Mile After Mile, St. Louis Area Foodbank Drivers Keep Delivering
Monday through Friday, between 6 and 7 a.m. the 14-member team of drivers (which quickly jumped to 19 with the onset of COVID-19) for St. Louis Area Foodbank set out […]
The Power of a Team | COVID-19 Response
Team Everyone has heard the word. Regardless of how you specifically define it, we all have a similar understanding of what it means. It is a group of people working […]
March 11 is National Dietitians Day!
The St. Louis Area Foodbank is lucky enough to have a dietitian on staff, Jenny Duez. Jenny has been with the Foodbank for three years as part of our Partner […]
Sending Our Love!
February is a busy month! You’ve got the Super Bowl, Groundhog Day, Presidents Day and, of course, a day devoted to love – Valentine’s Day. For 45 years, the St. […]
Meet Maya, our Mobile Programs Coordinator
As the Foodbank’s Mobile Programs Coordinator, Maya handles the setup and operation of our mobile distributions in the counties we serve in Missouri and Illinois. Maya works with our partners […]
Frank Finnegan, 25 Years of Leadership in Local Hunger Relief
Frank Finnegan joined the St. Louis Area Foodbank as executive director in 1989. Today, 25 years later, he continues to lead this remarkable nonprofit toward its goal of alleviating hunger […]
Face of the Foodbank
Today, on Administrative Professionals Day, we celebrate Susan Jenkins. Technically, Susan’s title at the St. Louis Area Foodbank is “customer service representative.” But in reality, we think of her more […]
The County Fair Comes to the Foodbank
Every year around this time, Foodbank employees gather in our main warehouse for a little bit of fun that benefits an important cause – the United Way of Greater St. […]
Papa’s Mac and Cheese – A Story of Food Assistance
My Grandparents at their 50th Wedding anniversary, along my Mom ( left), Aunt (middle) and myself (right). Why I wanted to work at the St. Louis Area Foodbank… The […]
On The Road…Again
Denise Daugherty starts her day by loading product onto her truck / Photo by Bethany Prange Denise Daugherty is a hard-working woman. As the only woman on the otherwise all-male […]