Good News Notes: “Rita Losee, 79, of West Bath hopes to raise $48,000 for Good Shepherd Food Bank by getting outside to exercise for 5 miles every day from Jan. 1 to March 21. Losee’s goal is nearly identical to a fundraiser she organized last year in which she hiked 5 miles every day from Jan. 1…
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‘It has been a true blessing’: Nonprofit dishes up healthy meals with food bank on wheels
Good News Notes: “It has been a month since MUST Ministries unveiled its “mobile pantry,” a 30-foot bus stocked with meats, produce and non-perishables. MUST plans to use the bus to reach and feed thousands of families in food desert neighborhoods. “So many of our clients are transportation challenged,” MUST Ministries President and CEO Dwight…
Drive-thru food distributions serving hungry San Diegans
Good News Notes: “The cars start lining up early and before long, they’re stretched out of the parking lot and down the road. About once a month, at the Faith Chapel here in Spring Valley, Feeding San Diego staff and volunteers turn this spot into a stop on what they call the “Together Tour.” “Anyone…
$85,000 Kroger donation to help around 81,000 people in Tri-Cities fighting food insecurity
Good News Notes: “Kroger has made a large donation of $85,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee that is estimated to help around 81,000 food insecure individuals around the Tri-Cities region. The donation will go towards programs offered by the food bank such as its mobile food pantry, kids cafe, food for…
Google launches new search tool to help combat food insecurity
Good News Notes: “Google announced a new website designed to be a “one-stop shop” for people with food insecurity. The “Find Food Support” site includes a food locator tool powered by Google Maps which people can use to search for their nearest food bank, food pantry, or school lunch program pickup site in their community. Google is…
Nonprofit FoodCycle LA makes sure excess donated food does not go to waste, using ChowMatch app to route food to those who need it
Good News Notes: “Food insecurity exploded during the pandemic. Many who had never been to a food bank, suddenly couldn’t survive without one. So then why is 40% of the food we produce just dumped in the trash? “Back last March, both husband and wife lost their job on the same day. And they were…
Dallas Cowboys help Tarrant Area Food Bank distribute meals
Good News Notes: “The Tarrant Area Food Bank had just one simple request: a huge, vacant parking lot. It was a task the Cotton Bowl and the Dallas Cowboys could easily provide. The Tarrant Area Food Bank held their “Meals for Moms Mega Mobile Market” on Tuesday, distributing food to almost 4,000 families that drove…
When people move, they throw out food. This company brings it to food banks
Good News Notes: “In 2009, Adam Lowy was working at his family’s moving company, helping families pack up and move to a new home. After some time working odd jobs at the company, he noticed that many families would leave behind plenty of items — including food. ‘When people move, they throw away a whole…
Helltown, Ohio nonprofit beer collaboration to pour proceeds to county food banks
Good News Notes: “Buy a beer and help the local food bank. Win, win. For folks in Westmoreland and Washington counties, that soon will be a reality when Helltown Brewing and Ohio nonprofit Helping Hops partner to release ‘Hellping Hops.’ A portion of sales from the 6.5% ABV New England-style India pale ale will be split between the…
SLO Food Bank program gets $13,500 donation from local 100+ Women Who Care chapter
Good News Notes: “The San Luis Obispo County chapter of the 100+ Women Who Care organization donated $13,500 to the SLO Food Bank’s GleanSLO Program. GleanSLO — the gleaning program with the food bank — works with local commercial growers and private homeowners who produce more fruit or vegetables than they can harvest. The program…