Lose Weight & Fight Hunger with the Pound for Pound Challenge For every pound you pledge to lose through June 30, 2010, the Pound For Pound Challenge will donate 14¢ to Feeding America® - enough to deliver one pound of groceries to a local food bank. Click here to make your pledge on the Pound For Pound Challenge website. Create a team on Facebook, post it on your Twitter page, or just invite your friends and family. When you take the challenge, you help feed the hungry here in St. Louis. Click here for more details on the Pound for Pound Challenge. | |
Landmark Study Reveals Unprecedented Number of People Going Hungry A study released today by the St. Louis Area Foodbank and Feeding America reports that more than 261,000 people in the bi-state area, including 101,790 children, receive emergency food each year through the St. Louis Area Foodbank.That is a 35% increase in clients served since 2006. A summary of local findings is available by clicking here. The full national report is at www.feedingamerica.org/hungerstudy. |
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|  | Donate to the Foodbank at the Switchfoot Show Don't forget to bring some non-perishable food items for the Foodbank to the Switchfoot show at the Pageant on Monday, February 15th. Tickets are still available. |
| | Washington Post: America's economic pain brings hunger pangs USDA report on access to food 'unsettling,' Obama says The nation's economic crisis has catapulted the number of Americans who lack enough food to the highest level since the government has been keeping track, according to a new federal report, which shows that nearly 50 million people-including almost one child in four-struggled last year to get enough to eat. Read the full article. |
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