Arizona Partnership to End Childhood Hunger
As he prepared to plummet more than three miles, George McGovern took stock of what he was about to do.
But without changing his mind, out the twin-engine Beechcraft he went, taking part in a tandem jump near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to celebrate his 88th birthday Monday. [click to continue…]
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Shopping at farmers markets is one of the best ways to support farms, farmers and local economies. When you buy delicious and fresh fruit, vegetables and more from your local farmers market, you are making healthy and community friendly choices. [click to continue…]
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Ruby Tuesday now donates 10% of the sales of our gourmet chocolate chip and white-chocolate and macadamia-nut cookies to Feeding America, to help feed hungry children and families. You can support “Cookies for a Cause – A Dozen Ways to Help Us Fight Hunger” by buying cookies by the dozen or half dozen in our restaurants, for take-out orders, and through our catering program. [click to continue…]
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA (7/1/2010): 24.2%, or nearly one in four Arizona children under the age of 18 in Arizona, are experiencing food insecurity according to new research released today by Feeding America and funded by the ConAgra Foods Foundation, Feeding America’s Leadership Partner in the Fight to End Child Hunger. Only Arkansas and Texas have a higher percentage of food insecure children. [click to continue…]
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Washington, D.C. – June 29, 2010 – While participation in virtually every other key federal nutrition program has grown to meet increased need during the recession, participation in the Summer Nutrition Programs fell last summer according to Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation, an analysis by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). [click to continue…]
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A Glendale boy recently won more than 15 tons of protein for a Valley food bank.
Tyson Foods donated the chicken to St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance on behalf of Cody Mitchell, who had won a video contest that showcased initiatives to feed the hungry. Cody was perhaps a shoo-in for the contest. [click to continue…]
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Though many locals in Graham County may have forgotten, the Safford Farmers Market is alive and well.
Every Tuesday and Saturday starting at 7:30 a.m., farmers from across the Gila Valley set up shop in the parking lot of the Graham County Chamber of Commerce to sell their finest fruits and vegetables. [click to continue…]
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Never underestimate the power of word-of-mouth, especially when you mix in healthy eats that are easy on the wallet. What started in 2003 as a neighborhood food co-operative with 20 or so people in a Mesa park, morphed three years later into a formally named co-op with a website. [click to continue…]
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A Father’s Day food drive raised 210,000 pounds of food Sunday to help supplement dwindling summertime donations to St. Mary’s Food Bank. The Arizona Hunger Campaign, which organized the drive, said the donated food will fill more than 30,000 emergency food boxes. [click to continue…]
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The 2010 Arizona End Childhood Hunger Conference in April was a huge success. Couldn’t make it? No worries! Here are all of the presentations and speaker recordings.
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The Arizona Partnership to End Childhood Hunger
Ways to Help End Child Hunger in Arizona
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The Summer Food Service Program feeds hungry children when school is out so they can get the nutritious meals they need.
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OUR COMMUNITY CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR THE MISSION OF ENSURING THAT “EVERYBODY EATS!”
This mission can be accomplished not only by extending local emergency food resources and financial support for those in need, but also by empowering people through community education programs in job search and creation, gardening, agriculture, and food preparation and preservation. [click to continue…]
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PHOENIX (June 7, 2010) – The Jaburg & Wilk Foundation awarded its first annual Sharing the Prize Seed grant to Community Food Connections (CFC) and Arizona Home Grown Solutions. [click to continue…]
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For more information, contact: HungerFreeCommunities@fns.usda.gov.
USDA Announces Grants to Help End Hunger in America
New Grants to Foster Hunger-Free Communities and Deliver Help to Americans in Need
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA will invest in research, planning, and various hunger relief activities to help end hunger in America. [click to continue…]
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The 2010 Arizona End Childhood Hunger Conference was held in Goodyear, Arizona on April 23, 2010. Presentation materials and video recordings of the plenary session speakers are now available. [click to continue…]
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DETROIT – Three teens combined ingredients from their Native American nation with USDA commodity foods to come up with the winning entry in this year’s national Cooking Up Change competition on Tuesday (May 18, 2010). The trio, Yvette Ventura, Zade Arnold and Ross Miguel, all members of the Tohono O’odham Nation in Southwest Arizona, cooked up quesadillas, salad and fruit dip. While the combination sounds like average school lunch fare, the teens’ unique Native American ingredients and execution made the meal a winner. [click to continue…]
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Local letter carriers pick up nearly 1 ton of donated food
By Manuel C. Coppola
Nogales International
Nearly 2,000 pounds of non-perishable food were collected on Saturday for local families, thanks to the donations by residents of Santa Cruz County and the efforts of the Nogales Community Food Bank and local members of the National Association of Letter Carriers. [click to continue…]
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BY CHRIS McDANIEL – SUN STAFF WRITER 2010-05-16 21:10:19
The 18th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive was a great success and brought in more than 35,000 pounds of nonperishable food that was donated to Crossroads Mission.
