Prior to the pandemic, food banks nationwide were already busy, but COVID amped up the client numbers and it hasn’t subsided. In fact, with the high cost of living these days, especially where food is concerned, more families who had never dreamed of needing food bank services are relying on them and this number [...]
By Ahndrea Blue Making A Difference Foundation October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a month where women are reminded to perform regular self-breast exams, get their annual mammogram, and everyone is encouraged to wear pink as an expression of support for breast cancer survivors. This is a bittersweet month for me. I am extremely [...]
Food Bank’s Intense Commitment Gives BIPOC Farmers a Lift When Eloise’s Cooking Pot started a program to purchase produce from local BIPOC farmers and producers, it didn’t take long to identify a slew of challenges in those working relationships. While the farms produced food that was unparalleled in quality and rich in cultural [...]
This Juneteenth Day, which is Sunday, June 19, it’s important to remember why we are now, finally, as a nation celebrating this day. It not only honors those who experienced true racism,slavery, and the indignities that came with it, but it brings to light the horror of that period of our history, and also [...]
This Juneteenth Day, which is Sunday, June 19, it’s important to remember why we are now, finally, as a nation celebrating this day. It not only honors those who experienced true racism, slavery, and the indignities that came with it, but it brings to light the horror of that period of our history, and [...]
The new year is here and it’s the time of good cheer and high hopes. A time for welcoming in a new energy, and saying goodbye to the old. A time for setting new goals, aspirations, and resolutions. But, with the last two years fresh in mind, it’s extremely tempting to encourage everyone to [...]
It’s been almost 54 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his last famous speech, the day before he was assassinated. The speech, titled “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top,” was given in Memphis, TN, on April 3, 1968. And the words he spoke are still true to this day. One such passage [...]
For some people who visit the Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank for food assistance, they only need temporary help through a difficult time. They may only need to visit once or twice and they get back on their feet.For others, it is a more ongoing, chronic situation. It can be very humbling having to [...]
First, for better understanding, we should define hunger and food insecurity. We often use these terms interchangeably in the food bank world. Is there really a difference? Does it matter? And can race really have an impact on food insecurity? Hunger is an actual physical condition caused by a lack of food. It’s a [...]
While ALL of us are certainly burnt out over the pandemic and life not getting back to full normal yet, not all of us had to – or continue to -- work straight through the crisis, putting our own health and the health of our families on the line. In the past, “essential” meant [...]
