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Rachael Ray will serve as campaign's first celebrity ambassador; Bank of America offers to triple your giving CHICAGO, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Instead of another tie or bathrobe, give your friends and loved ones a chance to help Feeding America feed people facing hunger this holiday season and throughout the year. Give a Meal, which launches today, gives holiday shoppers a chance to support a great cause by helping provide food to the nearly 49 million...
DETROIT, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The DTE Energy Foundation announced today it will contribute $100,000 and partner with five Area Agencies on Aging to provide homebound seniors with hot Christmas holiday meals. The effort is expected to serve holiday meals to 10,000 seniors in Detroit and its suburbs, Grand Rapids and Muskegon. "This is a way to give back to seniors who might not otherwise be able to celebrate the holidays," said Joyce Hayes Giles, DTE Energy senior vice president,...
BALTIMORE, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- RLTV, the only cable network that provides information and entertainment that helps Redefine Life after 50, announced today that Al Roker will be a celebrity guest volunteer on "Good Food, Good Deeds," a half-hour series combining the excitement of a cook-off with the life-saving mission of one of America's most extraordinary philanthropic organizations, Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA). The episode featuring Al Roker...
Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry® Campaign Suggests Simple Steps to Help End Childhood Hunger in America WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During a time when some children dream eagerly of Thanksgiving feasts, others dream of the day they will get meals on a regular basis. According to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, hunger remains a serious issue, where one in five children in America live in households that can't consistently put...
It’s no surprise that food usually takes center stage at family gatherings. Perhaps it’s Aunt Marie’s famous meatballs that have graced the family dinner table for 40 years. Or maybe it’s Grandma’s apple strudel recipe she brought from Austria. Almost as scrumptious as those delicious dishes are the tales that go with them. That’s what the just-released Homemade Memories Cookbook from the Home Instead Senior Care® network is all about. This...
DALLAS, Nov. 02, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- November marks National Diabetes Awareness Month, and Meals to Live, the first grocery store line of frozen meals designed for the needs of consumers living with diabetes, will give away 500 free meals to help educate people about the disease that affects nearly 26 million Americans. Meals to Live offers innovatively packaged, great tasting and convenient options to help people living with diabetes manage their nutritional requirements. With...
Nutritious meals at core of program to assist recovery of poverty-stricken districts LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Needy children in a township of Cape Town, South Africa, that is still reeling from years of neglect under apartheid will be served nutritious meals for a year thanks to a donation from The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF). TPRF is contributing US$10,000 to the Food Security Program of Afrika Tikkun (AT) to support longstanding efforts to feed children in...
Second ACFS grant will renew support for much-needed meals LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) is contributing US$30,000 to underwrite the cost of nutritious meals for about 500 children in Johannesburg for schools participating in the ACFS Children's Community Education & Feeding Scheme (ACFS). This is the second TPRF grant issued to assist the ACFS, which since its founding in 1945, has been striving to provide meals to...
Hunger Free Colorado is working to raise awareness about the issue of hunger in Denver and communities across Colorado with its “Hungry for Change†campaign. The campaign asks Coloradans to fill 10,000 plates with messages about fixing the hunger problem in the state. Denver, CO (PRWEB) October 08, 2011 Hunger Free Colorado is working to raise awareness about the issue of hunger in Denver and communities across Colorado with its “Hungry for Change†campaign. The...
In a study of preschoolers, meals paired with collectible toys are perceived by kids as likeable and good tasting The thought of toys being given out as part of children's meal deals might be easier to swallow, and better for you, if the toys are part of a collectible set and tied to healthy, nutrition-rich food choices. Who says? Kids and their parents do. The findings of a new study come during a time of debate over obesity in the United States -- about one-third of adults are now...
