“People are hurting,” said Janie Singleton, executive director of the High Plains Food Bank in Amarillo, which distributes food in 26 counties in the Panhandle. “The price of most basic foods has gone up considerably, so it’s hard for many families, especially for those with young children, to make ends meet. “These are people who work but don’t make enough money - anxiously waiting for Congress to approve the farm bill - through the farm bill, the USDA gives food banks some products such as rice, pinto beans, peanut butter, canned vegetables, corn flakes, juices and fruits.”

Mural “EL CHUCO Y QUE” by Carlos Callejo

Hunger is Growing. Hunger In America.
Do a little good. And feel good.- Hungrr

Hunger is growing all around us. How can Minnesotans help?

Hunger is Growing. Hunger In America.
Do a little good. And feel good.- Hungrr

National not for profit organization Share Our Strength,
freshens and focuses it’s website and branding to reflect
it’s commitment to ending childhood hunger in America.
Nice work. Check it out.

Hunger is Growing. Hunger In America.
Do a little good. And feel good.- Hungrr

Six states are struggling to recover from the recent storms.
Already strapped hunger relief organizations are in need.
Think about helping with a few bucks or find out if you can help in other ways
AMERICAN RED CROSS
AMERICA’S SECOND HARVEST
(Largest National Food Aid Org)
THE FOODBANK FOR NEW YORK CITY(New York Sends food down south to help)
Hungrr’s Drive for the Foodbank for NYC
Do a little good. And feel good.

There are over 13 million hungry kids in the US today.
35 million Americans who need help. Kids, the elderly, working families.
Take a few minutes to send your senators and representatives an email. Remind them to include an increase in food aid in the current Farm Bill. The nation’s non profit foodbanks need increases to avoid more shortages and to help a growing number of Americans.

CLICK FOR CONTACT info for your SENATORS and CLICK FOR CONTACT info for your REPRESENTATIVES.

Click to DONATE to HUNGRR’s Drive for the Foodbank for NYC. For just 5 bucks you can provide 20 meals. Every cent goes directly to the Foodbank for New York City.
Do a little good. And feel good.
Hunger is Growing. Hunger In America.

The Farm Bill is a food bill. Increases in food aid are needed as hunger in America grows.
The Farm Bill is now before the Senate.
CLICK TO READ - BILL BOLLING, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Hunger is growing. Hunger in America.

A conference on hunger in the City of Seven Hills. Hunger hits home unexpectedly.
CLICK TO READ - Allen Howard, The Cincinnati Enquirer

Hunger is growing. Hunger in America.

The Food Bank for NYC’s warehouse is running out of food.
Find out how to help and learn more about pending legislation that can help - visit the Food Bank For New York City’s website.
CLICK TO DONATE TO THE FOOD BANK or to READ MORE
Hunger is growing. Hunger in America. - Hungrr

“Right now there are more than two million people at risk of hunger in our city. Help us make up this shortfall for New Yorkers who need it now. In the last couple years, the city’s soup kitchens and food pantries have lost approximately 12 million pounds of food due to cutbacks and flat-funding of TEFAP, the federal emergency food assistance program. This problem will not go away soon.” - The Foodbank for NYC
READ MORE

No summer vacation for hunger in America. - Hungrr

“In Alameda County as a whole, participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Stamp program is up 19.2 percent over a year ago. Officials attribute the rise to better outreach, along with increased need. “We’re definitely seeing more people, a lot of working people,” said Liz Gomez, outreach coordinator for the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
“Our clients are having a harder time making their rents.”
- Marc Albert The Alameda Sun , Alameda, Ca. READ MORE

An editorial from The Boston Globe that’s worth the quick read -
“THE GREATER Boston Food Bank is about to double its capacity, building a new 110,000-square-foot home across the street from its current quarters - This is a long way of saying that people living in Massachusetts cities and towns are still plagued by hunger. - Hunger shames the people it hurts, so there isn’t a hungry people’s political party pressing for change. Instead there’s the silence of elderly men and women who are too proud to apply for food stamps; of working adults whose salaries stop short of covering enough groceries; of schoolchildren whose learning problems are hunger-related; and of hunger in the suburbs - READ MORE (Boston Globe free registration required)
The Boston Globe - Boston , Mass ,USA

The Greater Boston Food Bank Website
Hungrr is growing. Hunger in America.

