After the food drive concluded the children had brought in enough of the needed items to make up nineteen dinners which were delivered to star fish on november 25 by genevieve nitzsche and marissa berrios.
Christmas food drives near me.
Move for hunger has organized more than 5 100 food drives all across the united states and canada.
Conversely raising and donating 700 to your local food bank would translate to 2100 meals.
We ve helped individuals schools community organizations small businesses and large companies provide meals for their neighbors in need.
Community food bank of nj is the state s largest anti hunger and anti poverty organization.
Find a food pantry in your local community.
Contact your local community food bank to find food or click here to read about public assistance programs.
Food drives can raise 700 pounds per distribution location roughly 583 meals.
We re milwaukee s free local food bank and wisconsin s anti hunger leader providing healthy food to hungry children families and seniors free of charge.
How move for hunger can help.
By connecting millions of pounds of rescued food to a network of over 250 social service agencies and programs like city rescue mission the sulzbacher center and the salvation army these hunger relief partners are able to provide not only food to those in need but services that can help these families and individuals end the cycle of poverty.
Our goal is to deliver food for the thanksgiving and christmas holidays so that all of our yft families will have food on their tables.
Every 1 donated provides 3 nutritious meals for hungry neighbors in need.
That s because food banks are able to work directly with the feeding america network and local distributors to secure large amounts of produce below retail cost.
The feeding america nationwide network of food banks secures and distributes 4 3 billion meals each year through food pantries and meal programs throughout the united states and leads the nation to engage in the fight against hunger.