Tag Archives: Pantries

How to Organize a Food Drive

With the increasing numbers of hunger across the United States, every little bit counts when it comes to donations and collecting food for the hungry. You can contribute by organizing your own food dirve in you community, town, office, or school. The contributions to local food pantries help immensely, not only during the winter months. […]

What is the Difference Between a Food Pantry and a Food Bank?

Food Bank, food pantry, soup kitchen, Kid’s Cafe and America’s Second Harvest; if you are like most people, you’ve probably heard these terms without quite understanding what they were. Many people do use these words interchangeably to refer to any place that distributes food to the poor. But in most communities, these are different organizations […]

Feeding Homeless Dogs: Why It’s OK to Donate Pet Food to a Food Bank

For the past ten years, I’ve been part of a emergency food pantry network that provides assistance and boxes of food to the poor. Many of these people have family pets, and I am often surprised to hear of the level of concern that people have for their animals. They might not have eaten in […]