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Preparing for the Next Hunger Crisis

With the end of the year comes planning for the one to come, and this year most anti-hunger organizations are preparing for a much more difficult next twelve months. With cuts to SNAP, purchasing restrictions, implementation of new eligibility…

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How My Body Taught Me That Food Choices Matter

To honor my holiday vacation, I’m reposting this blog from April, 2023. Eight years ago in mid-December, I checked myself into the ER. It turned out that my appendix had burst approximately three months prior, with all the complications…

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What Food Pantry Should You Donate To?

A colleague recently reached out to me about hosting a food drive. Their organization is ready with a donation barrel, but they wanted a recommendation about whom they should donate to. In writing my response, I realized there were…

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Uplifting Dignity Amidst a Hunger Crisis

Being an anti-hunger advocate is exhausting right now. The scale of the need we face as people experiencing hunger go without essential SNAP benefits is astronomical. I’m frightened by the growing needs of my neighbors and the overwhelming but…

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What Hunger Looks Like this November

If you don’t work in social services or the anti-hunger sector, it might be easy to underestimate the gravity of the current situation. It’s hard to articulate the scale of the catastrophe we face. The government appears to be…

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Building Safe Spaces to Fight Hunger

This upcoming November, recipients of SNAP will not get their benefits because of the ongoing government shutdown. A growing number of Americans are missing their car payments, a key indicator that all is not well with the economy. The…

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