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Goya Foods Steps Up, Donates 1 Million Pounds of Food

On March 16, Goya Foods donated 1,000,000 pounds of Goya food products (that’s one million pounds, folks), to emergency food providers in communities across the country. Goya worked closely with the United Way of New York City, which led the way in coordinating the food distribution, … Continue reading

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“Twitter For Food” Rules November!

Another month, another amazing effort by Tim Blair and Twitter For Food in their ongoing efforts to utilize social media to end hunger. Looking at the End Childhood Hunger web site, and at all our monthly badges of support, we … Continue reading

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Feeding America Adds “Hunger Relief Moderator”

In an attempt to take hunger advocacy to a whole new level, Feeding America is introducing a “Hunger Relief Advocacy Moderator” to provide national support to those on the front lines in the fight against hunger. As the Feeding America … Continue reading

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Help Your Local Food Bank: Support Twitter For Food This Halloween!

Fill Bags of Candy, Collect Bags of Food! Our good friend and inspiring hunger fighter Tim Blair of Twitter For Food is promoting a great idea to fight hunger this Halloween  – He’s asking local hunger advocates around the country … Continue reading

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USA Today Publishes Hunger in America Supplement

FRAC (Food Resource And Action Center) President Jim Weill, who wrote the foreword to USA Today’s Hunger in America supplement, shared in it a laundry list of troubling facts. Here’s just two – In 2008, 49 million people lived in households facing food-insecurity (according to USDA), and … Continue reading

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End Child Hunger, One Meal At A Time …

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#Twitterforfood – Skip a Meal, Donate, Take the Pledge

  Twitter for Food is back with it’s monthly call to skip a meal today, and donate the money that you save to end childhood hunger. You can donate to our organization, End Childhood Hunger,  directly via our web site, … Continue reading

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Hunger Action Month is Almost Here!

Hunger Action Month is Almost Here! Show your support 30 Ways in 30 Days: http://ht.ly/2vtBK

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“Twitter For Food” Produces Another Amazing Show of Support

Thanks to everyone who supported @TimBlair and his monthly “TwitterForFood” campaign. Thousands skipped a meal and donated the savings to fund their local food bank yesterday! The web site reports that they added some new food banks – check them … Continue reading

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