News and Media Coverage

Coalition staff Derek Felton and Sydelle Zove appear on Marty Moss-Coane’s Radio Times, December 27, 2007.

To listen to the broadcast, click this link http://www.whyy.org/91FM/radiotimes.html and in the Radio Times Archive box type in Derek Felton – click Search. When the new window opens click the link, Listen to this show via Real Audio to hear the program. (42 min)

Then take a look at the new article by Tribune reporter Zack Burgess

An opinion piece highlights that hunger costs Philadelphia an estimated $375.7 million a year and calls on the next Mayor to address this critical and expensive issue. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 15, 2007

A letter to the editor notes that the Summer Food Service Program feeds over 50,000 children in Philadelphia during the summer months. Philadelphia Daily News, June 12, 2007

The U. S. Conference of Mayors - Sodexho, Inc. release of 2006 Hunger and Homelessness Survey with Philadelphia as one of the 23 Cities Surveyed, December 21, 2006

Many food programs are overwhelmed by the growing numbers seeking food. Philadelphia Tribune, December 5, 2006

The Food Stamp Challenge:

  • The media are invited to participate July, 2006
  • City Paper reporter and wife experience the Food Stamp Challenge; City Paper, August 10 - 17, 2006
  • Sister Mary Scullion, Executive Director of Project H.O.M.E shops on a Food Stamp budget with Philadelphia Weekly reporter, July 12, 2006
  • Sister Mary Scullion shares her experience living on a Food Stamp budget with Philadelphia Weekly reporter, July 26, 2006
  • Reporter for The Catholic Standard and Times describes the Challenge, July 20, 2006
  • The Catholic Standard and Times reporter and his wife face the Challenge and describe their experience as well as that of others, September 14, 2006

Despite need, many eligible for food stamps, still do not apply. Philadelphia Tribune, July 7, 2006

On Hunger Awareness Day, June 6, 2006 in conjunction with the release of the report, Making Food Stamps Work, Governor Rendell announced two initiatives designed to reduce barriers to food stamp enrollment for eligible low-income Pennsylvanians. The University of Pennylvania in their release spoke of the value of the Food Stamp Enrollment Campaign for academically-based service learning courses.

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