This article appeared in the Summer 2012 issue of Foodsharing. For more backstory on Steve and Suellen, please listen to their interview with NPR Marketplace. To learn more about them and Meals by Grace, please visit their website. It was November of 2010, and Suellen Daniels was volunteering at the annual Fall Family Day hosted by Grace [...]
We’re calling all green-thumbed gurus, soldiers of the soil, even rookies to the rake – It’s time to don your gardening gloves and hit the dirt for a good cause! Do your part to help weed out hunger by transforming your garden into a full plate for an empty belly. You can help break the [...]
The Senate Agriculture Committee is set to release its Farm Bill over the next several days and we need to make sure that their bill protects and strengthens critical hunger-relief programs. Additionally, we have learned that Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and John Garamendi (D-CA) are leading a “Special Order” on the floor of the House [...]
Last week, students across the metro area took pause from their educational enlightenment for spring break. For many, spring break means a road trip to the beach with family and friends, but due to the continuing rough economy and high fuel costs, some are opting for the ever popular staycation, while others look to the [...]
Warm weather. Pollen everywhere. Birds singing. It must be spring in Atlanta! We love the start of spring here at the Food Bank. It means our Community Gardens project really kicks into high gear helping communities plant gardens all over metro Atlanta. Our Community Gardens project helps provide gardening expertise, volunteer help, tools, seeds and [...]
The dust has settled and we’re through not only another amazing Hunger Walk/Run, but our largest to date! The day started out a little cloudy and chilly for everyone setting up, but once noon hit, you wouldn’t have known because it was warm and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. Over 15,000 people came [...]
It’s hard to believe, but Hunger Walk/Run is THIS Sunday! We’ve had nothing but Hunger Walk on our minds the last couple of weeks. It’s been really fun and exciting to see all the parts and pieces come together to help make this event a blast. For example, this year’s Hunger Walk/Run will have… [...]
It’s that time of year again! We’re T-minus 23 days and counting to Hunger Walk/Run 2012 on March 11! Hunger Walk/Run is one of the oldest walk-for-a-cause events in Atlanta. Since 1984, people have gathered to walk in response to the issue of hunger. It brings people of different faiths, backgrounds and ages together to [...]
As we embark upon a new year many people are focusing on health, rejuvenation, and general life orderliness, including organizing paperwork to have their taxes prepared. Each year I see hundreds of tax filers anxiously sit before me awaiting their fate; hoping that there’s a magic wand in my desk drawer that will act as [...]
Time to make New Year’s resolutions! Let’s see… Eat healthier. Exercise more. Be hopeful for the future. Give back. Help others do these things. As we’re looking toward the future, we offer a quick reminder for the present. It’s almost the end of 2011 and you still have time to make one last tax-deductible gift [...]
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