Our News Room is your source for the latest information on America's Second Harvest Network.  Browse our news headlines and press releases, get concise background information about our organization, view our public service announcements, and find the media contact you need.

Recent stories about hunger and America's Second Harvest have run on both the Today Show and CBS Evening News.

Read USA Today's cover story titled "New breed of American emerges in need of food" which feature America's Second Harvest and many of our member food banks.

July 2008

7/24/08 U.S. Foodservice's New Cookbook Raises $395,000 to Help Feed America's Hungry

7/14/08 Dunkin' Brands Employees and Franchisees Volunteer to Fight Hunger

June 2008

6/14/08 Food Bank Responde to Catastrphic Flooding

6/2/08 Record 73.1 Million Pounds Collected In Letter Carriers’ National Food Drive

May 2008

5/21/08 America’s Second Harvest Applauds House Override Of President’s Veto

5/20/08 Las Vegas Three Square Food Bank Receives More Than 100-Thousand Pounds of Food from FMI Show plus MARKETECHNICS® and United Fresh Market

5/14/08 Farm Bill Passes House

5/14/08 American Red Cross Honors America’s Second Harvest at Heritage of Service Dinner

5/13/08 Food Banks Urge Passage Of Historic Farm Bill To Help Hungry Americans

5/12/08 U.S. Foodservice’s "Full Plates, Full Lives™" To Benefit America’s Second Harvest Food Banks

5/12/08 New Survey Underscores Urgent Need For Farm Bill As Demands Are Up, Food Down

5/8/08 Letter to President Bush Urging Farm Bill Passage

5/7/08 America’s Second Harvest Showcases The Faces Of Hunger Through A Weeklong Initiative To Raise Awareness Of The Increasing Number Of Families In Need Of Food Assistance

5/6/08 America’s Second Harvest Showcases The Faces Of Hunger Through A Weeklong Initiative To Raise Awareness Of The Increasing Number Of Families In Need Of Food Assistance

5/5/08 America’s Second Harvest Showcases The Faces Of Hunger Through A Weeklong Initiative To Raise Awareness Of The Increasing Number Of Families In Need Of Food Assistance

5/2/08 Food Bank Survey Points To Critical Shortage Of Food, Urgency Of Farm Bill And Immediate Need For $100 Million In Emergency Federal Funding

April 2008

4/30/08 Wal-Mart Announces New National Food Donation Program

4/29/08 Hungry Americans Still Waiting for a Farm Bill

4/16/08 35 Milion Americans Urgently Need Congresss to Pass a Farm Bill

4/10/08 Bruce Knight, Mark Keenum and Nancy Montanez Johner Receive National recognition with Distinguished Public Service Award

4/7/08 Campbell Soup Company and the National Association of Letter Carriers Team Up to Stamp Out Hunger!

4/7/08 America's Second Harvest Continues to Support Flood Recovery Efforts in Missouri

4/4/08 Soaring Food and Fuel Prices Create Urgent Need for a Farm Bill

March 2008

3/19/08 Hungry Americans Cannot Wait for a Farm Bill

3/6/08 America's Egg Producers Donate 12 Million Eggs to America's Second Harvest

3/5/08 New Initiative Highlights Plight of Children Living With Hunger

February 2008

2/29/08 The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) and America's Second Harvest’s 2008 National Anti-Hunger Conference, March 2 - 4

2/19/08 Ruby Tuesday's "Cookies For A Cause" Raises Funds For America's Second Harvest Food Banks

2/7/08 America's Second Harvest Helps Feed Tornado Ravaged Communities

2/6/08 President's Budget Cuts Vital Food Program, Puts Seniors at Risk of Hunger

January 2008

1/31/08 America's Second Harvest Receives $300,000 Knowledge Management Grant from the Daniels Fund

1/30/08 Barilla Launches Second Annual Cookbook to Fight Hunger

1/29/08 America's Second Harvest Urges Senate to Include $100 Million for Emergency Food in Stimulus Package

1/24/08 Statement by America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network, in Response to Economic Stimulus Proposal

1/17/08 Hungry Americans Need a Farm Bill Now

1/14/08 Celebrity Cook Paula Deen Launches 10-City Helping Hungry Homes Tour

 

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