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IRVING, Texas, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- First Choice Power today kicked off Hunger Awareness Month with the announcement of the Food First(TM) program, an initiative to provide 1 million meals to Texans in need, and its first monthly food bank grant recipient. East Texas Food Bank will receive a $1,000 grant, a donation that will provide 8,000 meals to those in need in the East Texas area. The grant was awarded as a result of the food bank winning an ongoing monthly poll on First Choice...
ATLANTA, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A national survey conducted by the Walmart Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of America found that cooking meals together is the top way moms and dads get kids to eat a healthy meal, and poultry products rank as the top food for getting kids to eat protein-rich dinners. While eating meals together is an important way families bond, one in six Americans are facing tough times and are unsure of where they will get their next meal. To view the multimedia...
NORTHFIELD, Ill., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- This fall, Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) will embark on its largest branded initiative ever to fight hunger in America. Today the company kicked off Huddle to Fight Hunger, an integrated marketing campaign designed to achieve an important goal: give 20 million meals or more to Feeding America, the nation's leading hunger relief organization. The campaign will culminate in San Francisco on January 9, 2011, with the first-ever Kraft Fight Hunger...
HOUSTON, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- For many kids, back to school means new school supplies, new clothes and new teachers. But for millions of children, going back to school means the comfort of knowing they will once again have regular meals provided five days a week. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100817/CG51824) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100817/CG51824) During the school year, 19.5 million children receive free and reduced-price meals at school. But...
DENVER, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Leveraging a $20,000 "Feeding Our Future®" grant from the Sodexo Foundation, St. Anthony Central Hospital, along with volunteers from Sodexo and the Food Bank of the Rockies, serves 12,400 summer lunches to Denver children at risk of hunger. Sodexo's Feeding Our Future program provides school children who rely on free and reduced-price meals during the academic year with nutritious lunches during the summer break. The Food Bank of the Rockies and...
NEW YORK, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether it be a souffle, a spaghetti carbonara or just a perfectly flipped and folded omelet, for many Americans there is that one dish that is their signature one or the one they dream of perfecting. While four in five U.S. adults (79%) say they enjoy cooking, just three in ten (30%) say they love it and almost half (49%) say they enjoy it when they have the time. One in five Americans say they either do not enjoy cooking (14%) or do not cook (7%). (Logo:...
AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Conley Giles, CEO of TheLunchDeal.com, announced today that TheLunchDeal.com has partnered with Capital Area Food Bank of Texas in a DEALS FOR MEALS campaign to help feed Central Texans in need. TheLunchDeal.com is an Austin-based e-commerce company that features online dining deals from Austin-area restaurants. The website features restaurant discounts of 50% or greater from multiple Austin eateries every weekday. Customers sign up on the website to...
ORLANDO, Fla., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- For many kids, the end of the school year is a time to celebrate, plan summer vacations, and play with friends. But for millions of children, the time away from school means not knowing where their next meal will come from. With the goal of helping ensure more children have enough to eat all year long, ConAgra Foods has partnered with Feeding America to create the Hunger-Free Summer initiative. (Photo:...
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Mars Chocolate North America announced today that its SNICKERS® Brand will continue to help Feeding America 'Bar Hunger.' Because one in six Americans struggles with hunger, SNICKERS will donate the equivalent of as many as three and a half million meals to the hunger relief organization, as well as educate and empower Americans to join the effort. SNICKERS will kick start the campaign by making a baseline donation of the equivalent of two and...
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Federal income guidelines to determine eligibility for free and reduced-price school meals and free milk will remain at current levels for July 2010 - June 2011, acting Education Secretary Thomas E. Gluck announced today. Schools and other institutions and facilities use the guidelines to determine eligibility for the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, the Special Milk Program for Children, the Child and Adult...
