Eagle News — Los Angeles has more residents facing food insecurity than any other county in the entire United States. That statement might be staggering for to those who might have envisioned Los Angeles as a sprawling metropolis with a bustling economy. But in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the problem of feeding such a large population is all the more magnified. That’s where organizations like the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank stepped in. […]
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At US food banks, a cupboard increasingly bare
by Cyril JULIEN WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Volunteers are staying home and donations have dried up. The coronavirus pandemic is pressuring US food banks, just as the number of people in need increases. With Americans told to stay home to help slow the virus’s spread, the number of volunteers to sort, package and distribute food for the needy has fallen from 100 to around 40 each day at Washington’s Capital Area Food Bank. Rob […]
INC launches food donation drive in Vancouver as part of Worldwide Aid to Humanity event
The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) launched a food donation drive in Vancouver, Canada in conjunction with the Worldwide Aid to Humanity efforts on Sunday, October 28, 2018. The activity was done in cooperation with the Felix Y. Manalo Foundation, the INC’s charitable arm. INC members in the area donated 250 boxes of perishable items to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, which serves approximately 26,000 people every week in 13 locations across the […]





