Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Escambia County and Santa Rosa County public schools are stepping up to make sure their students don’t go hungry. With ...

BRAINERD — As the new school year approaches, Second Harvest Northland recognizes the 15th anniversary of its BackPack Program. Started in 2010 by Superior National Bank as the Superior School ...

On a recent Tuesday evening, packaged food zoomed down an assembly line at Kirby Foods in Effingham, as the High School Lady Hearts Track and Field team packed plastic bags with mac and ...

One Thanksgiving holiday many years ago, while working as a news reporter, I tagged along with a local charitable group delivering turkeys to needy families. After a couple of stops it became quite ...

Golden Eagle Backpack Co-Director Amy Shanafelt accepts food donations from the Saint Matthew School Entrepreneurial Program members (front, from left) Jade Campbell and Ryleigh Musselman and (back, ...

A food drive to support the Backpack Initiative began Tuesday in the Shaler Area School District and will run through Nov. 14. The Shaler Area Backpack Initiative was created in 2014 to help district ...

United Way of Fairfield County announced an urgent need for food donations to support local schools.

Abbott Fund is donating $250,000 to the Northern Illinois Food Bank to combat childhood hunger. The funds will support the food bank's BackPack Program, which provides weekend meals to children ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — A program that keeps kids fed when they're out of school for weekends and holiday breaks is facing financially lean days. "We are out of money and our program will not last past ...