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Ohio food banks get money to help with inflation, but it’s short of what they asked for
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Nearly four months after Ohio’s struggling food banks requested $50 million in federal funds to help deal with inflation, a panel of state lawmakers… Read More
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Foodbanks leader sees direct conflict with two state board of education resolutions on student meals
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio State School Board of Education is considering a vote on two resolutions that deal with free meal programs for students: one would… Read More
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Record-high food shortages hits Southeast Ohio communities
By: Max Brunke
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Shelves at a regional warehouse that supplies food to struggling families throughout southeast Ohio are looking bleak. “We have empty racks in our warehouse for the… Read More
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Demand at food banks is way up again. But inflation makes it harder to meet the need
By: Jennifer Ludden | NPR
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NORFOLK, Virginia (NPR) — On a sultry evening at a neighborhood food pantry in this waterfront city, some in the line outside have come from work. Justine Lee, a teller… Read More
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Food Banks Flat-Funded In New Ohio Budget, Though Demand Keeps Growing
By: Suhail Bhat | Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Unemployment and financial problems from the pandemic have brought millions of people to food banks, which are serving 150,000 more Ohioans per month than they… Read More
![Paper bags filled with non-perishable food is slid down a table to be handed out at the River of Life Church in Middleport, Ohio](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201007_FoodBank_003-e1642006900922-900x422.jpg)
Food Banks Busy Serving More Families In Need
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Anita Hajivandi is getting used to seeing a lot of new faces at the food pantry she helps run out of a small church in Meigs… Read More
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Hunger in the Year 2020: A Facebook Live Discussion
LOGAN – The Southeast Ohio Foodbank, a program of Hocking Athens Perry Community Action (HAPCAP), will be hosting a virtual panel discussion on Tuesday, September 22 at 7:00 p.m. The discussion… Read More
![Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Food Banks (right), checks out the produce while she talks with employees at the Mid-Ohio Food Bank in Grove City, just south of Columbus](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen_shot_2020-03-12_at_1.31.20_pm-e1584038126228-900x422.png)
Foodbanks Say Help is Urgently Needed Because of Coronavirus
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Congress is considering a bill that would make it easier for low-income people to get emergency food assistance during the COVID-19 outbreak. And advocates for foodbanks are requesting the state and… Read More