Hunger Fighters Network
The Coalition supports food pantries so they can feed more people in need.
There are more than 700 food pantries and soup kitchens throughout Philadelphia. Although these programs keep families from going hungry every day, they struggle to keep up with the growing number of people coming to them for help. In 2010, nearly half of food pantries turned people away because they ran out of food to give them.
Our Hunger Fighters Network provides funding, training, technology and other tools to these important programs through:
- VIP (Victory in Partnership) Project: This groundbreaking initiative networks food pantries and soup kitchens within five regions of Philadelphia so they can coordinate resources and work together to fight hunger in their communities. Participating food pantries and soup kitchens also receive funding for food, kitchen equipment and other program essentials as well workshops to help them improve their programs.
- Walk+Run Against Hunger: The Coalition's annual fundraiser brings together more than 4,000 people and raises over a quarter-million dollars for food pantries, soup kitchens and hunger-relief agencies in Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey.
- Adopt-A-Pantry: This website portal allows visitors to learn more about food pantries and soup kitchens and donate online to support their work.
Meet a Hunger Fighter
Hunger Fighter News
(May 7, 2013)
Instead of helping people who have fallen on hard times, Pennsylvania made it harder for them to get food stamps, and hundreds of families may be going hungry at times as a result.
(April 27, 2013)
"So far the test has not uncovered a lot of fraud. But it has caused a lot of confusion and heartache."
(April 13, 2013)
Over a hundred teams registered for the Walk+Run event this year, many of them churches and local organizations who provide food relief and other community services for those in need.
Join us! Saturday, April 13, 2013
Philadelphia Museum of Art | www.hungerwalk.org
The Walk+Run Against Hunger raises funds for more than 100 food pantries, soup kitchens and hunger-relief agencies in Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey.
You can make a difference.