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We want to thank the wonderful women at The Junior League of Tampa for selecting End 68 Hours of Hunger as a recipient of their Enabling Fund grant. In the last 25 years alone, JLT has contributed over $4 million to make our community better and has helped other Tampa non-profits expand their reach by giving...  Read More

In non-pandemic times we spend a few Saturdays each Fall standing in front of Market Basket asking for Food Drive donations. We love those days with our awesome volunteers, meeting kind & generous Market Basket customers. We usually receive around $4,000 in donated food on those days. We are really missing our Food Drives this...  Read More

Sweetened Memories Bakery is running a food drive through October 17th. Sweetened Memories is a certified and licensed homestead bakery business out of Durham, NH. The bakery creates cakes, cupcakes, whoopee pies and sugar cookies. Stop by with your donation of 3 items, enter to win their grand prize, and try their sweet treats!  Read More

Calling all Lake County, OH residents! We are excited to announce a fall fundraiser with over 50 vendors! Sunday, October 25th 10am-3pm City Hall, 5860 Andrews Rd. Mentor-On-The-Lake Chinese raffle with raffle baskets from each of our amazing vendors, booze wagon raffle, candy, and surprises for the little ones. A food truck will be available...  Read More

This excerpt from a 2008 Globe and Mail article still rings true today.  “There is a myth that, after a few days of semi-starvation, hunger pains abate. It is not true. It appears that only under conditions of total starvation (no food but as much water as needed) the subjective experience of hunger pains disappear...  Read More

Another Amazing fundraiser for our program from two fabulous Maine artists! The 2021 “Paint the Town” calendar, was created by locals Joyce Folgert and Andree “Onnie” Benoist. This calendar features 12 months of beautiful art representing the Cornish area. End 68 Hours of Hunger-Sacopee Valley will receive 100% of the proceeds. You can get your...  Read More

Have you have seen the two oft-photographed murals in downtown Durham, NH? Van Claus Designs and Main Street Makery-Durham are planning another one, this time with a twist! This community painting project will raise sorely needed funds for End 68 Hours of Hunger. Many in NH are facing increased food insecurities; our hope is that...  Read More

End 68 Exeter’s Chapter would like to recognize Chloe and Colleen from Stratham Cadette Troop 10228.  These girl scouts collected donations of school supplies from Staples and packed all the backpacks to be distributed to our families. What a great way to pay it forward in your community and earn your Silver Award!  Read More

Sunday, September 13th, vendors are getting together to raise money for End 68’s Lake County, OH Chapter.  Proceeds from the raffle will be donated to E68HOHLC and vendors are donating a portion of their sales as well! In addition to all of these wonderful vendors, there will also be awesome raffle prizes including: a wheelbarrow...  Read More

The Summer food program is coming to an end as the Nashua School District takes over distributing school lunches and our non-perishable food bags as of September 8. We need to get the information below about food this week out to as many families as possible: United Way of Greater Nashua We need your help...  Read More