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Jenny Ahlquist, counselor at Peterborough Elementary School, reports that she’s really careful to be discreet about getting the food from End 68 Hours of Hunger to the kids at her school. She goes around when the kids are at recess and puts the bags of food into the individual students’ back-packs, so no one has...  Read More

This eye opening article featured on CNN’s website highlights the problem of food-insecure households across the United States and how we can foster stronger communities through volunteerism. Why does America have so many hungry kids? In a one-hour, prime-time CNN special, “Champions for Change” introduces us to leaders and volunteers behind inspiring organizations airing Saturday, June 17,...  Read More

Instead of Final Exams at Oyster River High School in New Hampshire, ninth graders were able to participate in The Power of One program, an opportunity to organize a variety of charitable efforts. One student, Ty Mountain, chose End 68 Hours of Hunger-Oyster River for his project. Ty organized a food drive and collected over...  Read More

By ASHLEY SAARI Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Tuesday, May 16, 2017 It looks much like you would expect a food pantry to look – shelves stocked with simple staples, and lots of them. But instead of being in a church basement, or any of the other usual spots for such a service, it’s located in a storage space...  Read More

  Congratulations to Melani Taillon, Newmarket Community Leader if the Year for 2017 due to her efforts for End 68 Hours of Hunger Newmarket, NH! We are truly grateful for all you have done!    Read More

Ken Kruger, one of the organizers from Hope Worldwide sends his heartfelt thanks, an inspiring story and encouraging words regarding this years successful Walmart food drive. “Thank you for another successful set of food drives serving our New Hampshire communities.  We raised over $12,880 in food and cash donations at Epping Walmart!  Collectively since 2014, we...  Read More

Tampa’s Chapter of End 68 Hours of Hunger were recently notified that they will be receiving a 4imprint promotional products grant! They will be using grant funds to buy drawstring bags to help the kids get food home for the weekends! Thanks for supporting our charity, 4imprint!!  Read More

Check out this YouTube video US: ‘One in every five children going hungry.’ Claire Bloom of End 68 Hours of Hunger told Al Jazeera broadcasting : “We know there are 16 million hungry children in America, one in every five. Feeding 3,000 is a big number to us, but in the whole scheme of things, it’s...  Read More

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