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Community garden creates hands-on nutrition curriculum for nearby schools
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Community garden creates hands-on nutrition curriculum for nearby schools

  • Dave
  • December 26, 2014
  • 0

Schools in food deserts have minimal funding for nutrition education Many schools have a two-sided problem when it comes to nutrition: the schools with more of a problem […]

California university creates food pantry for struggling students
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California university creates food pantry for struggling students

  • Dave
  • December 20, 2014
  • 1

  Hungry students are reluctant to use traditional food banks As the cost of higher education climbs into the stratosphere, many students may have difficulties […]

Local church starts food pantry in its basement
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Local church starts food pantry in its basement

  • Dave
  • December 7, 2014
  • 1

No local services for hungry residents of small, rural town Hunger doesn’t limit itself to the city-dweller, and struggling people in rural areas find they […]

Food bank boosts the impact of Meals on Wheels by adding a bag of groceries
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Food bank boosts the impact of Meals on Wheels by adding a bag of groceries

  • Dave
  • December 7, 2014
  • 0

Problem: Meals on Wheels only provides temporary benefit Thousands of elderly people in Texas’ Brazos Valley experience food insecurity, and that number is expected to […]

Pop-up window on food bank website alerts visitors of their current needs
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Pop-up window on food bank website alerts visitors of their current needs

  • Dave
  • November 29, 2014
  • 1

Problem: Food banks receive too much of the wrong things Food pantries request so many items that it can be difficult to communicate to potential […]

Food bank boosts post-holiday donations through newspaper Op Ed
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Food bank boosts post-holiday donations through newspaper Op Ed

  • Dave
  • November 29, 2014
  • 1

Drop off in donations to food bank after holiday season Most food banks experience a surge in both demand and donations during Thanksgiving and the […]

Motivate students to fundraise by offering to do something crazy
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Motivate students to fundraise by offering to do something crazy

  • Dave
  • November 25, 2014
  • 0

  When new restrictions on nutrition kicked in for Wade Hampton High School in Greenville, SC, school officials anticipated losing $30,000 – $40,000 in fundraising […]

Double the impact of a matching campaign by extending with a second donor
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Double the impact of a matching campaign by extending with a second donor

  • Dave
  • November 25, 2014
  • 0

Matching campaigns can be very effective: having a larger donor backing a project lends credibility to the campaign and gives community members twice as many […]

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