FoodCorps and C&S Wholesale Grocers Honor Hunger Action Month
We’re honoring Hunger Action Month with stories of school communities stepping up in creative and powerful ways to feed and support kids.
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We’re honoring Hunger Action Month with stories of school communities stepping up in creative and powerful ways to feed and support kids.
September is National Hunger Action Month. Since 2014, C&S Wholesale Grocers and FoodCorps have commemorated this month with our annual Victory Growers essay contest to raise awareness of hunger in schools and communities across the country.
This year, with a global pandemic revealing the major role schools play in feeding students every day, we decided to honor Hunger Action Month with stories of school communities stepping up in creative and powerful ways to feed and support kids. Here are a few highlights:
Want to support kids’ access to healthy school meals? Take the #PledgeForSchoolFood, and FoodCorps will let you know when you can advocate for policies that support healthy schools and healthy kids.
In Collaboration with the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, FoodCorps Announces $250 Million Nourishing Futures Initiative to Ensure All School Students Have Equitable Access to Food Education and Nourishing, Free Meals by 2030
Statement on National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health: White House Includes FoodCorps Policy Recommendations in National Strategy to Nourish the Futures of All Students
FoodCorps Alumna to Speak on White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health Panel “Partnerships Between Farmers and Communities to Increase Access to Local Foods”
Together we will nourish futures for every student. Share your email address, and we'll make sure you have the tools to take action and join the movement for food education and free, nourishing meals in school.
You’re one in a million!* Thank you for joining FoodCorps in our efforts to mobilize 1 million supporters for Nourishing Futures. Your support will help us support children’s health and wellbeing today, allowing them to grow and thrive tomorrow.
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