“- residents are flocking to nonprofit agencies and government offices looking for groceries and other emergency help. - the collapsing construction and real estate markets are driving once stable households into crisis - One nonprofit director said she saw more people in one month than she had in her 18 years of service. - “People are coming to the kitchen needing food, and we don’t have it for them,” said Sarah Owen, the executive director of Community Cooperative Ministries. Equally as troubling is a spike in grocery prices. ‘The problem is I’m spending twice as much a week on the Meals on Wheels food and the soup kitchen food,’ Owen said. READ MORE - Jennifer Booth Reed

The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA

Hungrr is growing. Hunger in America.

Photo courtesy of Texas Agricultural Experiment Station

“Borlaug is believed to have saved more lives than any other person who has ever lived —more than a billion — through his work in agriculture. Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, Founder of the World Food Prize and “Father of the Green Revolution,” received the Congressional Gold Medal, America’s highest civilian honor on July 17 in a ceremony the U.S. Capitol.
Borlaug, 93, became one of only five people in all of history to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. The other four are Nelson Mandela, Elie Wiesel, Mother Teresa and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
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- Lancaster Farming Weekly, Ephrata,Pennsylvania

Hungrr is growing. Hunger in America.

Photo by Jim Evans

This week congress is debating the Farm Bill.

“Check out this great series of articles on hunger in America written by the staff of Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel. ” - Hungrr
“We don’t talk about hunger because solving it is so big and complex. Its solutions entail making a college education more affordable and accessible; revamping our national farm policy to favor production of nutritious foods; promoting economic development to raise wages that currently cannot support families. We will need to reform a federal public assistance program that is insufficient and, paradoxically, creates dependency by penalizing recipients for trying to get ahead. Each of those is a serious challenge that will take years to accomplish.”
READ MORE
- Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Maine

Hungrr is growing. Hunger in America.

Photo of Charles M. Russell and Hungrr

“Demand for food stamps is on the rise in Montana. Last year one out of every 12 Montanans, used food stamps to buy groceries each month. That’s more than one-third higher than who received food stamps in 2000.
‘It’s basically because our jobs on average don’t pay a lot. The goal clearly is to get people off food stamps. We’re trying to get more good-paying jobs.’ U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.
‘We need to lend a helping hand to Montanans in need. Our goal must be developing a plan that will improve access to the food stamp program, particularly for children, the elderly, the working poor and our veterans. I think we can do that.’ - Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. ”

Hungrr is growing. Hunger in America.
READ MORE
- CHARLES S. JOHNSON - The Missoulian, Helena, Montana

We’re auctioning the iPhone 8 GB we purchased on June 29th
at the Apple store on 5th Avenue New York City.
CLICK TO VIEW PHOTOS
of the iLine, the iphone and Hungrr at the Apple store
on 5th Avenue in NYC on iPhone day June 29th..

Video from Apple store on iPhone Day
June 29th 5th Ave NYC !

100% of proceeds go to the
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA FOODBANK.

CLICK SEE THE LISTING ON EBAY
UPDATE - UPDATE Someone hijacked an ebay account and clicked Buy Now for $100K
on our listing.
We have spoken with the Northwest Louisiana Foodbank, Ebay, Paypal and Missionfish regarding
this matter.
Started July 4th
FROM EBAY 7/6/07:
The results of the following listing(s) have been cancelled due to bidding activity that took place without the
account owner’s authorization:220128025807 Apple Iphone 8GB Brand New Never Opened For Charity
We have cancelled the listing(s) to maintain the integrity of the eBay site, your account, and the bidder’s
account that was accessed. We are working to restore the bidding account to its rightful owner, and we are
working with the account owner to prevent any additional unauthorized activity. Since the account owner
did not initiate these bids, all fees resulting from the listings in question will be credited to your account
within 7 days. Unfortunately, it is not possible for us to automatically relist these items for you. Instead,
to relist these items you will need to start from the beginning of the listing process, either through the
“Sell Your Item” process or through your third party listing service. We know that this is an inconvenience
and we apologize for the negative impact it may cause you. We are working on tools to allow you to
relist your items without starting from the beginning, but they are not available at this time.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Regards,
eBay Trust & Safety
We will re list. Good luck !
-Hungrr

Hunger in America among the handicapped is growing.

READ MORE about the surprising face of hunger in America.
- The Herald Bulletin , Anderson, IN

Join thousands of people across this great land by having a bake sale or just by buying some cookies.
The Great American Bake Sale, Starts May 19th.

