There are 5 article(s) tagged hunger:

• December 2024

  • Global Café steps in to feed hundreds sheltering from freezing temps

    Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall have forced many local businesses to close this week, but Global Café has been delivering warm, hearty meals to those in need citywide. 

    By Aisling Mäki December 24, 2024

• November 2024

  • Volunteers feed thousands in Pinch District on Thanksgiving Day

    First-time and veteran volunteers spent two days cooking and prepping enough food for more than 1,000 people during Westy’s annual mission to serve a Thanksgiving meal to Memphians in need.

    By Jody Callahan November 28, 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

• 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

• July 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