A Year of Giving Back: 12 Ways to Help in 2024
A new year is underway. Kick off 2024 with this at-a-glance guide for how to help people in your community each month of the year:… Read More
Fast Facts: Local Farms Over The Year
Local farms are a vital part of how we are able to make fresh produce available to our neighbors. Since the establishment of the Local… Read More
Numbers that Reduce Hunger: The Hunger Heat Map
Only about half of people who need food assistance are getting it, according to data from our 2023 Hunger Report. We’re dedicated to… Read More
Meet Our New Class of the Client Leadership Council
There’s no one who knows the problem of hunger better than someone who has experienced it. That’s why we’ve created the Client Leadership Council… Read More
Let’s Go On a Field Trip to the CAFB Garden!
It’s a brisk fall afternoon, and the food bank’s Urban Demonstration Garden is filled with curiosity and middle schoolers. These Center City PCS students are… Read More
An Inside Look: How School Pantries Support Students and Families
This month, Cresthaven Elementary School’s Ramona Johnson plans to dress up as a pumpkin. Not for a Halloween party: the pumpkin costume is going to… Read More
College Hunger: What it Means and What We’re Doing
For too many college students, hunger can make it difficult to successfully pursue the diploma that can lead to… Read More
Estella’s Story — part of our ‘Hunger is Here’ PSA campaign
“We’re all human. We get hungry multiple times a day. And some of us don’t get to eat multiple times a day.” Estella is many… Read More
3 Simple Ways to Take Action for #HungerActionMonth
September is Hunger Action Month! Each September, people across the country join together to raise awareness about hunger and take action to help solve it. Read More
From Philanthropy Work to Growing Giant Gourds: The Beauty Blooms Farm Story
Beauty Blooms is one of the Capital Area Food Bank’s newest local farm partners. Starting this spring, the food bank began buying produce from Beauty… Read More