READ MORE about The Great American Bake Sale and Share Our Strength

Make your own HUNGRR cupcakes:

Cup Cake Recipe
Basic Vanilla Cup Cake Recipe

Ingredients
5 oz (150g) Butter - softened
5 oz (150g) superfine (castor) sugar
6 oz (175g) self-raising flour
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
1. Pre-heat the oven to 350oF (180oC).
2. Line a 12 cup cake pan, with cup cake papers.
3. Crack the eggs into a cup and beat lightly with a fork.
4. Place all the ingredients in a large bowl.
5. Beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes, until light and creamy.
6. Divide the mixture evenly between the cake cases.
7. Bake for 18-20 minutes until risen and firm to touch.
8. Allow to cool for a few minutes and then transfer to a wire rack.
9. Allow to cool fully before icing.
Makes 12 cakes.

Butter Cream Frosting

Ingredients
5 oz (150g) Butter - softened
8 oz (250g) confectioners (icing) sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp hot water
Method
1. Beat together the butter and sugar with an electric beater.
2. Once well combined, add the vanilla and water.
3. Mix in yellow and red food coloring to make the orange icing.
Beat until smooth and creamy.
Makes 12 cakes.

“Janice Godfrey of the Rehoboth Council on Aging said she volunteers at a charity food pantry on Easter Sundays. Last year she sat around eating jelly beans because so few people took advantage of the pantry on Easter. This year, she said, so many people came for free food that ‘I never worked so hard.’ ”
READ MORE - Jim Hand The Sun Chronicle
Attleboro, Massachusetts

Bambi won’t like it.

“When you think about it, what’s not to like about a bill that supports a statewide program
that could turn an estimated 5,000 deer into more than one million servings of venison?”
READ MORE
- The Winona Daily News
Rochester, Minnesota

On March 21, Meals on Wheels will celebrate March for Meals/Mayors for Meals Day.
Meals on Wheels of Salem County asks individuals to contribute the money they would
spend on lunch to Meals on Wheels. READ MORE
- Today’s Sunbeam nj.com

Freedom of screech impinged. Marquette says no to waxing.
Over its nineteen year history, the Hunger Cleanup has raised more than $1.5 million
for anti-hunger and homelessness relief agencies. But this hairy stunt gets pulled.
READ MORE
- Marquette Tribune

The Hunger Clean Up is a campaign by the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness.
To Find out more CLICK HERE.

Rutgers Activists Featured on MTV U. CLICK to watch

Classroom breakfast program grants are available from
the “got breakfast?”(TM) Foundation. The foundation is
a coalition of public officials, community leaders,
private organizations, Share Our Strength,
the Alliance to End Hunger, the Coca-Cola Company,
General Mills, the National Dairy Council and East Side Entrees.
READ MORE
- WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)

And Read The Kids’ Award Winning Essays HERE

Proposed budget cuts $540 million over the next five years.
Reducing by 300,000 the number of those helped (26.7 million in 2006).
While the USDA reports the need for food stamps is increasing.
READ MORE
- Time Union, Albany NY

Mario Batali, a hunger warrior, an Iron Chef, a philanthropist. And he likes the color orange too.
READ MORE
- gothamist

Senators from both parties have recently
joined together to help fight hunger in the USA.
A Hunger Awareness Caucus has been created.
READ MORE
- The Washington Post

Some states enroll people in the food stamp program with a five page application that is submitted yearly.
Why do other states use 22 or 30 page applications that must be submitted every month?
A way to decrease the food stamp rolls?
Make the red tape just too much for hungry elderly and disabled people?
By John Croman READ MORE

- KARE 11 News

Hunger is growing in the suburbs. A tale of trouble in Ohio.
“While many families dream of idyllic suburban living,
the booming urban housing market may be shifting money
into the cities and out of the suburbs.”
By Peg Tyre and Matthew Philips READ MORE

- Newsweek

Church groups have banded together to propose changes
in the way the US assists farmers and rural Americans.
“Bread for the World, an anti-hunger group,
plans to distribute thousands of educational kits to
churches around the country in hopes
of getting congregants to urge members of Congress
to overhaul federal agricultural and nutrition programs.”

- Philip Brasher
READ MORE
- Des Moines Register

Kathy Prater feeds hungry families in her community.
“It started six years ago at the Countryside mobile home park where she lives,
a well-kept neighborhood of modern doublewides with many older residents.
On bingo nights, Prater discovered that some people were cleaning out the
refreshments afterward because they had no food at home.
“I checked it out,” she said, and learned that people were in fact going hungry
in her neighborhood. “I said, ‘Not on my watch, you’re not.’”
READ MORE
- The Gainesville Times

Carolina Ad Club helps students pitch in.
Contest for best public service announcement
benefits the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. READ MORE

UPDATE: Inter-Faith Food Shuttle

Architects’ and engineers’ efforts help bring awareness to hunger in America
through can art shows in 80 cities across America. READ MORE

The Washington Post