T.G.I.F. Holds In-House Charity Event for St. Mary’s

Looking for a fun Saturday night in the West Valley that will help feed the hungry as well? T.G.I. Friday’s in Glendale (5855 W. Bell Road) will hold a special St. Mary’s Saturday event on Sept. 12 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. with all proceeds benefiting the Food Bank.
Watch the T.G.I. F. bartenders perform and [...]

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Download or Share Great Pork Recipes to Benefit St. Mary’s

In conjunction with their “National Eat Together Week,” the National Pork Board will hold a “Click For the Cause” promotion where anyone can make a donation to St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance while sharing their love for “The Other White Meat.”
The Click for the Cause promotion will take place Sept. 20-26 online at www.TheOtherWhiteMeat.com.
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2009 National Student Food Drive Kicks Off in September

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 [...]

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Seven-year-old Cody wants to raise food for Food Bank

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 [...]

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The Burrito Project

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 [...]

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Supporting farmers’ markets that accept food stamps

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 [...]

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St. Mary’s Food Bank delivers 15 million pounds of food in West Valley

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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Thank you…

St. Mary’s would like to thank Julie Jakubek of Allstate for her continued support and advocacy of the Food Bank.
For the sixth year in a row, Julie specifically requested a grant from Allstate to support those in need in her community, and was rewarded with enough funds to provide more than 3,500 meals through the [...]

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SUPER BANDS EARTH, WIND & FIRE, CHICAGO FIGHT HUNGER AT JULY 24 SHOW IN GLENDALE

Fans attending Jobing.com Arena concert can earn a chance to download
3 new songs by the bands with a donation to St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance
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Bashas’ a model corporate citizen for Arizona’s hungry

The Association of Arizona Food Banks and Arizona’s food-bank network were saddened to learn of Bashas’ recent bankruptcy filing. Over the years, Bashas’ has been a model corporate citizen, community partner and stellar example of charitable support. It has also been a tremendous asset to Arizona’s food banks for more than 40 years, ever since [...]

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