That is 5,000 more pounds than in the 2009 food drive. [click to continue…]
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Dear Faith and Community Leaders,
The latest data indicates there are over 900,000 Arizonans who needed emergency and supplemental food bank assistance in the last 12 months. Member Food Banks of the Association of Arizona Food Banks are concerned that many people who may qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] (formerly Food Stamps), are currently hesitating to apply because of the fear they feel as a result of recent legislation passed in Arizona that could jeopardize some or all members of their family. [click to continue…]
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USDA Unveils New Consumer Information Resources About SNAP for People in Need of Food Assistance
New SNAP Retail Locator and Signage Will Help Consumers Find Local Stores that Accept Benefits; Help Reduce Hunger and Promote Food Security Nationwide [click to continue…]
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by Eugene Scott – May. 11, 2010 12:00 AM, The Arizona Republic
Randy Plummer had been teaching woodworking at Paradise Valley High School for years, so he’d run into his share of students falling asleep in class. But students fainting from hunger was something that never had happened, until this school year. [click to continue…]
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The Community Food Bank’s Youth Farm Project announces two upcoming programs. They are the Youth Farm Project’s Summer Youth Street Team and the 2010 Fall Youth Apprentice Program. [click to continue…]
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Look for this image on an electronic billboard along the 101 in the West Valley. [click to continue…]
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Alta Loma Elementary School teachers and administrators are preparing their students for the school day through a new breakfast in the classroom program. Alta Loma is the only elementary school in the Peoria Unified School District offering students breakfast in the classroom every day during the daily 15-minute morning announcements. [click to continue…]
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On May 6th, the Arizona Hunger Campaign launched with star power offered by Larry Fitzgerald, Kurt Warner, Luis Gonzales, Steve Kerr and Jerry Colangelo. KJZZ’s Mark Moran has this brief report.
Childhood Hunger is Unacceptable!
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The 2010 Arizona End Childhood Hunger Conference concluded on April 23, 2010. Materials and Presentations from the conference are available on the Arizona Partnership to End Childhood Hunger’s website. In the near future, video and sound recordings for the plenary sessions will be posted as well.
Many thanks to the speakers, presenters, staff, volunteers and attendees. A special thanks goes to Pastor Steve Engram and Gary Smith with the host site, Desert Springs Community Church. The church opened their facility and their resources to the conference – never once asking for anything in return. Thank you so very much.
To comment of the conference, please send your confidential note to info@endchildhungeraz.org
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Paz de Cristo Community Center is in need of a commercial-grade meat grinder. If you have such a grinder you can donate, or if you’d like to purchase a grinder for the Center, please contact pazdecristo@qwestoffice.net. To learn more about the great work being done at the Center, please visit www.pazdecristo.org
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On Saturday, May 8 the largest oneday food drive will reach the Valley of the Sun when more than 5,000 local city and rural letter carriers collect nonperishable food donations across local neighborhoods. [click to continue…]
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You’re Invited! A Virtual Town Hall Meeting with Rachael Ray and Yum-o!
Author and daytime host Rachael Ray and her Yum-o! organization are big supporters of Feeding America and dedicated advocates in the fight to end hunger. Join Rachael and Feeding America CEO Vicki Escarra on a phone call to talk about Child Nutrition Reauthorization and what you can do to help. [click to continue…]
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The 2010 Arizona End Childhood Hunger Conference in Goodyear, Arizona on April 23, 2010 was a huge success. Conference materials, including presentations, video & audio, and follow up materials will be made available in the coming days and weeks.
To stay connected, please visit http://endchildhungeraz.org/2010conferencematerials
Thanks to all who attended, presented and supported the event!
