Posts written in Oct 2020

Amid Stark Increase in Food Insecurity , No Kid Hungry Provides $4.5 Million in Grants to Texas Schools, Nonprofits Serving Free Meals

Contact: Johanna Elsemore at jelsemore@strength.org As 2020 draws to a close, No Kid Hungry announced more than $4.5 million in […]

2020 in Review: The Year of Hunger Heroes

It is my honor to introduce myself as the Director of the No Kid Hungry Texas Campaign. My name is Stacie Sanchez Hare, and […]

RELEASE: Share Our Strength Welcomes New No Kid Hungry Texas Director

Contact: Johanna Elsemore at 202.478.6554 or jelsemore@strength.org WASHINGTON, DC – Share Our Strength is excited to welcome Stacie Sanchez Hare as its new […]

STATEMENT: New USDA numbers underscore hunger pandemic in United States

Contact: Johanna Elsemore at jelsemore@strength.org AUSTIN, TX: This morning, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its annual food security report, […]

The Longest Summer Report: Childhood Hunger in the Wake of the Coronavirus

Before the pandemic, summer was already a hard time for families struggling to feed their kids, with schools closed and […]

Urge the Senate to include SNAP and PEBT in the next COVID-19 relief package

Yesterday Senate Republicans released a draft of the new COVID-19 relief package, the HEALS Act. No Kid Hungry is deeply […]

Texas Families Have Until August 21st to Apply for Pandemic EBT

Contact: Johanna Elsemore at jelsemore@strength.org UPDATE, JULY 28: The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has extended the application […]

SNAP Day of Action on June 24

SNAP is one of the most effective tools to fight child hunger. It’s so important that we are declaring Wednesday, […]

A Big Texas Thank You: Celebrating Hunger Heroes in North Texas

When the coronavirus closed schools across Texas, school districts and community organizations stepped up to make sure students continued to […]

A Big Texas Thank You: Celebrating Hunger Heroes in South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley

As of now, all of Texas’s 8,909 public schools will remain closed through the end of the school year, impacting […]