Creating a corporate culture of philanthropy and community service requires much more than sending out a memo or writing a policy. It requires building a grassroots movement. The five executives who convened Tuesday at First County Bank’s Summer Street headquarters underscored those points during a panel discussion on philanthropic strategies organized by the Mark Lapine Endowment for Families in Business, a foundation that supports families in business in Fairfield County. The quintet have overseen the distribution of some $45 million in funds and services in the past decade to groups supported by their firms.
Read MoreWhen Hunger Goes to College
Hunger impacts college students in the same ways that it does elementary, grade school and high school students; by effecting their mental health, their attendance, their concentration and ultimately their grades.
Read MoreSix Food Positives for 2016
For our last post of year, we thought we'd take the opportunity to write about some of the noteworthy food positives of 2016. Not all are hunger related, but still important for our food system and nutrition.
Read MoreCNBC Report – America’s Dirty Little Secret
While families across the country gather around the dinner table during this holiday season, there is a different, far less cheery scenario playing out for millions of other Americans. They're the ones who go hungry, and for whom food — and enough of it — is a daily struggle. According to Feeding America, more than 42 million people now suffer from hunger throughout the nation.
Read MoreUnited Way of Western Connecticut Announces $91,000 Investment in Food Access
United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC), in partnership with the Meera & Ashok Vasudevan Foundation (MAVF) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., announced today that they will fund several initiatives to increase food access for ALICE® (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) households. The funding announcement is part of a larger initiative that UWWC is taking on to address food security in greater Danbury, greater New Milford and Stamford.
Read MoreLet’s Green the Pantry. There’s one near you.
There are more food pantries in the US than most of us realize. National Geographic, in their special issue on Hunger stated there are are 50,000 emergency feeding programs and food pantries across America. We’ve been trying to locate them all for our Green the Pantry initiative but it hasn’t ...
Read MorePantries add to Diabetes crisis
We already know 72% of SNAP participants are overweight or obese. Pantries despite performing a very important service are taking that crisis even further....into diabetes and cardio vascular disease. New York Times article on this subject is revealing. Read the article here:
Read MoreFood Pantries in US Campuses. Really?
Hunger in America is not only counter intuitive but it continues to confound, baffle and upset. Thought hunger was rural? In inner cities alone? “Tucked away in a discreet office at Brooklyn College’s Student Center, beyond the pool tables and wide-screen TVs where her classmates congregate, Rebecca Harmata discovered a lifeline." A Food Pantry Read the full article:
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