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In the past year, the food bank has shifted into high gear as more staff members are riding their bikes to work, proving that spinning your wheels really can get you somewhere.

As summer continues to heat up, so does the broader conversation on domestic hunger issues and securing access to fresh, nutritious food for all Americans.

The Capital Area Food Bank recently partnered with ECHOage, an online birthday party service designed to encourage social awareness and appreciation amongst children.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, over 16 million youth face “food insecurity” year-round.

If you have an iPhone or Android smartphone, you can have each mile of your daily walk, bike to work, or morning run energizing you and the Capital Area Food Bank’s programming.

Super Bowl 44 Champion, Cleveland Browns Free Safety and friend of the food bank, Usama Young, took a break from his busy schedule to help sort and pack food at the food bank’s Northeast facility.

The Capital Area Food Bank received a generous 30,000 pound ham donation courtesy of Smithfield, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) and Safeway.

When Larry hears stories of clients who have to eat cat food, it strengthens his resolve to build community networks with the pantry.

Your calls are critical to the success of strengthening the nutrition title in the Farm Bill and potentially reviving Senator Gillibrand’s amendment.

Whenever Partner Distributions Coordinator Daniel Nat-Davies feels overwhelmed by his day-to-day agendas, he thinks back to people and especially families he’s met.