There are 37 article(s) tagged Mid-South Food Bank:

• November 2024

  • Food Bank head departing Memphis to return to Georgia

    Cathy Pope is leaving the Mid-South Food Bank to take another job in Georgia closer to her family. The organization’s board of directors is beginning a search for her replacement.

    By Jody Callahan November 12, 2024

• May 2024

  • As plant opening nears, Ford Philanthropy hones in on West Tennessee communities

    As Ford Motor Co. inches closer to the 2025 opening of its BlueOval City megasite, the company’s philanthropic arm is investing in the West Tennessee communities on which Ford will rely for its workforce. 

    By Aisling Mäki May 04, 2024

• July 2023

  • 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.

    By Frank Bonner II July 21, 2023

• June 2023

  • 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. 

    By Frank Bonner II June 09, 2023

• March 2023

  • 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. 

    By Aisling Mäki March 25, 2023

• November 2022

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries November 12, 2022

• May 2022

  • 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.”

    By Jane Roberts May 12, 2022

• March 2022

  • 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.

    By David Waters March 31, 2022

• November 2021

  • 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.

    By Drew Hill November 17, 2021

• June 2021

  • 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.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 07, 2021

• January 2021

  • 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. 

    By Tom Bailey January 28, 2021

• December 2020

  • 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. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 29, 2020

  • 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.

    By Jennifer Balink December 27, 2020

  • 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. 

    By Don Wade December 22, 2020

  • 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.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 15, 2020

  • 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. 

    By Christin Yates December 11, 2020

  • 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. 

    By Bill Dries December 04, 2020

• June 2020

  • 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.

    By Heidi Rupke June 07, 2020

• May 2020

  • 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.

    By Tom Bailey May 27, 2020

  • 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.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 21, 2020

• April 2020

  • 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. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 16, 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

     

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    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020