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Let’s Move! to Feed Hungry Kids this Summer

June 09, 2011 Max Finberg, Director, and Marissa Duswalt, Truman-Albright Fellow, USDA’s Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Cross posted from the Let's Move! blog: Most kids get excited about summer vacation. But for those who depend on school lunch and breakfast for their main meals of the day, they’re not as excited about summer. Unfortunately, hunger doesn’t take a vacation. Without cafeterias as the natural gathering...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Urban Gardening Ministry Brings Fresh Food to Richmond, VA

May 24, 2011 Julie Curti, Assistant to the Director, USDA Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Cross posted from the Let's Move! blog: There’s a lot going on in the Church Hill North neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia! For three years, the congregation at 31 st Street Baptist Church has been growing fresh vegetables in an urban garden behind their church. More recently, they launched a...

Initiatives

Feeding Hungry Kids in the Summer? It’s a No Brainer!

May 05, 2011 Kevin Concannon, USDA FNCS Under Secretary

Catholic Charities in Chicago is just one of many organizations that has committed to serving thousands of kids nutritious meals this summer through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Recently, FNS staff visited Catholic Charities headquarters in Chicago and met with Angel Gutierrez. Mr...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

USDA Hosts Webinar Watch Events Across the Country to Feed Hungry Kids this Summer

May 05, 2011 Max Finberg, Director, USDA Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

With one out of every four Latino families struggling to put food on the table, congregations and community-based organizations need all the help they can get in meeting this challenge. That is why USDA hosted Hispanic pastors in cities across the country for webinar watch events on the Summer Food...

Food and Nutrition
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