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BY CHRIS McDANIEL – SUN STAFF WRITER
2010-04-14 22:45:37
In Yuma County, 6,232 people won’t have to worry about being hungry for the next several days thanks to the Americans Feeding Americans Emergency Caravan.
Three large semi-trucks stuffed with 1,200 boxes of food and toiletries parked just outside the gates of Crossroads Mission midday Wednesday. The food boxes were distributed to the needy by nearly 100 volunteers. [click to continue…]
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2010 Arizona End Childhood Hunger Conference
Friday, April 23, 2010
9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. Breakfast/Exhibits
Desert Springs Community Church
14440 West Indian School Road
Goodyear, AZ
Cost: non-perishable food donation
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On Saturday, May 8, Campbell Soup Company will join forces with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) to Stamp Out Hunger! across America in order to provide assistance to the rapidly increasing number of Americans who are struggling with hunger. [click to continue…]
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We are privileged to announce our 2nd Keynote Speaker for the conference on April 23rd is Ellen Teller with the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). [click to continue…]
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We are privileged to announce our Keynote Speaker for the conference on April 23, 2010 will be Lisa Pino. [click to continue…]
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2010 Arizona End Childhood Hunger Conference
Friday, April 23, 2010
9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. Breakfast/Exhibits
Desert Springs Community Church
14440 West Indian School Road
Goodyear, AZ
Cost: non-perishable food donation
Workshops-at-a-Glance [click to continue…]
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Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale is a national campaign that mobilizes volunteers to host bake sales in their communities in an effort to help end childhood hunger in America. [click to continue…]
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Mar. 22, 2010 12:18 PM
“STEP UP TO THE PLATE FOR WASTE NOT!”
10-day campaign encourages Valley residents to dine out and help raise $50k for Waste Not’s food rescue mission
We’re facing a hunger crisis right here in our own backyard, yet perfectly good food might be thrown in the trash without the efforts of Waste Not, a non-profit organization that rescues food daily from restaurants, resorts, caterers and various food purveyors so that families won’t go to bed hungry. [click to continue…]
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Communities across the United States are ripe for renewal, ready to receive a complete fruit orchard provided by the Dreyer’s Fruit Bars brand and the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation. Cast your vote for one of our Communities Take Root participants and help them reap the rewards of their own fresh fruit supply. [click to continue…]
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The following is provided by the Desert Southwest Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Starting the conversation is the first step as we explore how our faith and social issues intersect with each other. We invite you to view the following video, share your thoughts with others, and even post it to your favorite social network site. [click to continue…]
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On-line registration is now open for the 2010 Arizona End Childhood Hunger Conference.
To register, please visit: http://endchildhungeraz.org/
The Conference is sponsored by: [click to continue…]
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SLOW FOOD PHOENIX – SCHOOL GARDEN OPEN HOUSE TOUR
Saturday, April 10th, 9am-1pm
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The got breakfast? Silent Hero Grant program was launched to encourage schools and non-profit organizations to expand the reach of underutilized child nutrition programs.
Are you a Silent Hero? [click to continue…]
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Bridging the gap between low wages and life’s basic necessities like food, medicine, and housing is a struggle for hard working parents now more than ever. [click to continue…]
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Agriculture Deputy Secretary Merrigan Announces Availability of $5 Million in Funding for Farmers Market Promotion Program (2/26/10)
This year FMPP will emphasize three priorities during the 2010 grant period: [click to continue…]
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Arizona Agriculture Day is committed to increasing public awareness of Arizona agriculture. Farmers and Ranchers Feed Families… Thank them today! will be filled with activities for the entire family to enjoy. People of all ages will spend the day learning about Arizona’s extensive agriculture industry, while gaining an understanding of the economic impact of the industry in Arizona. [click to continue…]
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The Arizona Partnership to End Childhood Hunger, the Arizona Department of Economic Security’s Hunger Advisory Council, the West Valley Human Services Alliance and other community and government organizations are convening the “2010 Arizona End Child Hunger Conference” on April 23, 2010 in Goodyear, Arizona. [click to continue…]
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More than 23 million Americans, including 6.5 million children, live in low-income urban and rural neighborhoods that are more than a mile from a supermarket. These communities, where access to affordable, quality, and nutritious foods is limited, are known as food deserts. [click to continue…]
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This is a USDA-wide effort to create new economic opportunities by better connecting consumers with local producers. [click to continue…]
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