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Apply NOW for the Victory Against Hunger Awards
Date Posted: February 23, 2007
Washington, DC - February 25, 2007 - The Congressional Hunger Center (CHC) and Victory Wholesale Group of Springboro, Ohio, and Boca Raton, Florida, are announcing the 2007 Fifteenth Anniversary "Victory Against Hunger Awards" (VAH Awards). The awards are twenty $1,000 grants to be presented to anti-hunger organizations, food banks, community food security, and organizations providing nutrition assistance and nutrition services to people with HIV/AIDS and other life threatening illnesses. The total unrestricted grants from Victory Wholesale Group have now reached $258,000 since their inception in 1993.
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National Anti-Hunger Organization's Statement On the 2007 Farm Bill Reauthorization
Date Posted: January 5, 2007
The 110th Congress will reauthorize the “Farm Bill.” That important legislation has a breadth and reach far beyond American agricultural policy. The Farm Bill also will reauthorize a number of nutrition assistance programs crucial to the health and well-being of some of America’s most vulnerable people.
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CHC and ANSA Launch Food as Medicine Campaign
Date Posted: September 25, 2006
CHC and the Association of Nutrition Services Agencies (ANSA) have received a two-year, $300,000 grant from The UPS Foundation to conduct a major public education campaign about the importance of food as medicine for people living with HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses. CHC will sponsor public forums on Capitol Hill and at anti-hunger conferences as part of a multi-year campaign to develop and educate new leaders in Congress about the power of food as medicine.
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The Power of Nutrition is Released
Date Posted: September 6, 2006
The Power of Nutrition, a white paper completed by the Congressional Hunger Center’s 12th class Emerson Fellow Brigit Adamus in conjunction with ANSA, its member agencies, and its partners across America marks the emerging collaboration of ANSA and the CHC on their Food as Medicine campaign funded by The UPS Foundation.
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12th Class Capstone Project Complete! "Healthy Food Makes Me Grow Smart and Strong": Involving D.C. Children in Summer Meals Outreach
Date posted: August 10, 2006
Washington, D.C. - This year, the 12th Class of Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows undertook a unique Capstone Project to promote participation in the D.C. Free Summer Meals Program. Working closely with the D.C. State Education Office, the Fellows facilitated a print and radio outreach campaign featuring drawings and poetry created by children at Summer Meals' sites and selected through a contest process. The outreach campaign aimed to encourage all children to access D.C. Free Summer Meals as well as to raise general public awareness of this important nutrition support program and its significant role in ending childhood hunger.
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International Food Aid to Darfur, Sudan
Date posted: May 30, 2006
In response to a report by the United Nations announcing dramatic cuts to food rations for Darfur refugees in the coming month due to a shortage of donor contributions, the House Hunger Caucus and the Congressional Human Rights Caucus co-sponsored a legislative briefing on the issue. [Read More]
Changing the Face of Hunger
Date posted: May 04, 2006
CHC's founder, Ambassador Tony P. Hall, has written a new book covering his past 25 years of public service in anti-hunger work. From rural areas of Appalachia, to the highlands of Ethiopia, Tony Hall has witnessed the hardships and extreme courage of the poor and those working to serve them. This book is an inspirational account of how Americans who work together across religious groups and political parties can make a difference.
Former Emerson Fellows receives the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Fellowship
Date posted: April 30, 2006
Heather Axford, former Emerson National Hunger Fellow, has received the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Fellowship, and will pursue a career in human rights advocacy. The fellowship grants $5,000 annually for three years to a rising second-year student who is committed to pursuing a career in public service.
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The Critical Role of U.S. Food Aid:
Saving Lives, Strengthening Health, and Fostering Education and Economic Development
Date posted: March 31, 2006
On Tuesday, March 21, 2006, staff from the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and Congressional Committees, and representatives from private voluntary organizations and the private sector attended a policy briefing covering international U.S. food aid programs.
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The Congressional Hunger Center and Victory Wholesale Grocers are Pleased to Announce the 2006 Victory Against Hunger Award Winners
Washington, DC - For the 14th consecutive year, Victory Wholesale Grocers of Springboro, Ohio and Boca Raton, Florida, and the Washington, D.C. based Congressional Hunger Center (CHC) have teamed up to recognize state-wide and local anti-hunger organizations and school systems that have worked effectively to fight hunger in their communities. Every member of Congress was given the opportunity to nominate organizations in their own community or state to receive one of the $1,000 prizes that are underwritten by Victory Wholesale Grocers. The Congressional Hunger Center received 84 nominations and made 20 awards. This year's competition marks a total of over $238,000 that has been awarded through the Victory Against Hunger Awards Program.
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America’s Second Harvest Releases Report on Hurricane Katrina and Rita Aftermath [PDF]
Date Posted: December 15, 2005
The destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, followed closely by Hurricane Rita, is unlike anything this country has seen. More than one thousand people lost their lives and thousands of people lost their homes, their possessions, and their livelihoods. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 45 States and the District of Columbia received Presidential emergency declarations, the most declarations made for a single disaster in FEMA history. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that 900,000 people ages 16 and older were forced to relocate immediately following Katrina. Hundreds of billions of dollars of damage ensued. Even following pending reconstruction and rebuilding efforts, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin expects that the city may never again achieve its pre-Hurricane population.
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