Food Bank Expands It’s Backpack Program
The Regional Food Bank’s backpack program has expanded to include four schools in Albany. Peanut butter, bread, cereal, tuna and pasta are pantry staples filling up backpacks to keep kids…
Citizens Bank Donates 2,000 Turkeys For Holiday
“To make sure that no one misses the traditional turkey dinner on Thanksgiving Day this year, Citizens Bank today donated 2,000 turkeys to food pantries throughout the city of Albany…
25th Annual Holiday Hunger Appeal
Holiday Hunger Appeal November 18-December 24 The Holiday Hunger Appeal is the Food Bank’s largest and most public fundraising event. This appeal runs from mid-November to Christmas Eve. A Holiday…
Heat or Eat?
With the winter months upon us, many people will be confronted with difficult choices such as paying for food and paying for utilities or heating fuel. More than 49 million…
Hunger Strikes
“Nancy Rockwell adds yet another name to her spiral-bound notebook as volunteers scramble in the back, pulling cans of vegetables and boxes of pasta off shelves and sorting them into…
Non-Profit of the Year!
The Business Review is honoring the Regional Food Bank with the 2009 Non-Profit of the Year Achievement Award! If you would like to celebrate this honor with the Food Bank,…
15th Annual Chefs & Vintners’ Harvest Dinner
September 24, 2009 The Glen Sanders Mansion Scotia, New York The evening will feature many of the area’s finest chefs and New York state vintners, who will pair up…
President Obama Joins Feeding America In The “United We Serve” Backpack Project
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama joined hundreds of Congressional family members, Feeding America and four additional national nonprofit organizations at Ft. McNair in Washington DC to prepare 15,000…
Hunger Never Takes a Vacation!
NEW REPORT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC TOLL OF CHILD HUNGER FINDINGS HIGHLIGHT LONG TERM PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE CONSEQUENCES CHICAGO – July 1, 2009 –The direct and indirect effect of child hunger…
Volunteer at the Food Bank
Even during Summer Vacation the Food Bank needs volunteers to help out! Read below for our current needs or check out our volunteer section to learn even more about our wonderful…