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Inspiring Her: Trisha Cunningham
We’re kicking off a new series, Inspiring Her, for Women’s Month where we meet local women leaders. First up, is the CEO of the North Texas Food Bank, Trisha Cunningham. MORE: NTFB.org
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Local Food Banks Prepare as Pandemic-Era Boosts to SNAP Benefits Come to an End
The North Texas Food Bank is getting ready for a spike in need as the COVID-19 SNAP benefits ended at midnight.
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Attend the 23rd Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser
Learn how you can sample delicious dishes and help end the hunger gap at the North Texas Food Bank’s Empty Bowls fundraiser. MORE: NTFB.org
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5 Talk Street: North Texas Food Bank
NBC 5 is committed to Fighting Hunger! Discussing the North Texas Food Bank and SNAP benefits changing at the end of this month with Trisha Cunningham, the President and CEO of the North Texas Food Bank. Learn more at www.ntfb.org.
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Rollback on Benefits, Inflation Affecting Family Budgets To Feed Children
Pandemic-related programs and supplemental benefits are ending, leaving families to decide between bills and food amid high inflation rates, food costs and rising rent
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Teachers Step in Amid Changes to School Lunch Funding
Teachers and parents are taking matters into their own hands as pandemic relief funding for school lunches comes to an end.
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North Texas Food Bank Sees Increase in Demand, Prepares to Address Food Insecurity
In North Texas, one in five children experiences food insecurity, and the North Texas Food Bank is trying to help.
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Nearly $1 Million Raised to Help Fight Hunger in North Texas
A check for $900,000 was presented to the North Texas Food Bank Thursday and more than 80,000 pounds of food was raised to fight food insecurity across North Texas.
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Food Runs Out at Mobile Food Pantry Event in Dalas
Many were in line when the food ran out during a mobile food pantry event in Dallas Wednesday, highlighting the tremendous issue with hunger in North Texas.
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Demands Exceed Supply at North Texas Food Pantry
Supplies are running low at North Texas food pantries as demand increases across the area.
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North Texas Food Bank Works to Fight Hunger During Holidays
NBC 5’s Candace Sweat shows how North Texas businesses are serving their communities by donating to the North Texas Food Bank, which reports seeing unprecedented demand.
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Families Struggle to Keep Up With Inflation; North Texas Food Bank Fills the Gap
Even with the holiday giving season, the North Texas Food Bank says food insecurity is high. The group is filling the need as some families struggle to keep up with inflation.
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How You Can Fight Hunger During a Trip to the Grocery Store
NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 are honored to once again join Kroger’s annual hunger campaign, End Hunger Here, as food insecurity continues to be a chronic issue in North Texas.
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Fighting Hunger With Kroger This Holiday Season
NBC 5, Telemundo 39, Kroger Dallas Division, and the Kroger Co. Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation are fighting hunger this holiday season and we need your help! Now through December 24, visit any Kroger store near you and make a donation to help food insecure families. Your generous donation will help North Texas Food Bank and Tarrant Area Food Bank...
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North Texas Food Bank Hosting Holiday Food Distributions in November
The North Texas Food Bank will host more than 50-holiday food distribution centers across the area, the organization announced in a press release.
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North Texas Volunteers Help Pack more than 100,000 Meals
On Sunday, more than 600 volunteers packed 103,175 meals. The non-profit U.S. Hunger, in partnership with the Ismaili CIVIC, helped coordinate the event at the Ismaili Jamatkhana in Plano.
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Fighting Hunger, North Texas Food Bank Holds Public Food Distributions
In an effort to continue fighting hunger and help struggling families, the North Texas Food Bank and its diverse network of more than 400 feeding partners will hold public mobile food distributions this week. Community-led distributions will be held across North Texas and will be accessible to those families in need. Here’s a list of those times and locations. Mobile…
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It's Hunger Action Day, Here's What North Texas Food Bank Needs to Help Fight Hunger
North Texas Food Bank President says time and donations are essential to help to fight hunger here in Dallas Fort Worth.
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Grassroots Movement to Fight Hunger Enables 13 Million Meals in North Texas
The mission of fighting hunger in North Texas is getting a big boost this month thanks to a grassroots movement in the Indian American community. “So we basically said just as August 15th is freedom day for India we’ve declared the whole month of August as freedom from hunger month,” said Raj Asava, co-founder of HungerMitao. Raj Asava and...
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Plano Couple Starts Movement to Fight Hunger, Enables 13 Million Meals
Raj Asava and his wife of Anna of Plano founded HungerMitao, which translates to “wipe out hunger,” five years ago.