Montana Food Bank Network will boost its backpack program with a $35,000 grant funded by Ford Motor Company. In an effort to focus on child hunger, Ford is teaming up with six food bank networks across the country. In exchange for grant money, the Montana Food Bank Network has been discussing strategies with local Ford dealerships on how to address the problem of child hunger. Brent Weisgram is chief operations director for the Montana Food Bank Network, and has been speaking with Ford … [Read more...]
Lowell Elementary ‘BackPack’ Program Sends Food Home with Kids
Surrounded by boxes of mushrooms, onions and apples, Lida Running Crane admired the bounty of fresh food before sitting down to parcel out the goods at Lowell Elementary School. “It’s so colorful this week,” Running Crane said. “I’m excited about how it all will be used.” Each Friday, the Lowell parent joins the school’s family resource counselor to put together care packages to provide the school’s hungriest children with food to help them get through the … [Read more...]
Montana Food Bank Network tells Tester funding critical to hunger fight
Keep food and nutrition programs funded at the federal level so Montana children, families and seniors don’t go hungry. That was the Montana Food Bank Network’s message Monday to U.S. Sen. Jon Tester as the federal government comes up against “sequestration,” or budget cuts that will take effect March 1 without congressional action. Food Bank Network staff also took the Montana Democrat on a tour of their warehouse, which serves food pantries in the entire state, and stressed that … [Read more...]
More Workers Getting Year-End Bonuses
Here's another sign that perhaps the economy is on the mend: Nearly three out of every four U.S. employers say they plan to hand workers some sort of year-end bonus this holiday season. Read More … [Read more...]
Small food bank in Alberton fears being overlooked during holidays
The holidays are a time when donations are desperately needed by, and often pour into, community food banks. Sometimes, though, the smaller food banks in the region – programs that help hungry people in little towns get by – worry that they’ll be overlooked. The Alberton Community Food Pantry is located in the back of Frenchtown Rural Fire District’s Station 8 in Alberton. Read … [Read more...]
Montana Public Radio Gears Up For ‘Go Public’ Fall Fundraiser
“We are happy to partner again with the Missoula Federal Credit Union, which is offering matching funds, and with the Montana Food Bank Network, which acquire and distribute the food through their partner agencies,” Talbott said. “This way our donors are able to support Montana Public Radio while also keeping the shelves in their local food banks full this holiday season.” Read More: http://news.umt.edu/2012/11/110912mtpr.aspx … [Read more...]
BackPack meals program sees spike in need
Ginny Mermel knew she would see demand increase as the school year wore on, but she didn't expect this. Mermel runs the BackPack Meals Program, a nonprofit initiative that puts food in the backpacks of needy kids as they leave school each Friday. Mermel started the program in 2009 with a seed grant from the Montana Food Bank Network to provide food-filled backpacks to elementary school students. Backpacks are offered to students who qualify in the district's eight Title I schools. Read … [Read more...]
Sleep City Receives the Hunger’s Hope Award
Jed and Jennifer Heggen, owners of Sleep City, have been unanimously selected for this year’s Hunger’s Hope Award from the Montana Food Bank Network. The Hunger’s Hope Award is the organization’s most prestigious award provided to donors, corporations and organizations that have demonstrated excellence in their efforts and have made significant impacts to assist in ending hunger in Montana. Through Sleep City’s partnership with NBC MT, “Don’t Let Montanans Go To Sleep Hungry,” … [Read more...]
