The third annual National Student Food Drive kicks off on Sept. 14, with high schools from around the Valley looking to dethrone two-time champion Mountain Ridge High School and claim the coveted John van Hengel Memorial Cup for collecting the most food and cash donations.
St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance has a list of committed [...]
Archive for August, 2009
2009 National Student Food Drive Kicks Off in September
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged John van Hengel Memorial Cup, KEZ-FM (99.9), National Student Food Drive, Phoenix Suns, Revolution Tea, Sara Lee, St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DON’T FORGET: Flagstaff Old-Fashioned Mountain Bike Race on August 22
Posted in Events, Flagstaff, tagged Absolute Bikes, Flagstaff, Flagstaff Old-Fashioned Mountain Bike Race on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The hills and trails of Northern Arizona are known as both a haven and worthy challenge for mountain bikers everywhere. And Flagstaff will be the site on August 22nd for the Eighth Annual Absolute Bikes/St. Mary’s Food Bank – Flagstaff Old-Fashioned Mountain Bike Race. Always a popular event, the 10-mile course is 65 percent single-track [...]
St. Mary’s to assist Yavapai Food Bank
Posted in Food Banking, Partner Agencies, tagged Flagstaff, Prescott Valley Tribune, Yavapai Food Bank on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Prescott Valley Tribune
By Cheryl Hartz
Reporter
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Three weeks ago, Yavapai Food Bank Director Ann Wilson prayed for help to fill the empty shelves. The media and community responded and the food bank didn’t have to turn away hungry people.
But this past week, her prayers were answered in an even bigger way.
“As soon as [...]
Seven-year-old Cody wants to raise food for Food Bank
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cody Mitchell, Food Drive on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seven-year-old Cody Mitchell was watching the evening news on television with his grandmother one night at their Glendale home when a reporter began talking about a 12-year-old boy who had been holding a charity book sale in his neighborhood.
He was holding the drive for the fifth consecutive year – something he started when he was [...]
The Burrito Project
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Geo Garcia, The Burrito Project, Youth Program on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Geovanni Garcia, 17 years old, senior at North High School is part of the St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance Summer Youth Program. He along another Youth Program participant Carlos Viera, 16 and a senior at Trevor Brown High School, accompanied me in the First Annual Burrito Project at La Tolteca. After the event [...]
Supporting farmers’ markets that accept food stamps
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged farmers' markets, food stamps, guest blogger, Melody Dowell, The New York Times on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why this is important: some economists say that every $1 spent in food stamp benefits (now called the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) results in twice that in economic activity. And it allows those who could otherwise not afford healthy food enjoy some nutritious options.
Katie Zezima recently wrote in The New York Times that at the [...]
St. Mary’s Food Bank delivers 15 million pounds of food in West Valley
Posted in Media, Westside on August 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Daily News-Sun
The St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance’s locations in Surprise and Glendale teamed to distribute more than 15 million pounds of food this past year in the Sun Cities and throughout the West Valley.
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