FeedMore Western New York

Local colleges battle growing trend of hunger on campus

By • Sep 27, 2019
Kyle S. Mackie/WBFO News

September is Hunger Action Month, and one place where it’s increasingly important to fight hunger is on college campuses.


Local food bank receives 40,000 pounds of protein

By • Jun 13, 2019
foodbankwny.org

Numerous communities throughout Western New York remain underserved. For many families, that could mean a child going to school without breakfast or going to bed without eating dinner.

FeedMore preparing community garden for summer season

By • Apr 22, 2019

Staff at FeedMore Western New York are spending Earth Day prepping their Holt Street community garden for the upcoming summer season.

Champions for Meals

By • Mar 18, 2019

Recently, Meals on Wheels of Western New York merged with the Food Bank of Western New York to create the new organization FeedMore Western New York. Catherine Shick, Communications Director of FeedMore Western New York, tells us what this week's special event called "Champions for Meals" is all about.

 

ECC opening on-campus food pantries to assist students

By Eileen Buckley • Mar 4, 2019

Food insecurity is a growing problem for college students across the U.S. But as WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley tell us, SUNY Erie Community College and FeedMore WNY have formed a partnership to establish food pantries at all ECC Campuses.


Food Bank, Meals on Wheels unite to form FeedMore WNY

By • Feb 28, 2019
foodbankwny.org

The Food Bank of Western New York, Meals on Wheels for Western New York and the Meals on Wheels Foundation of Western New York have joined forces to form a joint organization called FeedMore WNY. WBFO's Mark Wozniak spoke with FeedMore president and CEO Tara Ellis about the unification.