Press Releases

Points of Light Celebrates People in Action During National Volunteer Week

Apr 11, 2012

Members of Congress from Across the Country to Honor Local Volunteer Leaders

What’s Your Freshness IQ? Sub-Zero Digital Quiz Reveals Over 50 Percent of Respondents Don’t Know the Basics of Proper Food Preservation

Apr 03, 2012

New interactive campaign teaches proper food storage tips, benefiting FoodCorps

JANUARY 24th DECLARED “FOODCORPS DAY”

Jan 24, 2012

New Mexico Legislature declares every January 24th FoodCorps/AmeriCorps Day

FOODCORPS RECRUITMENT BEGINS TODAY

Jan 10, 2012

FoodCorps Opens Applications for its Next Class of School Food Changemakers

COOKING LIGHT AND FOODCORPS TEAM UP TO CREATE A HEALTHIER GENERATION OF KIDS

Oct 24, 2011

New Collaboration Aims to Raise Awareness About Childhood Obesity

FoodCorps Launches National Service Program

Aug 15, 2011

Inaugural training gathers 50 youth leaders to transform school food

FoodCorps Recruiting First Class of Service Members for School Food Systems

Feb 01, 2011

New York: Today, FoodCorps, a brand new and much anticipated national service program, opens applications for its first class of service members. Those selected will dedicate one year of full-time public service in school food systems – sourcing healthful local food for school cafeterias, expanding nutrition education programs, and building and tending school gardens.

AmeriCorps Announces Planning Support for New Program: FoodCorps

Apr 18, 2010

The founders of FoodCorps are gathering in Arizona next week to launch the planning process for their national AmeriCorps Farm to School and school garden service program. The program, funded under newly approved planning grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is expected to begin on-the-ground activities in 2011.