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A huge SHOUT OUT to Caroline from Affinity LED Lighting in Dover for dropping off this AMAZING donation today. Apparently, the owner of the company saw Claire Bloom’s TED Talk in Portsmouth and they are “making the rounds” to benefit End 68 programs in the areas where their employees live. How great is that??! 🥰...  Read More

Thank you to Willoughby-Cleveland Elks #18 for your contribution to End 68 Hours of Hunger-Lake County. The Elks presented a check for $2000 to our Program Coordinator, Meredith Everett. These funds came available through the Elks National Foundation Spotlight Grant. 68 Hours represents the time from when a child leaves school on Friday until they...  Read More

Thank you, Aclara Technologies, for the incredible donations! Your food drive will help feed so many Somersworth kiddos this summer and fall.    Read More

Huge shout out to Dasie troop 64191!!! They donated a BUNCH girls out cookies to end 68. Now we can share these with our families and they will get a sweet treat over the summer!    Read More

Thank you to Valerie Johnson, Realtor who is collecting donations to help families in the Nashua community through the end of June. Your generosity is greatly appreciated!    Read More

We are fortunate to have Derry Public Library be a location for End 68 Hours of Hunger.    Read More

Food drive at the Epping Market basket! The rain definitely put a “damper” on things but the positive attitude from all our volunteers and Hope International for sponsoring us made the day a success. We are lucky to be able to start the school yr off strong!    Read More

Gearing up for summer means packing snacks and more snacks that hungry kids can grab at local libraries and social service agencies. Thanks to Anne Staley, Sharon Hall, and Martha Dahl for turning the hallway into Snack City! The snacks will go out for delivery starting this Wednesday (June 28).      Read More

“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer If you subscribe to the “Human Capital” theory, children are born with a specific genetic potential which can change depending on what happens during their lives. My focus is on the effects of poor nutrition, particularly in the...  Read More

Our mission is to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between the free lunch they receive in school on Friday and the free breakfast they receive in school on Monday by putting bags of food in the hands of these children so that they have food to eat through...  Read More