New Hampshire Food Bank

Thank you to Belletetes, Inc. who is once again hosting a food drive to benefit the NH Food Bank throughout the month of August! Make a difference for our neighbors experiencing hunger by donating non-perishable items to any of their 10 location or through their virtual food drive: https://lnkd.in/eGk4QZjn We’re incredibly grateful to Belletetes for their support and continued commitment to fighting hunger throughout NH. Want to learn more about their food drive, visit: https://lnkd.in/earafchU

Today’s the day – WMUR-TV’s Pack a Pack drive-thru supply drop off is happening NOW and goes until 7pm tonight (Friday, August 2)! There are two supply drop off locations this year! Stop by WMUR’s studio (100 S. Commercial St, Manchester) or Service Credit Union’s corporate headquarters (3003 Lafayette Rd, Portsmouth) with your donations, and help WMUR, Boys & Girls Clubs of New Hampshire, Service Credit Union and the NH Food Bank support kids throughout NH as they start a new school year. Can’t make the drop off event? Monetary donations are being accepted or you can donate through wish lists on Walmart and Amazon! See WMUR for more information and links to donate: https://lnkd.in/eDBitxQ5

We can’t believe it but it’s already August 1! And that means it’s NH Eats Local month! What’s NH Eats Local Month? Led by staff and partners of the NH Food Alliance , NH Eats Local Month celebrates food that is farmed, fished, and produced here in New Hampshire! We’re proud to partner with NH Eats Local, so stay tuned for some fun, local, food & nutrition-focused posts all month long! For more info, visit: https://nheatslocal.com/ One way to get involved this month (and have a chance to win fun prizes!) – enter the Live Free + Eat Local Challenge, which challenges eaters across the Granite State to eat food at or from New Hampshire farms or food businesses in August! Please note: this contest is run by NH Eats Local – check out their website for official challenge rules and prizes. https://lnkd.in/e5tvphVr #nheatslocal #nheatslocalmonth #livefreeandeatlocal #nhfoodsystem

Last week, Three Maples Renaissance Corps board president, Andrew, stopped by the Food Bank to deliver a donation from The New Hampshire Renaissance Faire’s 20th Anniversary event this past May that left us speechless! This year’s donation will allow the NH Food Bank to provide approximately 177,446 meals for our neighbors experiencing food insecurity. We are incredibly grateful to the NH Renaissance Faire, the 3MRC board, and all those who attended this year’s event, for their continued support and generosity – thank you! We look forward to seeing everyone next year!

Thank you to employees from USI Insurance Services who recently volunteered in our production kitchen, helping prep meals that are distributed to partner agencies, like after-school programs! #USIGivesBack  

Thank you to volunteers from Eversource Energy NH who joined us last week in our Culinary Job Training Kitchen where they helped prep meals for our partner agencies!

We had to thank you, again because we just can’t thank you enough for your support! So far, this NH Gives you helped us raise $22,060 (more than $18,885 of which was in just 24-hours!) and includes a Power of Community Prize (2nd Place - Large Organizations) which recognized that the Food Bank had second largest number of unique online donors between 5pm on June 11 and 5pm on June 12 in our category! Amazing! Your generosity will help us continue to expand our NH Feeding NH program, which is working to ensure that our neighbors experiencing hunger throughout the state have access to fresh, nourishing produce, protein and dairy! The NH Gives site remains open for donations through this Friday so if you didn’t have a chance and want to support our NH Feeding NH program, there’s still time: https://lnkd.in/ehZ3xTBV We can’t wait until next year, but until then – know that your support is so incredibly appreciated. We wouldn’t be able to do what we do without you! #nhgives

THANK YOU! What a day - another NH Gives is in the books! We are humbled by your generosity and support, both during events like #NHGives – and each and every day. Because of you, we are able to further our mission of ending hunger here in NH, which includes funding programs, like NH Feeding NH, which works to ensure all Granite Staters have access to fresh, nutritious food. We cannot thank you enough. The site will stay open through Friday, so if you hadn’t had your chance to give yet – you can still support our NH Feeding NH program at https://lnkd.in/ehZ3xTBV And, lastly, thank you for sticking with us! We’ll be back to our regular posting schedule tomorrow.

Food is so much more than a meal. In addition to its goals of providing NH-grown foods to those experiencing hunger throughout NH, NH Feeding NH is working to connect our partner agencies who serve populations seeking specific culturally preferred foods with local farmers growing those items. Your support today helps us continue to grow and expand this work: https://lnkd.in/ehZ3xTBV In 2023, NH Feeding NH piloted a Culturally Preferred Foods program in partnership with Fresh Start Farms, a local collective of refugee and immigrant farmers to source various types of produce like amaranth, pumpkin leaves, sorrel, daikon, African corn and eggplant, shell beans, sweet potatoes, cabbage and more! Not only does this program help provide increased access to fresh, nutritious foods and support local farms, it allows our partner agencies to provide the foods that those they serve are accustomed to in an environment that is inclusive to all. "One of our shoppers is usually fairly withdrawn. We showed her the pumpkin vines [from NH Food Bank’s NH Feeding NH partnership with Fresh Start Farms] and she almost jumped through the roof with excitement! The African eggplant we received generated just as much enthusiasm! The next time she came in, she was smiling and happy to see more foods amaranth and shell beans!” Nashua Soup Kitchen, NH Food Bank partner agency Give today: https://lnkd.in/ehZ3xTBV

When you support the NH Food Bank’s NH Feeding NH program this NH Gives not only are you helping us provide local, nutritious foods for our neighbors experiencing hunger, but you are also helping support NH farms and our local food systems! https://lnkd.in/ehZ3xTBV During the 2023 season, NH Food Bank partner agencies benefited from the purchase of more than 500,000 pounds of local foods from hundreds of NH farms statewide! These purchases directly benefited our friends and neighbors experiencing hunger in all corners of the Granite State and infused more than $450,000 into NH’s economy. Help fight hunger today at https://lnkd.in/ehZ3xTBV #nhgives