We’re seeing more and more groups interested in organizing a #GiveHealthy Food Drive and this one caught our attention. The Curbing Hunger Youth Council is a group of teens supporting the mission of Curbing Hunger. Curbing Hunger has been raising food for hunger organizations for over 20 years to help them during the summer, a…
Here’s a secret…We’ve been working closely with a terrific food pantry that serves people in and around Greenwich, Connecticut on a CASE STUDY to see what happens when groups begin to organize #GiveHealthy food drives. The short answer: WOW! WOW! means they raise more food, they raise healthy food and have a lot of fun…
Guest Blog Post by James Devine, #GiveHealthy intern I am a marketing student at Seton Hall University’s Stillman School of Business and one of several interns working on #GiveHealthy. I joined the Give Healthy Movement because I enjoy helping others and believe that this initiative is a great way to make a difference for people…
The #GiveHealthy Movement launched at the Broccoli City Festival in Washington DC on May 6, 2017. The Festival is about many things, including great music, culture and social impact. It’s also about healthy food access, particularly in urban areas. A perfect place to launch our movement to change the most common form of giving in…
Every day, millions of American families have to choose between putting healthy food on their table and paying their bills. Fruits and vegetables often lose out to a tank of gas or a rent payment, proving that making healthy food choices isn’t a choice at all. In an effort to help the 44 million Americans…
In order to examine the concept of food justice and the emergency food system, we sat down with Noreen Springstead, Executive Director of WhyHunger. Since 1992, she has worked for food justice and contributed to the organization’s mission of developing, supporting and replicating grassroots solutions focused on self-reliance and empowerment to end hunger and poverty.…
The official donation period for #GiveHealthy this spring is the month of May. So it turns out we’re off to an early start with a very special Easter egg drive. For the first time, ever, (as far as we know), you can now donate eggs to a food drive. What a way to #GiveHealthy! This…
Guest Blog Post via the Center for a Livable Future (CLF) at Johns Hopkins University By Jennifer Hartle, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University Each day, as I drop my daughter off at her pre-school, I am horrified to see the canned food drive bin in the threshold. It is not that the bin itself is…
Guest Post by Ryan Hand, Graduate Student, Teachers College, Columbia University #GiveHealthy Intern As a nutrition and public health student I have seen firsthand the double burden of malnutrition, under-nutrition and over-nutrition. Across our nation, people simply aren’t consuming enough calories while others are meeting or exceeding the daily caloric requirement. In both scenarios, regardless…
It’s super easy to Get Involved with #GiveHealthy. Here are some ways: Become a #GiveHealthy Ambassador – we need people and organizations who are passionate about health, healthy eating and helping others – especially those struggling with food insecurity – to share the #GiveHealthy movement with their communities. The faster we help people learn that…