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Lily highlights childhood hunger on Sesame Street

Published on October 18, 2011 By Erin

Sesame Street recently took a huge step for childhood hunger in the United States. The introduction of Lily, a food-insecure child muppet, on national children’s programming as part of the Growing Hope Against Hunger initiative has nudged the topic further into a national dialog. To quote the Huffington Post: Thanks to “Growing Hope Against Hunger” [...]

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Published on June 27, 2011 By Erin

This month, children across the country are on summer vacation. While summer vacation is thought of as fun-filled freedom for many children, for the millions at risk of hunger it means losing the one place that they can count on for a meal. It is estimated that over 17 million children are at risk of [...]

M-town kids demonstrate volunteering at its best

Published on April 18, 2011 By Erin

Volunteers are extremely important to the success of non-profits like the Food Bank of South Jersey. Families, students, and groups visit us often to lend a helping hand–and we need as many hands as we can get! Since April is a month during which Feeding America members put special emphasis on the value of volunteers, [...]