Fry’s “Pitch In” Food Drive Benefits Local Food Banks

Fry’s Food Stores is making it easy to help St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance and other food banks in Arizona this summer with an in-store food drive.
From now until July 7, stop into any Fry’s and donate your non-perishable food items at conveniently placed drop-off boxes at the front of the store. [...]

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Call Your Senators!

The Senate has not yet completed work on their version of the Economic Recovery Bill. The House did not include any money for The Commodity Supplemental Food Programs (CSFP).
The Commodity Supplemental Food Programs (CSFP) is a Federally funded program, which works to improve the health of low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women, other new mothers up [...]

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“Life ain’t FAIR, it’s just there!”

“Life ain’t FAIR, it’s just there!”….”You do it, or it’ll do you!”

by Chet Provorse, St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance Hunger 101 Education Manager

Simple words & powerful thought from a special woman… my Mother, Ruth!

I heard this time and time again growing up.  Usually, I just, blew it off as trite clichés. Fortunately, those words would [...]

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Celebrate Election Day…and Help St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance!

Who thought fighting hunger could just be a “cheers” away?
Well, thanks to the Taste of the NFL and E&J Gallo Winery, local restaurants such as Outback allows proceeds from your wine purchase to be donated to St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance.
Check out:
Try Mirassou Pinot Noir (California) with fresh fruit flavors of pomegranates and cherries balanced [...]

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Bailing Out? What about Feeding and Lifting Up too?

brought to you by Chet Provorse/Food Bank Education Manager
 

Recently and suddenly our Administration in Washington and Congress have issued dire, extremely dire, announcements that an unfathomable pile of money must be provided to BAIL OUT the financial sector of America. OR ELSE! Arizonans have been presented with assuming the debt and damage in the hundreds of billions [...]

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Q&A with Adam

Brought to you by: ~Melody~
I recently sat down with Adam, a staff member at the Food Bank.  Adam has a unique family story.  Check it out below.
Q: How did you hear about the Food Bank and how long have you been here?
A: I applied for a position online.  Pretty simple.  I really enjoy it here.  I [...]

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24,000 more

are living in poverty in Arizona since 2006.  Get more facts here.  Arizona’s poverty rate is above the national average of 12.5 percent, and the number is expected to keep growing.

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Did you notice the links on the right? If so, have you clicked on any of them?

Brought to you by: ~Melody~
Check out the Food Bank on MySpace and Facebook.  So here’s what we need you to do:

Friend us.
Become a fan of our page.
Start a cause.  And then make sure you tell everyone you know.  Don’t forget to tell everyone you know to tell everyone they know.

It’s a short list, but it [...]

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Arizona ranks second. But not in a good way.

Brought to you by: ~Melody~
Records keep climbing, both nationally and here in Arizona.  During  the month of July, according to Foreclosures.com,
Arizona ranked second for the most filings per 1,000 households at 54.9. Nevada was No. 1 at 59.1. Florida and California came in third and fourth.
Read the full article here. 
Demand for the Food Bank’s services [...]

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What would it take for you to think differently about what goes in your trash?

Brought to you by: ~Melody~
From The New York Times:
As it turns out, Americans waste an astounding amount of food — an estimated 27 percent of the food available for consumption, according to a government study — and it happens at the supermarket, in restaurants and cafeterias and in your very own kitchen. It works out [...]

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