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Program Coordinators Meredith Everett and Tracy Stanek at End 68 Hours of Hunger, Lake County, Ohio were expecting donations to drop this time of year which inspired them to start a backpack campaign called “Spread the Love, Share A Can”. A printable flyer was posted on their Facebook page for the community to download, print and...  Read More

A 100 day challenge was held at Rollinsford Grade School for End 68 of Hunger in Rollisford, NH. They collected 619 donations! Very impressive for a small school. Thank you to everyone involved in the food drive!  Read More

Sandy Kennedy, the Tampa Bay End 68 Hours of Hunger pantry coordinator became aware that some of the children that walked home from school were having trouble getting their food home. One of the social workers suggested a pull along type grocery cart. She found one called the Rolling Fabric Fold Up Bag Cart sold by the Honey Can Do...  Read More

End 68 Hours of Hunger would like to thank the volunteers that helped keep the Eliot/South Berwick, Maine chapter running. Tricia Foster, coordinator of the program, had no assistant and said she may have to leave the volunteer post after three years of running it on her own. An article posted in Seacoast Online resulted in...  Read More

COAST, the Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation, is holding a bus fare drive to support End 68 Hours of Hunger! On Tuesday, February 28th, COAST will donate all of the collected bus fares to our organization, as well as donated food items from a month long food drive held among COAST employees. Since COAST operates in...  Read More

Northwood Fundraiser LuLaRoe independent retailers are offering their support by hosting a pop-up boutique fundraiser on Saturday, February 18th from 11am-2pm, Northwood Congregational, 881 First Turnpike, Northwood, NH. There will be multiple consultants under one roof with thousands of pieces of clothing to choose from! LuLaRoe is an online and in-home retailer that sells comfortable, stylish...  Read More

Check out the End 68 Hours of Hunger Tampa food drive at Winn Dixie on       2100 W. Swann Avenue in Hyde Park. Take advantage of some great deals and make a donation! The food is pre-packaged and the campaign is going on all month.  Read More

There are many good reasons to volunteer, but when you volunteer with End 68 Hours of Hunger, you feed more than children, you feed the community and you feed your spirit! You become an inspiration; You influence others; You make a difference, to a child, and to the community; You become better connected to the...  Read More

Bring your family for a sampling of New Hampshire comfort food and desserts! A Crock Pot Cookoff to raise money for Wolfeboro End 68 Hours of Hunger. 2nd Annual Crockpot CookOff Saturday, Jan. 28, 6:00-8:00pm Abenaki Recreation Center Ski Lodge Wolfeboro, NH Cost includes all-you-can-eat crockpot dinners and dessets. There will be a drawing for...  Read More

November/December issue of Vacaville Magazine.   End Hunger by Cindy Christison End 68 Hours of Hunger is a not-for-profit effort to confront the 68 hours of hunger experienced between Friday lunch and Monday breakfast by food-insecure school children. While the non-profit began in New Hampshire in 2011, our chapter began in Vacaville in December 2013 at...  Read More