Food Security United States Project #7590

Help Us Fight Hunger Across America

by Move For Hunger

Project Report | Jun 28, 2012
Summertime is the Hardest Time For Children Without Food

By Adam Lowy | Executive Director

Summertime and the livin is not easy.

Often times people think of a hunger as a problem plaguing us during the holiday season. Around Thanksgiving, you can find a hundred food drives in any given city. Yet in the summer, it's rare to find even one. Hunger is a problem that affects families ever single day of the year. More must be done to combat this problem on a year-round basis, rather than just highlighting it during the holidays.

What many people don't know is the valuable role our nation's food banks and schools play in providing emergency food assistance to children in need. There are tons of backpack programs and school lunch programs available for children throughout the school year. However, when summer comes, and kids are out of school, it is much more difficult to provide food for those without.

Move For Hunger challenges you to organize a food drive in your community this summer to help your neighbors in need! You can turn anything into a food drive! Here are some good examples:

Hold a drive at the gym you belong to
Hold a drive at you kid's sporting event
Hold a drive at your summer camp
Hold a drive at your place of worship
Call Move For Hunger for other ideas :)

Best of all - Move For Hunger can help you turn your food drive into a HUGE success. Give us a call, and we'll help you create fliers, send you collection boxes, and even send a truck to pick up all your food donations to bring to your local food bank. It's that easy!

To set up a food drive in your community, please email events@moveforhunger.org or call 732-774-0521.

Talk to you soon!

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Apr 12, 2012
40 Miles in the Big Apple For Move For Hunger

By Adam Lowy | Executive Director

Mar 7, 2012
Young People Fighting Hunger

By Adam Lowy | Executive Director

Soup-er Bowl of Caring

Top O' the Mornin!

Move For Hunger is off to a great start for 2012. Ever since the NBC American Giving Awards, we've had tons of young people reach out to us wanting to hold food drives. We figured if there were young people out there willing to fight hunger in their communities, we should be helping them!

A few months ago, two little girls from Monroe, NC, reached out to us wanting to get involved. At that time, Move For Hunger didn't have a mover in that area. These 10 year olds took it upon themselves to call all the moving companies in their area to get some involved. They did just that! We then received a phone call - "Alright, we got you movers, can we hold a food drive at our school?" We did them one better. Our local moving partner donated a truck for a day, and we got permission from a local grocery store to stage the truck outside for the day. We sent t-shirts, fliers, banners, and sent out press releases. The end result:

These little girls collected 6,000 lbs of food in one day for their local food pantry. It was incredible!

Click Here to Read More

Realizing the power of young people, 2012 marks the launch of Move For Hunger's College CanFest. We're giving university students the tools to plan successful events at their schools and launching one of the nation's largest, student led food drives - EVER! Best of all, our movers will do all the heavy lifting and deliver your collections to your local food bank. To start a drive at your school - Click Here.

Finally - Are you a Realtor looking to give back? Move For Hunger proudly announces its Real Estate Program. Real Estate Agents across the nation are joining up with Move For Hunger to educate their clients about hunger in their communities. If you are a Realtor or know a Realtor who would like to join our efforts, Click Here!

Thank you for your continued support! We couldn't do what we do without donors like you! We're looking forward to a great 2012!

College CanFest

Young Girls Fighting Hunger

Real Estate Program

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