Get Involved In Hunger Walk
Our annual Hunger Walk is quickly approaching. The 5K walk/run takes place at 9:00 a.m. Monday, May 28 at Sawyer Point. 100% of registration fees and donations benefit the more than 300 soup kitchens, pantries, shelters, community groups and social service organizations working with the Freestore Foodbank to serve our neighbors in need. Learn more about the impact Hunger Walk has on our Member Agencies. Please consider registering for Hunger Walk or donating today!
Learn About Our May Member Agency Spotlight
For our May Member Agency Spotlight, we’re featuring the Corpus Christi Food Pantry, located inside the Corpus Christi Parish Center at 2014 Springdale Road in New Burlington, Ohio. The Corpus Christi Food Pantry works with the Freestore Foodbank to serve our neighbors in need. It’s also one of the many agencies that you can support through the annual Hunger Walk, planned for May 28 at Sawyer Point. To learn more about the Corpus Christi Food Pantry…Click here.
Learn About The Latest Meal Gap Data
Feeding America has released the latest Map the Meal Gap data for the areas the Freestore Foodbank, which encompasses 20 counties in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Map the Meal Gap is the first survey to estimate food insecurity in every county and every congressional district. The Meal Gap, or the total annual food-budget shortfall in the Tri-State divided by the weighted cost per meal in our community, is 51,069,139 meals. Food insecurity, defined as a “household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food,” is also measured as a part of the Feeding America research. Nearly 17% of Tri-State residents, or 296,690 people, are food insecure. To learn more…Click here.
