Blog, Child Hunger
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That's a Wrap! Back to School Campaign Exceeds ...

Because of you, more children will start the school day ready to learn, without the pang of hunger as a distraction. Our Back-to-School campaign reminds us that along with pencils and paper, children need a daily supply of food to take on new concepts, run on playgrounds, and socialize more successfully.

That's a Wrap! Back to School Campaign Exceeds Match, Fills Shelves and Backpacks
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NEW: Food Shuttle Academy is LIVE! Check Out ...

Our Community Health and Agriculture Education teams have collaborated to develop the new Food Shuttle Academy, an online learning platform with free, self-paced lessons on health, nutrition, agriculture, and more!

NEW: Food Shuttle Academy is LIVE! Check Out this FREE Online Learning Resource!
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Food Shuttle Donors Crunch Spring Match ...

Our Spring Match challenge, made possible by generous funders, including SOLV Energy and the Mead Family Foundation, exceeded the $105,000 goal, raising an additional $70,000 to erase hunger!

Food Shuttle Donors Crunch Spring Match Challenge (And Then Some)!
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The Support from Love, Tito's to Create Garden ...

Love, Tito’s has a heart for community gardens and increasing access to fresh, healthy foods. Their philanthropic Love, Tito’s Block to Block program, reconnects neighborhoods and creates community gardens and farms throughout the United States. Our hearts are in full bloom knowing that our Camden Street Garden will be the next beneficiary of Block to Block, allowing neighbors with mobility challenges to access our many activities more easily.

The Support from Love, Tito's to Create Garden Accessibility for All
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Summer Brings Exciting Volunteer Opportunities ...

Gardening is an incredible way to spend a summer day. These opportunities will allow you to have fun while also helping others!

Summer Brings Exciting Volunteer Opportunities at the Food Shuttle

Great American Bake Sale

The Great American Bake Sale in Durham raises $650 for Share Our Strength this past Saturday!

This past Saturday, outside of Vega Metals in Durham, a collection of the Triangle’s Food Bloggers gathered with their baked goods for sale. Within 2 hours, Triangle residents had raised $650 for Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign, a national sponsor of the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s Cooking Matters program. With nearly 1-4 kids in America facing hunger, these funds help Share Our Strength build partnerships that bring together public officials, nonprofits, community and faith-based groups, private funders and businesses to develop a measurable plan that will end childhood hunger in a particular state or city. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle staff and volunteers were also present at the bake sale to share information with, and recruit volunteers for Share Our Strength’s culinary-based nutrition course, Cooking Matters. This 6-week program seeks to change behaviors related to eating and cooking meals with children, teens, adults, and families. In 2010, Cooking Matters hosted 39 courses that prepared over 450 healthy recipes with participants. Cooking Matters has set a goal to run at least 50 courses in and around the Triangle by the end of 2011 and we need your help to do that! Thanks to all the volunteers, foodbloggers, and bake sale consumers for making this Great American Bake Sale a HUGE success. We ended the day having raised money, awareness and volunteer commitment, moving us just a little closer to ending hunger in our communities.

Special thanks to a few of the foodbloggers who attended: