My Work Volunteering with Cooking Matters at the Store
Joelle Friend says, “I am not a chef. I am not a nutritionist. In fact, I am a firefighter. But I am teaching others food nutrition skills by volunteering with No Kid Hungry.” Learn how she got started with Inter-Faith Food Shuttle!
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Food pantries recover from winter storm
“…if you are going three, four or five days without school meals, those children may have not had anything to eat since the last time they had school, or either had very little,” said Kia Baker with the food shuttle.
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February 12, 2014 • Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
Closing the Hunger Gap: Nutrition Spotlight
The following short piece was written by the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, highlighting some of the nutrition work happening in food banks across…
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N.C. food insecurity is rising
At some point since 2000, 1 in 6 North Carolinians has not had enough nutritious food to eat. Now that figure is closer to 1 in 5, ranking North Carolina sixth among the most food-insecure states in the country.
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Innovative nonprofits receive $40,000 GSK Impact Award
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle was awarded a GSK IMPACT grant for its innovative work in ending hunger and improving community health.
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December 3, 2013 • NCDA
State Farmers Market offers chances to shop and give this holiday season
The State Farmers Market also conducts its “Week of Giving” campaign to benefit Inter-Faith Food ShuttleSunday, Dec. 8, through Saturday, Dec. 14. Visitors are encouraged…
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Grocery Store Tours Part of Healthy Base Initiative
The healthy commissary shopping tours at Bragg South, referred to as “Cooking Matters – In The Store,” were part of a partnership with Share Our Strength, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. Tour leaders were comprised of Share Our Strength staff and the local Inter-Faith Food Shuttle group.
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Thanksgiving a time to ponder food insecure among prosperity
A guest column in the Herald Sun by IFFS summer field gleaning intern, Michelle Madeley: Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season, a time…
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Cultivating Reform: Planting the Seeds for Healing the Food System
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is addressing a very real and immediate problem of food insecurity. IFFS may also be one of thousands of groups across the world cultivating a new crop of the very people who could help begin to mend the system as a whole.
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“Turkey Takeout” Feeds Families Thanksgiving Meals
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle held its 7th annual “Turkey Takeout” event Thursday, Nov.21st to distribute turkeys, fresh produce, bread, and pies to partner agencies and pantries for families in need this Thanksgiving. Food was donated by U.S. Foods, Ford’s Produce, FarmPak, and other food donors, as well as gleaned from farmers’ fields by Inter-Faith Food Shuttle volunteers.
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