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The Montana Food Bank Network recently held its CANstruction and it was a great success!  The display at Southgate Mall helped us draw attention to hunger in our state and MFBN's role in fighting it.  Our generous participants donated more than 16,000 pounds of nutritious food for their neighbors. All food came to MFBN's warehouse and will be distributed to Partner Agencies around the state.   

By JOE NICKELL of the Missoulian

Shoppers at Southgate Mall stroll by a roller-coaster constructed of cans Friday morning as part of the Montana Food Bank's “Canstruction” event. All of the food used to make the displays will be donated to the Food Bank at the end of the competition.
 

MFBN is excited to announce its participation in a fun and creative “food drive” called…CANstruction®!! 

ALBERTON - Last August, Summer Drey and her husband moved from San Diego to Alberton to find work because they heard that more jobs were available in Montana than in California. And they found employment in Alberton - for about three months.

Recently, Drey, who has two children, started working two days a week at Invisible Fence Brand, which produces pet containment systems. She is still in training. Her husband, an electrician, has worked about one week in the past few months.

Montana Shares is a partnership of statewide nonprofit organizations that work together to address issues concerning health and hunger, women and families, poverty, the environment, sustainable agriculture and energy, domestic and wild animals, community arts, culture heritage, social justice and human rights. As a statewide organization, the MFBN is not eligible for United Way funding. Our participation with Montana Shares allows us to participate in a workplace giving campaign.

The parking lot at the Gallatin County Food Bank was full Thursday. Inside, children darted through the aisles, reaching for boxes of cereal and pasta. Three of those children belonged to Amy Howell and her husband, John. John works as a delivery driver, and Amy takes care of the kids. They come to the food bank when his paycheck runs out. “We’d be screwed if we didn’t have this,” John said. “We can have electricity in the house and we can eat.”

Missoulian, Posted on Dec. 12

HELENA - The Montana Food Bank Network will receive a check for $250,000 to help stock the shelves of food banks across Montana this holiday season.

Gov. Brian Schweitzer and the Department of Public Health and Human Services made the announcement today.

The funding source comes from U.S. Department of Agriculture bonus awards the DPHHS Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has received over the past several years for the state’s accuracy and timeliness in processing SNAP applications.

By KATIE ZEZIMA
Published: December 10, 2008

MADISON, Wis. - Vanessa Rosales comes to the St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry here rather than others for one reason: She can choose what food she brings home, rather than being handed a bag filled with random groceries.

The pantry, which looks like a small grocery store, is indicative of broad changes going on at the nation's food banks and food pantries.

Missoulian, November 19, 2007 By CHARLES S. JOHNSON of the Missoulian State Bureau HELENA - Annita Wolf Black, a working and divorced mother in Billings with three children at home, depends on the food stamp assistance she receives to help feed her family. In Missoula, Jillian Buchanan also counts on her monthly food stamp allowance. She'll also use the Food Bank when necessary to help feed her two young children and husband, who can't work because of an on-the-job accident framing houses.