Green Country food banks are preparing for increased demand for holiday assistance as more families face food insecurity.
Because of inflation, food prices have been affecting everyone, including services like Cherry Street Mission and the Islamic Food Bank of Toledo.
First National Bank has launched a food drive to support the Wise Area Relief Mission (WARM) in Decatur and several other Wise County food pantries to bridge a reported shortage of food bank supplies ...
With food insecurity on the rise — so much so that some doctors are being warned to watch out for scurvy — Food Banks Canada has reported a grim milestone of over two million visits in March 2024.
More than a third of low-paid workers have skipped meals, the survey showed More than half of Londoners who do not earn a "real living wage" have had to resort to using a food bank in the last ...
Additionally, 32 per cent of food bank clients are newcomers to Canada who have been in Canada for 10 years or less. The full report can be read on Food Banks Canada’s website. - With files from ...
From rural Michigan to midsize towns in Pennsylvania and affluent suburbs in Wisconsin, food banks are reporting record levels of need that have been steadily increasing over the past several years.
“It’s like a beehive in here, if we stand in one place too long, we’ll get run over,” Leigh Zydonik, executive director of the Foothills Food Bank, joked, as volunteers sorted and packed ...
Our latest look at the top 300 food banks by revenue shows that 1) the very biggest food banks are getting bigger, and 2) most food banks are relatively small. As in years past, two food banks that ...
The Ottawa Food Bank says it will have to cut its food transfers to partner agencies by up to half next year, leaving some community food banks fearing collapse in the face of overwhelming demand.
As food banks continue to innovate in their mission to nourish communities and support those facing food insecurity, digital food cards by iQpay are a valuable new tool. Digital food cards, ...
Seven Stop & Shop locations and a bfresh market are shuttering across Massachusetts at the end of the month. Local food banks are working to get the stores’ remaining items into the hands of residents ...