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Food Banks Help College Students Fight Hunger |
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| Oregon State is not the only of college that has a campus food pantry to help their students with food and other supplies. Food banks really help because full-time students are typically not eligible for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) | |
Food Banks In New York And New England Receive Huge Donation |
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| Ocean State Job Lot is going to load their trucks with groceries that are going to be distributed to food banks on the east coast. Over a million dollars of food was donated | |
Food Banks In Ohio Will Receive $1.5 Million For Summer Programs |
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| Governor John Kasich announced the funding that will help children from low-income families. Last year, the Second Harvest Food Bank received part of the $1 million that was issued by the governor | |
Food Banks Still Struggling Because Of Storm |
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| Food banks are facing difficulty in filling their shelves in New York and New Jersey. Because of the storm and the upcoming holiday season the foods banks are indeed facing big challenges and need more help | |
Food Drive Sponsored By Lake Trust Credit Union |
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| A Lake-to-Lake Food Drive will be held on Friday, November 16, 2012. Non-perishable food items should be donated at any of their 21 branch offices located throughout Michigan. The food drive is being held to help fill pantry shelves at local food banks so they can help feed families this holiday season. | |
Food Insecurity Has Increased For Minnesotans |
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| More than 600,000 Minnesotans, according to a new report, are food insecure. About 17% of that number are children. Food banks throughout the state are working hard to bring those numbers down | |
Food Pantries Struggle After Hurricane Sandy |
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| The Center for Food Action usually provides food every month in the northern part of New Jersey for about 5000 low-income families. Because of Hurricane Sandy there have been fewer donors but also more people needed assistance | |
Food Pantry Offer Emergency Food Boxes |
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| The Verona Food Pantry is open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The pantry serves about 800-900 people every week. Emergency food boxes are offered Monday through Wednesday. | |
Food Stamps Benefits Reduced For Ohio |
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| Starting this January 2013, food stamp benefits will be reduced by approximately $50 less per family. The change was determined by the federal government and the Ohio legislature cannot do anything about it | |
Ford Motor Company And Newman's Own® Donate Refrigerated Truck Fleet And Food |
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| They are donating the fleet of refrigerated trucks which are going to be filled with Newman's Own food products to the Feeding America food bank organization. This is the twelfth consecutive year for this partnership | |
Former 49er Player Ends Up Homeless |
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| Terry Tautolo, who played nine years in the NFL, has lived in a tunnel under a freeway for most of the time since he quit playing football. He suffered from concussions when he played and now has brain damage, as well as dementia | |
Free Cell Phones For California's Homeless And Low-Income People |
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| The California Public Utilities Commission will approve a new program that will give free cell phones to the homeless, as well as low-income individuals. The beneficiaries of the plan will receive every month 250 minutes of time, plus 250 text messages at no charge | |
Funding Needed For Ohio Homeless Shelter |
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| The Hocking Hills Inspire Shelter is raising money for a new shelter for the homeless and hungry and homeless in their community. All donations will be used to acquire a home for the shelter | |
Funds For Affordable Housing Has Been Approved For Downtown Columbia |
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| The Downtown Columbia Housing Foundation will be developing low-income housing with real estate developers for the fiscal year 2014. They are going to be responsible for administering the funds for the downtown area where the housing will be built. | |
Good Nutrition and The Homeless Population |
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| Homeless people find it difficult to find free nutritional foods at homeless shelters and food banks. Since most of the food is donated, shelters are grateful for what they receive. And they receive mostly foods that have a longer shelf life, such as cookies and not fresh fruit and vegetables | |
Governor's Proposed Budget Cuts Affect Food Banks |
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| The governor of New York is proposing new budget cuts that could affect many people in Genesee County that rely on food programs that are free. Local food banks have said that food bank usage has gone up in the last year | |
Grand Island Shelter Experiencing Record Number of Homeless Children |
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| Right now there are 35 kids staying at the Hope Harbor shelter. That number is the biggest child population the shelter as ever seen in their history | |
Great Depression - Was it Caused by Soup Kitchens? |
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| There is a discussion by Paul Krugman about welfare benefits and the Great Depression. Does this relate to today's economy? Or is it much ado about nothing? | |
Growing Problem For The Homeless Population In Anchorage Is Mental Illness And Alcoholism |
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| Experts on homelessness state it is very difficult to treat the homeless who suffer from alcoholism and mental illness. They say this homeless group will typically have some level of brain damage from long-term alcoholism | |
Habitat For Humanity Brings Affordable Housing To America |
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| Here is an interesting video about how Habitat for Humanity helps Americans attain home ownership. Mr. Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat For Humanity International, is interviewed on Bloomberg television | |
Habitat Will Help Low-income Veterans |
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| Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity has programs and services for low-income veterans that will help them with home ownership and home repairs. Habitat will help families who aren't eligible for conventional mortgages | |
Hastings Sudents Are Helping The Homeless and Hungry |
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| The students and members of the community are preparing and packing meals during the National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (November 9-15). They are also collecting winter clothing for those in need. | |
Help The Homeless By Donating Your Running Shoes |
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| The Shoe Guy & The Shoe Gals is an organization that collects and distributes gently worn (with soles intact) running shoes to homeless people in Dallas. They give out the shoes 24 days before Christmas | |
Hennepin County Sees Increase In Homelessness Rate |
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| The Minneapolis region’s is experiencing low vacancy rates for their affordable housing, as well as a reduction in federal funding for homeless prevention programs. These are just a couple of the reasons why homelessness has increased for the area and why more homeless shelters are needed | |
High School Student Wants To Collect Food To Break Record |
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| A junior at Fond du Lac High School, Daniel Loomans, wants to break the Guinness World record for gathering the most quantity of food in a twenty-four hour period in order to benefit food pantries in the area. | |