Hunger Action Month

September 2009 - Donate Now

Hunger Action Month is part of a nationwide effort to motivate local action to end hunger. Your Foodbank here in Southeastern Virginia has experienced an unprecedented rise in the number of working families who are turning to food banks and pantries to make ends meet. As more and more families struggle to pay for surging costs of energy and other essentials, money left over at the end of the week for food is scarce. Hunger Action Month will enable elected officials, community leaders and all other Southeastern Virginia residents to join the fight against hunger by raising awareness of the food crisis locally and nationwide. Together, we can reverse the trend.

By clicking this link 100% of funds will come to the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia.

Throughout September -
Cheesecake Factory
Employee Food Drive – Employees at the Virginia Beach Cheesecake Factory, 265 Central Park Ave, will be participating in a food drive throughout September, collecting cans of soup for our local food bank.

Through July 2010
To commemorate National Cheesecake Day on Thursday, July 30, 2009, The Cheesecake Factory unveiled their new flavor of cheesecake, Stefanie’s Ultimate Red Velvet Cheesecake, and announced that for every slice of this cheesecake sold, $0.25 will be donated to Feeding America with 75% of the funds raised through this campaign given directly to the Foodbank.

9/10/09 – 11am-1pm
Priority Auto "Give a Little, Feed a Lot"
Cookout 11am-1pm at Priority Auto, Greenbrier Parkway, Chesapeake VA. Catering by the Culinary Edge. We will be asking for a $5 donation at this event…Join in a community cookout to celebrate Hunger Action Month!

 

9/12/09 - 10am – 4pm
Cupcakes for Cans
Silver Spoon Bakery, 4715 Portsmouth Blvd, Portsmouth, VA
Bring in a canned food donation and receive a free cupcake!
See website for more details: www.SilverSpoonVa.com

9/13/09 – 7pm-10pm
Guadalajara Art Show “Starving Artists Feed the Hungry” at 411 Granby Street, Norfolk VA
Local artists will display their work for purchase while a food and fund drive helps our neighbors in need.

9/15/09 – 6pm
Macy’s America’s Largest Dinner Party
As part of Hunger Action Month, Macy’s has stepped up in a major way to support our efforts to feed the hungry in our community. Participating stores will host dinner parties to raise funds for the cause. They will also be asking for support from customers by donating $1 donation at the register. Remember, it only takes a little to feed a lot!

9/15/09 – 7pm
“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”
Students in the Kids Cafe Program of the Foodbank will be offered a spaghetti with meatball dinner prepared by Virginia Wesleyan College culinary students, followed by a trip to a local theatre for the premier showing of Sony Pictures’ Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs movie. **exclusively for a chosen group of Kids Cafe Program children.

9/16/09 – 6am-7pm
WVEC and Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy Food & Fund Drive
All Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy locations within Hampton Roads A great big 1-day food and fund drive taking place at all Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy locations in the Hampton Roads area! Food donations may be left at designated containers within the store and/or monetary donations may be made at the registers. Several stores will host WVEC satellite broadcasts. As part of our month-long activities, Channel 13 and Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy are working hard to support those who are food insecure in our communities.

9/30/09 – 11am-12am
For every guest that donates 2 cans of soup on September 30, 2009 to any Cheesecake Factory restaurant, 10% of that guest’s bill will be donated to Feeding America. 100% of funds will be passed on to the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia.