There are 41 article(s) tagged Mid-South Food Bank:

• April 2020

  • Z-Bo fills SCS mobile pantry with sizable food donation

    The former Memphis Grizzlies forward donated $10,000 toward feeding students who are at home from school in April.

    By Jared Boyd April 09, 2020

  • Mid-South Food Bank, Salvation Army answer crisis with food giveaways

    The Mid-South Food Bank and Salvation Army organized mobile food pantries to give back to hungry Memphians. 

    By Jonah Jordan April 01, 2020

• March 2020

  • Food Bank recognizes a disaster by any other name

    Between March 12 and March 24, we distributed 1,267,630 pounds of food (154% increase), held 43 Mobile Pantry distributions (330% increase) and served 11,036 households (283% increase). 

    By Cathy Pope March 28, 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 13: Grizzlies to pay game-night employees

    • Germantown cancels programming until end of March
    • Bartlett changes municipal services
    • Municipal school districts to close through March 27
    • First Shelby County coronavirus patient released from hospital
    • Weekend looms large for restaurateurs

     

    Confirmed cases

    Tennessee

    26

    Shelby County

    2

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

  • State basketball tournaments canceled for coronavirus

    State basketball tournaments are latest cancellations with COVID-19. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 13, 2020

• December 2019

  • Orpheum will screen ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ for a good cause

    See the classic movie at Downtown's classic theater while contributing to the Mid-South Food Bank.

    By Jill Johnson Piper December 04, 2019

  • Scouting for Food: A chance to be loyal, courteous, kind, cheerful, brave

    This year while Scouting for Food, it was cold and drizzling, but Pack 200 collected six packed-full bags to donate to the Mid-South Food Bank.

    By Connor Moore December 04, 2019

• November 2019

  • Veterans line up for Thanksgiving dinners

    All the makings for 2,000 Thanksgiving dinners were handed out to military veterans on Thursday at the Fairgrounds.

    By Linda A. Moore November 22, 2019

• September 2019

  • Diaper bank will address families’ needs in Shelby County

    The Mid-South Food Bank has partnered with the Urban Child Institute to help low-income parents and women in Shelby County by providing diapers and feminine care products through a new program called the Bare Needs Diaper Bank.

    By Christin Yates September 09, 2019

• August 2019

  • Tigers, Kroger offering $10 tickets to Sept. 7 game against Southern University

    University of Memphis and Kroger are offering $10 tickets for the Tigers Sept. 7 game against Southern University with a donation going to the Mid-South Food Bank.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 22, 2019

• July 2019

  • Mid-South Food Bank receives grant from Darden Foundation

    Mid-South Food Bank has received a $16,000 donation from the Darden Foundation to help provide meals to food-insecure households across Mid-South Food Bank’s 31-county service area.

    By Natalie Pilgrim July 31, 2019

  • Larger headquarters feeds big goals for Mid-South Food Bank

    Mid-South Food Bank helps an average of 200,000, food-insecure Mid-Southerners each year, but now plans to assist more people with its new, larger headquarters in Southeast Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey July 09, 2019

• April 2019

  • Mid-South Food Bank president and CEO to retire

    Mid-South Food Bank president and CEO Estella Mayhue-Greer will retire effective Dec. 31. She has served in various roles with the organization since 1996.

    By Natalie Pilgrim April 10, 2019

• December 2018

  • Nonprofits see conflicting dynamics in city’s need

    For the last 20 years, First Baptist Church on Broad has celebrated Thanksgiving with a dinner at the church that includes the homeless. A group of men from the church deliver hot Thanksgiving meals to around 1,000 more people that day as well.

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2018

• September 2018

  • Philanthropic fashion brand changing Memphis – one shoe at a time

    Edward Bogard began designing shoes when he was a kid at Campus School. He spent hours creating his own versions of Air Jordans – Air Bogards – giving autographed copies to schoolmates. He went on to graduate from Overton High School, got his BFA in product design at Savannah College of Art and Design, and was turned down for a job at Nike Inc.

    By Melinda Lejman September 24, 2018

  • MIFA celebrates jubilee year

    Since its founding by church and community leaders on Sept. 15, 1968, the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association has spawned a number of organizations and has grown into one of the most important nonprofits in the Mid-South. In fiscal 2018, which ran from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, MIFA served more than half a million meals to more than 3,600 seniors; helped more 3,500 families with utility, rent and mortgage assistance; distributed more than 11,000 food vouchers; connected more than 250 families with permanent, stable housing; and screened more than 7,000 calls through a 24-hour homeless hotline.

    By Elle Perry September 22, 2018