Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas observing Action Month

Campaign addresses 67,920 people facing hunger in Northeast Arkansas

Food Bank of NE Arkansas Hunger Action Month Campaign Aims to Inspire the Public to Get Involved and Raise Awareness of Hunger in America Jonesboro, September 1, 2021: For Hunger Action Month® this September, the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas will join Feeding America and other network member food banks to inspire people to take action and raise awareness of people facing the impossible choice of hunger.

Food banks around the country are working to make a real and lasting impact on food insecurity in their communities, and they are asking for the public’s support.

September marks the 14th year Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization with a nationwide network of 200 food banks, including the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas, and 60,000 partner food pantries and meal programs, has organized the annual call to action. This year’s campaign presents the impossible choices that millions of Americans must make between food and other basic needs.

“For many, a daily meal is a simple choice of what to eat,” said Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America. “For people facing hunger, a daily meal poses a very different type of choice. It's often an impossible decision between food or other crucial needs, such as electricity, childcare, or medicine. Nobody should be forced to make a choice to go hungry. With the public’s support, we can come together to help people achieve long-term food security, so they no longer have to make such tough decisions.”

During the month of September, people across Northeast Arkansas can get involved in the movement by learning, committing, and speaking up about ways to ending hunger.

• Donate – Every $1 can help provide 4 meals

• Host a Food Drive

• Create a Facebook Fundraiser benefitting the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas. To get started visit https://www.facebook. com/fund/FoodBanko fNEA/

• Volunteer – To sign up, visit foodbankofnea.org/ volunteer “Hunger Action Month is a time to mobilize to end hunger,” said Christie Jordan, CEO for the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas. “You can choose to donate or advocate. You can choose to volunteer or raise awareness. You can choose to help end hunger.” To learn more about how you can take action against hunger visit www.foodbankofnea. org/hungeraction-

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About the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas

The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas provides hunger relief to people in need by raising awareness, securing resources, and distributing food through a network of non-profit agencies and programs. The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas provides the equivalent of 165,000 meals each week to people facing hunger.

The Food Bank works in partnership with 140 nonprofit partner agencies and programs in 12 counties in Northeast Arkansas. These counties include Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph, St.

Francis, and Woodruff.

Additionally, the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas is a member of Feeding America, a national network of food banks.

Through our many partnerships, every $1 donated can help provide 4 meals. For additional information, please visit our website www.foodbankofnea.org.

You can also find the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas on Facebook @FoodBankofNEA, Twitter @foodbankofnea, and Instagram @foodbankofnea.

About Feeding America

Feeding America® is the largest hunger-relief organization in the United States. Through a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs, we provide meals to more than 40 million people each year. Feeding America also supports programs that prevent food waste and improve food security among the people we serve; educates the public about the problem of hunger; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry.

Visit www.feedingamerica. org, find us on Facebook @FeedingAmerica or follow us on Twitter @FeedingAmerica.