Tigers coach Ryan Silverfield helps out Mid-South Food Bank
Each purchased ticket for Memphis’ Sept. 2 season opener against Bethune-Cookman will provide three meals to a family in need through the Mid-South Food Bank.
Topic: Mid-South Food Bank
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July 2023
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June 2023
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Showboats team with Mid-South Food Bank, 901 Fund for ‘Give Back’ game
Fans will receive a code to buy $5 tickets for the season finale on June 17 if they bring two canned goods this weekend. There is also a link where a portion of the ticket purchase will be donated to the 901 Fund.
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March 2023
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Mid-South nonprofits grapple with region’s hunger challenges
The Memphis Anti-Hunger Conference offered local nonprofits an opportunity to learn more about how hunger impacts the region, hear from partners working to address food insecurity and find ways to partner with the goal of ending hunger in Memphis.
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November 2022
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Supply chain issues and inflation make food insecurity issues more complex
The leaders of the Mid-South Food Bank and Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association said on “Behind The Headlines” that food insecurity in Memphis isn’t going anywhere as inflation and other economic factors replace food access barriers that surfaced in the COVID pandemic.
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May 2022
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Memphis cements generous reputation during pandemic
“Most of our peer cities have more super-wealthy people that have private foundations. We’ve got some great private foundations, but on a per capita basis, I don’t think we have as many private foundations as Nashville, Chattanooga or Atlanta.”
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March 2022
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Susan Sanford, civic leader and benefactor, dies at 77
The former development director for the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Sanford served as president and CEO of the Mid-South Food Bank for nearly two decades.
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November 2021
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Grizzlies pitch in at food bank while also learning about its role
The pandemic shut down the Grizzlies’ efforts to give back to the community last season. On Wednesday, they were able to help out at the Mid-South Food Bank.
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June 2021
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International Paper donates to Mid-South Food Bank
A $300,000 grant from International Paper to the Mid-South Food Bank is the first installment in a three-year, $900,000 pledge.
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January 2021
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Memphis, your mashed potatoes are in the mail
Idahoan Foods is saying thanks to Memphis and the residents who consumed 8.5 million servings of the company’s instant mashed potatoes last year.
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December 2020
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BlueCross Foundation adds to Mid-South Food Bank donation
Foundation has given $1.2 million to the local food bank since the pandemic hit in March.
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Opinion: Apply Kris Kringle’s advice to end-of-year giving
Perhaps one lesson from 2020 is that helping other people requires thoughtful consideration for what someone else actually needs and wants. It’s a deeper kind of call and response, and it might require breaking established habits.
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Pandemic poses challenges for Memphis area nonprofits
While area nonprofits have felt the strain of the COVID-19 pandemic, Memphis has lived up to its reputation as a “giving” city and help also has come from national funding sources.
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Food pantry serves need, ‘just like going to Kroger’
Lindenwood Christian Church is one of many mobile distribution sites that give away food to local folks in need; the church started the pantry when COVID-19 caused other places to close.
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Four local nonprofits to receive Award of Excellence from Gov. Lee
Christ Community Health Services, the Mid-South Food Bank, Las Americas and MICAH will be honored for outstanding service in a very unusual year.
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Food Bank CEO: We’ve seen people who’ve ‘never been in a food line’
Leaders of the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association and Mid-South Food Bank talked on “Behind The Headlines” about how the pandemic has changed their distribution models.
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June 2020
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Kitchen decisions can help save the earth
My kind of world-saving is the kind I can do from my kitchen, the kind that smells like a home-cooked meal and looks like a bit more menu planning and a strategy for leftovers.
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May 2020
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Raymond James colleagues reunite for Mid-South Food Bank
The company's 937 employees in Memphis have worked from home during the pandemic, but a number reconvened Thursday to donate food and money for the Mid-South Food Bank.
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Raymond James hosting drive-up food and supply drive today
At the drive, the company will accept items including canned food, paper products and personal hygiene products.
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April 2020
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Las Americas needs volunteers to distribute food
Las Americas and the Mid-South Food Bank will continue the food distribution events each Friday for the next several weeks.
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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.
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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.
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March 2020
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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).
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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
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State basketball tournaments canceled for coronavirus
State basketball tournaments are latest cancellations with COVID-19.
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December 2019
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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.
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