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22nd Annual Member Program Conference and Community Awareness Day is October 8, 2010!

The Annual Member Programs Conference and Community Awareness Day is a great opportunity for all anti-hunger advocates to come to share information and network together.

 

This year’s theme, “Hunger from the Front Lines: Sharing your Local Expertise” explores how we can strengthen our response to hunger from the people who know best: you!  The conference kicks off with a keynote address from Executive Director Tom Slater as he re .. Read full article



Help Fill the Need!


A stuffed bear with a hole in its belly is the hero of a new regional ad campaign created for the Food Bank of Central New York by marketing communications firm Eric Mower and Associates (EMA).

The print ads address that for many families, hunger poses a bear of dilemma: Food or rent? Food or medicine for a sick child? But there are ways to help to make sure they don’t have to choose one over the other. The campaign illustrates this with the Hunger Bear, a stuffed bear with an actual empty belly that can be filled with one of three stuffed centers that represent food, donations and volunteering. ... Read more