By Christopher Magan cmagan@pioneerpress.com There’s a new sign on the doors to Stillwater Junior High School inviting hungry students and their families inside for “Free Summer Meals.” In the cafeteria, manager Sheryl Johnson oversees the typical lunchtime crowd of students in district summer programs and children in day care. There also are a growing number […]
One of the latest good fads has been to buy another person’s food, either in line at the checkout of a grocery store or in line at a drive-through of a fast-food restaurant. Typically, the person in front buys the food for the person behind them. It is part of the “paying it forward” concept […]
From our partners at AARP Minnesota During her year working for AARP Minnesota, Lynne McMullen learned that hunger can appear in unexpected ways: “Senior hunger is often an invisible problem. Hunger can look like obesity because you don’t have the money to eat healthy food.” McMullen joined the AARP Foundation Drive to End Hunger (endseniorhunger.aarp.org) […]
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Advocates and champions celebrated policy wins that fight hunger and poverty St. Paul MN—(May 19, 2014)— Today, as the 2014 Minnesota Legislative session came to a close, anti-hunger and poverty advocates and legislators highlighted new policies that will benefit the over 500,000 food insecure Minnesotans. Minnesota Partners to End Hunger hosted a celebration with Minnesota […]
MINNESOTA PARTNERS TO END HUNGER MEDIA ALERT Alleviating hunger by fighting for fair food policy What: Press Conference to celebrate Legislative policy advancements that benefit low income/hungry Minnesotans Who: Minnesota Partners to End Hunger Speakers: Sen. Melisa Franzen Rep. Jeanne Poppe Sen. Lyle Koenen Sen. Kent Eken Sen. Jeff Hayden […]
Innovative technology enlisted to help close low income healthy nutrition gap Twin Cities Hunger Initiative, local food shelves and technology solutions company team up to provide free produce (St. Paul, MN April 1, 2014) — Starting this week, local nonprofits are joining forces with Solutran, a privately-held technology solutions company, to bring free and healthy […]
We know that there is a service gap for food insecure Minnesotans that have mobility challenges. Maybe they cannot drive or do not own a vehicle. Perhaps they live in a remote area that is miles away from a food shelf. A few progressive food shelves have begun to meet their hungry neighbors where they […]