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…
DetailsCitizens 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…
DetailsHeat 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…
DetailsHunger 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…
DetailsNon-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,…
DetailsHunger 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…
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