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  • Childhood Hunger Rampant in Parts of Western North Carolina

    June 03, 2019 |

    Carolina Public Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Cherokee, North Carolina

    Individuals, churches, and nonprofits are joining together in North Carolina's food deserts to help address childhood hunger throughout the state. In one particularly food-insecure county, an alliance between three community churches as well as pop-up markets has helped to more equitably distribute produce to neighborhoods and communities where resources are scarce.

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  • Tiny Eatery, Big Mission In Pullman

    May 08, 2019 |

    WBEZ |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A new food hall in the South Side of Chicago offers three African American chefs the opportunity to open a local, thriving business. The food hall, operated by a local nonprofit, brings healthy and creative cuisine to the community as well as opens doors for black business owners in Chicago.

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  • In D.C., a call for restaurants to give fasting Muslims an alternative to IHOP in Ramadan

    April 25, 2019 |

    Religion News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Being inclusive involves demonstrating consideration and making space for the traditions and customs of others. To encourage these practices among businesses and restaurants in the Washington D.C. area with regard to the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, Katherine Ashworth Brandt started Dine After Dark. Currently, the nonprofit partners with Martha’s Table, offering additional meals during designated hours.

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  • Temple Students “Swipe Out Hunger” in Philly

    April 08, 2019 |

    Green Philly |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Students at Temple University are using their unused meal "swipes"--or prepaid dining hall entries--to help buy food for those in need in Philadelphia. The organization Swipes for Philadelphia now has expanded their initial idea to host general meetings on topics like food insecurity, homelessness, and overall struggles of low-wage workers. The organization also tackles related issues like food waste.

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  • This Castle in the Desert Provides Respite to Asylum-Seekers

    April 05, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    In Tucson, Arizona, a former Benedictine monastery is providing temporary shelter to asylum seekers. The space was temporarily donated to Casa Alitas, a nonprofit, following a sharp increase in asylum-seeker in the past year. The nonprofit provides the individuals and families staying there with shelter, food, clothing, and any other care they may need while they prepare for the next part of their trip.

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  • School district turns unused cafeteria food into frozen, take-home meals for kids

    April 03, 2019 |

    KPHO-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Elkhart, Indiana

    Elkhart Community Schools in Indiana has teamed up with a nonprofit called Cultivate to provide meals for students who may go without food over the weekend. In this pilot program, 20 students will receive a backpack full of eight frozen meals made up of "rescued" food from the cafeteria that was made but never served. This initiative helps reduce food waste and ensure that students will not go hungry.

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  • Perfectly good food was going in the trash, so an Indiana school turned it into take-home meals for hungry kids

    April 03, 2019 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, Elkhart, Indiana

    A community organization in Indiana called Cultivate "rescues" food from local caterers, hospitals, casinos, and businesses to then be packaged into take-home meals for students at Woodland Elementary School that come from food-insecure homes. Cultivate is in its second year of existence, has three staff and 400 volunteers, and hopes to expand beyond their pilot program to reach all 21 schools in the district.

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  • Want to Address Food Insecurity in Your Community? There's an App For That.

    March 28, 2019 |

    Route Fifty |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Pittsburgh-based nonprofit 412 Food Rescue is saving food from landfills and feeding those in need by getting produce, with minor bruises or almost past sell-by dates, into the hands of food insecure people. The organization, which partners with government housing authorities and other sites like daycares, uses its Food Rescue Hero app to connect volunteer drivers with grocery stores and restaurants who have excess food to donate.

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  • Robot learns to feed folks dinner

    March 13, 2019 |

    Futurity News |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Many people across the United State cannot eat unless assisted, but this often leads to feelings of losing independence. To combat this outcome, researchers have developed a robotic assistant that can assess a plate of food and accurately deliver the items to the individual's mouth.

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  • How the Robin Hood Foundation is fighting a hunger emergency in New York caused by the shutdown

    February 22, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In response to the government shutdown in December 2018, the Robin Hood Foundation pieced together a food-aid puzzle to provide food for low-income families that weren't receiving their monthly SNAP benefits. By re-stocking food pantries around the city, donating to food delivery services, and working to extend food-aid protections, the organization helped keep thousands across the city fed during the shutdown.

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