of the PwC Charitable Foundation, The PwC Charitable Foundation has been there for PwC families in times of need. Through these donations to Feeding America, we are expanding our scope to help thousands of children by providing them with healthy, nutritious meals to fight youth hunger, Mary Ann Cloyd explained.

Kroger Pharmacy Donates Flu Shots

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Flu-ShotThe Kroger Co. announced that they, together with The Salvation Army and Feeding America will supply free flu shots to thousands of eligible people.
People who want a voucher for the free flu shot should go to The Salvation Army or a Feeding America food bank location near their homes. Uninsured or under-insured people near a Kroger pharmacy can participate in this campaign.

Every year over 200, 000 individuals are hospitalized due to the flu; and about 36, 000 individuals die from the flu or its complications.

Maura Daly, Senior Vice President for the Feeding America food bank network said “Hunger is a public health issue at the end of the day, and we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with Kroger on this effort.”

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Feed America

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Matt-Damon-and-Ben-AffleckBen Affleck and Matt Damon and have joined forces with Feeding America to make some strong and moving public service announcements.

Each actor has made public service announcement to alert Americans to how real hunger pain is, and how prevalent.

Ben takes the ‘official’ role and tells us the facts of how frequent hunger is in our country (one out of six people). Matt plays the role of Steve, a man who was once embarrassed to visit his local food bank in order to feed his hungry family.

Feeding America runs a “Hunger-Free Families” Campaign

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There are many ways to perform good deeds and to keep them giving.  One can pay it forward to others who need help, or return a kindness or Tell 10 People.  Feeding America’s “Hunger-Free Families” campaign seeks to encourage families to reach out and Tell 10 others about families who are living with hunger in their own communities.

Hunger is a daily norm for many Americans — it is found in rural areas, urban areas, and all other regions of America.  There are 17 million families who many times don’t know where they will find their next meal. More than one-third of the households interviewed in the “Feeding America Hunger 2010 survey” said that sometimes they have no food.

“Somewhere in your own community is a parent who willingly sacrifices a meal so that his or her child can have a decent dinner,” said Vicki Escarra, CEO of Feeding America. Feeding America is trying to bring attention to his need and is currently the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization.

“We joined the campaign because we saw that so many families are going hungry, in this day and time, here in America,” said Laila Ali Conway.  Ali and her husband Curtis Conway spent a day at a Foothill Unity Center food pantry, a branch of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. They worked with volunteers, met clients and learned about the battles of people living with hunger.  “They have kids just like we do and they have to worry about putting food on the table,” continued Ali Conway.

As the holiday season approaches, Hunger-Free Families campaign goal is to not only have people TELL 10 about the American hungry. They also want to inspire people to donate or volunteer at their local food bank.  These efforts will help provide many meals to hungry families.