http://hungrr.com Hunger is growing. Time to get is slowing. Hunger in America. End. Thu, 15 May 2008 03:31:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 35 million Americans need help. Kids, the elderly, working families. Take a few minutes to send your senators and representatives an email. Remind them to keep much needed food aid in the current Farm Bill. CLICK FOR CONTACT info for your SENATORS and CLICK FOR CONTACT info for your REPRESENTATIVES. Tell them ... http://hungrr.com/2008/eat-the-farm-bill-maybe-thats-the-only-way-to-pass-it Stamp Out Hunger Day. Saturday May 10. The National Association Of Letter Carriers. Letter carriers will pick up bags of food donated by generous people all across America. CLICK for more info. Hunger is growing. Hunger in America. Do a little good. And feel ... http://hungrr.com/2008/leave-some-perfectly-good-food-on-your-doorstep "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 ... http://hungrr.com/2008/high-plains-hunger-hunger-in-america Hunger is growing all around us. How can Minnesotans help? - StarTribune Minneapolis, MN Hunger is Growing. Hunger In America. Do a little good. And feel good.- Hungrr http://hungrr.com/2008/your-gonna-make-it-after-all 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 http://hungrr.com/2008/sos-hunger-in-america-a-new-website 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2008/record-storms-and-hunger-in-america 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/america-drops-the-ball-on-millions-of-hungry-kids CLICK TO DONATE to the Foodbank for NYC.The food bank can provide 20 meals for just 5 bucks. Help New Yorkers who turn to the Food Bank for food assistance. Kids, the elderly, women, working people who can't provide enough for themselves and their kids. Hunger is growing. Hunger in America. Do a little ... http://hungrr.com/2007/food-banks-in-crisis-across-america-hungry-or-happy-holidays 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. http://hungrr.com/2007/americas-hungry-ask-for-the-bill 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. http://hungrr.com/2007/big-orange-hits-the-nati UPDATE 10/15/07 iphone sold for charity. CLICK TO SEE THE LISTING ON EBAY 100% of proceeds went to the FOODBANK OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA http://hungrr.com/2007/iphone-on-ebay-benefits-the-food-bank-of-northwest-louisiana http://hungrr.com/2007/hungrr-makes-a-facebook-group 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. ... http://hungrr.com/2007/a-hunger-emergency-at-the-food-bank-for-new-york-city 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/hunger-is-growing-in-california-hunger-in-america 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/building-a-fortress-against-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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/hunger-in-america-is-growing 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/hunger-in-america-dr-norman-e-borlaug 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/hunger-in-america-hunger-is-growing-in-maine 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/hunger-in-the-land-of-shining-mountains 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/test Find National Hunger Awareness Day events in your area. CLICK HERE No, the minimum wage increase will NOT end hunger in America. http://hungrr.com/2007/national-hunger-awareness-day Hunger in America among the handicapped is growing. READ MORE about the surprising face of hunger in America. - The Herald Bulletin , Anderson, IN http://hungrr.com/2007/hunger-and-the-handicapped-space 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/fight-hunger-in-america-with-cupcakes-cookies-and-cakes US Postal workers collect food on Saturday May 12th in their nationwide effort to help "Stamp Out Hunger" READ MORE - Sherrie Norris Mountain Times, North Carolina http://hungrr.com/2007/letter-carriers-carry-that-weight-for-hunger-saturday-may-12th Something nice comes from all the primetime cruelty and irrationality.There is still a reason to watch this show, even without Sanjaya around. April 24th and 25th."American Idol Gives Back" •click for info• http://hungrr.com/2007/american-idol-does-a-little-good-and-feels-good "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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/hunger-in-america-grows-along-with-milk-prices 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 http://hungrr.com/2007/deer-hunters-against-hunger-in-america 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 http://hungrr.com/2007/march-for-meals-marching-for-meals-on-wheels 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/marquette-hunger-prank-yanked 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/hungry-got-breakfast-national-school-breakfast-week 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 http://hungrr.com/2007/farm-bill-cuts-food-stamps-as-need-trends-upward Mario Batali, a hunger warrior, an Iron Chef, a philanthropist. And he likes the color orange too. READ MORE - gothamist http://hungrr.com/2007/hunger-on-the-front-burner 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 http://hungrr.com/2007/senate-bi-partisan-caucus-formed-for-hunger-awareness 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/red-tape-over-hungry-mouths 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 http://hungrr.com/2007/hungrr-is-growing-in-the-burbs The Kids' Cafe in Texas serves up hot and healthy free meals to help Houston's hungry kids. READ MORE photo Johnny Hanson and hungrr - Houston Chronicle http://hungrr.com/2007/super-bowl-weekend-food-drive-to-help-hungry-kids Virdell Miller continues her 22 year tradition of honoring Martin Luther King Jr. by helping the hungry in her little town. READ MORE - Rocky Mountain News http://hungrr.com/2007/mlk-and-cookies 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/help-farmers-help-fight-hunger 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 ... http://hungrr.com/2007/heroine-fights-hunger Carolina Ad Club helps students pitch in. Contest for best public service announcement benefits the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. READ MORE Carolina Newswire UPDATE: Inter-Faith Food Shuttle http://hungrr.com/2006/students-make-ads-against-hunger Happy New Year. All profits after taxes go to help end hunger in America. The Hungrr button. $2.00 Hungrr Button Ten Pack $15 http://hungrr.com/2006/wear-hungrr This year - the number of American kids who needed help from the federal school breakfast program increased. But - the Food Research and Action Center reports that the federal breakfast program served only two in five kids who needed it. So that's 7.7 million served, and about 10 million more ... http://hungrr.com/2006/leggo-my-school-breakfast-program Anna Quindlan (left) and Hungrr photo by Charles Ommanney Newsweek Infomative piece on the appalling state of Hunger in America. If you can't read it now, bookmark it for later and READ MORE - Newsweek http://hungrr.com/2006/pulitzer-prize-winner-on-hunger-in-america-today Long Island food banks are experiencing shortages this holiday season. Find out how to help “I can’t believe how many people there are on Long Island who are without food, for the holidays and the rest of the year—especially children,” - Maddy Leibowitz. READ MORE Click to help: Island Harvest ... http://hungrr.com/2006/food-shortages-orange-alert Architects' and engineers' efforts help bring awareness to hunger in America through can art shows in 80 cities across America. READ MORE The Canstruction Project's website The Washington Post http://hungrr.com/2006/hunger-artists Hungrr doesn't want to get political but it seems the new-speakers are at it again. According to the USDA, the government does not want to use the word hunger any longer to describe hunger. The new terminology for hunger is "very low food security." READ MORE While curiously, New ... http://hungrr.com/2006/hungrr-celebrates-no-more-hunger-in-america Lewis Billings of Provo, Utah, calls for fasting. READ HERE Daily Herald http://hungrr.com/2006/utah-mayor-fasts-for-hungrr READ HERE Rocky Mountain News http://hungrr.com/2006/mountain-man-feeds-hungry Sonoma State University's Project Censored lists the top ten biggest news stories missed or dissed by mainstream media. Hunger in America ranks fourth. Project Censored may not be completely unbiased, but still, the findings ring true to Hungrr's ears. OK, Hungrr has no ears, SO WHAT ?! READ ... http://hungrr.com/2006/hungrr-among-the-most-dissed-news-stories-of-the-year I am Hungrr. Hard working. Raising a family. Part of the world's greatest economy. I am 35 million American men women and children. I need help providing enough food to feed my family. In the wealthiest nation on Earth. I am a blog. A street art awareness campaign. A word of mouth ... http://hungrr.com/2006/meet-hungrr