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Ballast Elementary Collects 2400 Donations!

Ballast Point Elementary marked the 100th day of school with a food drive for End 68’s Tampa Chapter. They collected over 2400 food items for the pantry! Thank you to the Ballast Point students and families for your generosity and help feeding kids in your community.  Read More

End 68 Looking to Expand in California

End 68 Hours of Hunger’s Vacaville, CA is currently the only one in the area. The program is looking to expand in the Fairfield and Dixon areas. If you would like to get involved or bring our program to your child’s school please reach out and contact them at vacaville@end68hoursofhunger.org.  Read More

Spotlight on Peterborough native Jimmy Smith

Peterborough native Jimmy Smith raising money for End 68 Hours of Hunger Jimmy Smith, Peterborough native, and current Florida resident has successfully raised thousands for End 68 Hours of Hunger over the last two years. This Monadnock Ledger-Transcript article highlights his “old way of doing business” through personal contact to spread awareness of the need, and...  Read More

Nashua’s Drive-Thru Food Drive is Back!

The Nashua Chapter’s Drive-Thru Food Drive is back! Please drive past our storage space at 17 Airport Rd on Saturday, January 29 between 9-11am to drop off canned tuna, canned chicken, or individually wrapped snacks to help us feed Nashua’s children. Please share to help spread the word. THANK YOU!  Read More

Spotlight on Drew Edelman of Athlete’s Unlimited

We are proud to partner with Drew Edelman, a forward in Athletes Unlimited’s inaugural basketball season coming at the end of January. “I’m really excited about the opportunity to partner with E68!!  I grew up with a chef for a father who always made sure we had dinner, every night, without fail. Food is such...  Read More

Thank You Holy Rosary Credit Union

Holy Rosary Credit Union has been a long-time supporter of our End 68 Hours of Hunger program, and on January 3 of this year they donated to support six programs, Barrington, Dover, Farmington, Milton, Rochester and Somersworth thereby supporting 400 children in our local communities.  Their community support has grown to $35,000 this year, and...  Read More

A Backpack Full of Community

As a New Year starts and school resume for most, here is a reminder why we do what we do! This short report from a local Conval teacher pretty much says it all: “As I’m helping a student place completed work in a backpack, so it can be proudly hung on the refrigerator, this sweet...  Read More

Private Donor Will Match Donations Through Christmas Eve!

End 68 Hours of Hunger’s Lake County, OH Chapter has been presented with an INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY! A private donor will match whatever they can raise in the next 10 days, UP TO $40,000! This offer expires midnight on December 24th. Payment options—Check, PayPal or Chip In but, YOU MUST WRITE MATCHING FUNDS on the check...  Read More

Virtual Online Auction This Wednesday!

2nd Annual Virtual Auction this Wednesday night at 6! Hope to “see” you all there! Click link below for more info! Heartfelt thanks to Jen for all her hard work making this happen And our community for all the fantastic donations!! All proceeds will be split between End 68’s MWV Chapter and Starting Point! Twin...  Read More

Thank You CBRE!

Tampa’s End 68 Chapter would like to thank CBRE Commercial Real Estate Agency for your generous support of our efforts to feed hungry Tampa school children! Alissa and Mike DiBlasi, thank you for your personal dedication to the cause! We appreciate the Tampa office employees for raising money to help those in need in our...  Read More
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