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What can we expect our kids to learn if they’re hungry or eating diets full of sugar and empty of nutrients? Former White House Chef and food policymaker Sam Kass discusses the role schools can play in nourishing students’ bodies in addition to their minds. Check out this amazing TED talk: Want Kids to Learn...  Read More

The P.R. department for the New York Yankees mentioned End 68 Hours of Hunger in a recent tweet: “Today Girardi supported @end68hours, a nonprofit that gives bags of nourishing food to in-need children to feed them on weekends” Many thanks to Yankees Manager Joe Girardi and the Yankees P.R. department for your support and for getting...  Read More

Rockingham Choral Society will partner with End 68 Hours of Hunger to present the Choral Society’s Spring concert, Spotlight on Broadway.  The Society, under the direction of Andrew Gaydos and accompanied by Jeannie Goodwin, will present musical memories of Broadway including Porgy and Bess, Carousel, West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and...  Read More

Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation is the nation’s premier culinary benefit dedicated to making sure no kid grows up hungry. This culinary benefit is partnering with End 68 Hours of Hunger of Portsmouth, NH. Taste of the Nation Portsmouth is a gala tasting under spectacular tents on the historic grounds of The Strawbery Banke Museum....  Read More

    Several weeks ago the Lake County, Ohio chapter of End 68 Hours of Hunger presented to the Young Leaders of United Way of Lake County. They had $5000 to allocate to various nonprofits within Lake County. The campaign, running from January until April, was comprised of six program sessions, complete with various on-site visits,...  Read More

  End 68 Hours of Hunger programs are all self-funding.  They are required to raise money to buy the food they need to support their programs, and in some cases, it is very easy! One program in particular has a great need, and in recognition of that need, we have a matching grant for every...  Read More

HOPE worldwide – Granite State Chapter is supporting End 68 Hours of Hunger to help hundreds of children in the local community receive nutritious meals every weekend. By helping families in need, studies show that this greatly improves a child’s future physical and mental health, academic achievement, and long term economic productivity. There are approximately...  Read More

 2ND ANNUAL MARDI GRAS PARTY TO BENEFIT END 68 HOURS OF HUNGER SOMERSWORTH AND DOVER CHAPTERS Saturday, April 29 from 6 PM – 11 PM  Dover Elks Lodge #184  282 Durham Rd, Dover, New Hampshire The Somersworth and Dover chapters of End 68 Hours of Hunger are joining forces to throw a HUGE, festive, fun,...  Read More

The Tolland, CT chapter of End 68 Hours of Hunger conducted a survey to see how the families like the program and this was one of the responses: One parent said that during Christmas, her child took food from his weekend backpack and put individual items in the Christmas stockings of his family members –  ...  Read More

Dracut has had the wonderful ability to help our local students get the community service hours required by their high schools or for their college resumes One of our students actually organized a food drive at her school NOTRE DAME ACADEMY in Tyngsboro, MA. The students collected over 900 food items …. and several backpacks which...  Read More