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In this UNH Today Article, studies are showing that ‘BackPack’ programs like End 68 Hours of Hunger not only provide nutritious meals, but also help children achieve higher reading and math scores! The study was published in the journal, Economics of Education Review, and can be read in full at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775720305264.  Read More

End 68 Hours of hunger would like to recognize the Fremont and Raymond Boy Scouts of America. The Fremont BSA held a food drive for us at Market Basket in Epping. Scouting for Food 2.0 is the BSA’s new approach to their old door to door food collection. They did a fantastic job and filled...  Read More

Conway’s End 68 Hours of Hunger pantry has been filled up by a friendly food challenge taken on by local schools. The food pantry has been low on such items as macaroni and cheese, canned soup, ravioli and ramen noodles along with canned chicken and tuna. Mandy McDonald, a family support liaison at Conway Elementary...  Read More

Sunday vendor events in Eastlake benefit End 68 Hours of Hunger  By Marah Morrison mmorrison@news-herald.com @ByMarahJane on Twitter The city of Eastlake‘s monthly vendor events, which support End 68 Hours of Hunger, have officially kicked off, with the first one taking place on April 18. With Mother’s Day coming up, vendors will have holiday-themed booths on...  Read More

Mandy McDonald of End 68 Hours of Hunger MWV Chapter in North Conway. was featured on the 93.5 WMWV Morning Show. The Chapter is promoting a massive school food drive taking place this week. that has been assembled by the faculty, staff, and students of SAU 9 and SAU 13. The school district’s have been collecting specific types of...  Read More

Children Unlimited, a non-profit children’s center is running a food drive for End 68’s Conway Chapter. Please consider donating canned chicken and tuna at this location between April 12-23rd. Thank You!  Read More

End 68 Hours of Hunger Farmington, NH  is looking to add a coordinator to their team! This individual will get to make a real impact in the lives of children who need a little extra support. The current coordinator has been running our chapter for 4 years and would like some extra help with the...  Read More

End 68 of Lake County OH would like to thank the congregation at Life Point Church and especially Tara Vincent for coordinating “Bumper Blessings!” Oversized bags were distributed, folks filled the bags, returned them and then all were brought to us! Three truckloads of food were collected weighing 1740 lbs! Thank you to all of...  Read More

We just love the creativity of kids!  Jackson and Harper Bairstow of Dover, NH came up with a fundraiser for their community that was truly unique. They were able to raise $1700.00 for our program with ‘Flamingos for Food’! They sold pink flamingo’s online and delivered them to their local residents. The instructions were to...  Read More

End 68’s Derry/Chester Chapter has a new home! A huge thank you to Tim and Martha and the team from Deja Vu Furniture & More in Londonderry, NH for providing us with a wonderful space to store and pack food.  Deja Vu has been a drop off location and they have also been helping us...  Read More