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- Foodbank drive-thru distribution in Suffolk July 15 | WAVY.com
- Foodbank of Southeastern VA and Eastern Shore's 'Hunger Heroes' | 13newsnow.com
- Virginia Foodbank kicks off start to annual food donation competition (wtkr.com)
- Hampton Roads food banks facing summer food shortage; Here's how you can help (wtkr.com)
- Foodbank Partners with the Tides (wavy.com)
- Week of service from the Norfolk Tides and Baltimore Orioles | 13newsnow.com
- The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and Eastern Shore celebrates historic milestone (wavy.com)
- Tides spend Tuesday giving back to Hampton Roads (wtkr.com)
- The Virginia Aquarium teams up with iconic brand for Sun-Maid Sundays (wavy.com)
- Lots of Tides promotions this week: 50-cent hot dogs, Margaritaville night | WAVY.com
- Local foodbank launches annual ‘Hunger Heroes’ competition | WAVY.com
- Local foodbanks participate in Summer Food Service Program | 13newsnow.com
- Area programs provide meals for kids when school is out (wavy.com)
- Foodbank serving free meals to kids in Hampton Roads & Eastern Shore this summer (wtkr.com)
- Foodbank, Food Lion partner to tackle hunger in Portsmouth | WAVY.com
- Editorial: Local food banks are a lifeline for our neighbors in need. They need our help. – The Virginian-Pilot (pilotonline.com)
- Foodbank, Food Lion partner to tackle hunger in Portsmouth | WAVY.com
- Foodbank helps thousands at Virginia Beach distribution event | 13newsnow.com
- Local foodbank released Summer Feeding Program schedule | WAVY.com
- Hampton Roads-based organizations hosting events to combat hunger (wtkr.com)
- Foodbank will serve meals to kids during summer break | 13newsnow.com
- Virginia Beach martial arts instructor gives back in and out of his studio (wtkr.com)
- Local foodbank to host drive-thru distribution in Virginia Beach June 13 | WAVY.com
- Debt ceiling negotiations effect on SNAP benefit recipients | 13newsnow.com
- From farm to food bank: How local farmers are helping feed Hampton Roads
- Opinion: Congress should use 2023 Farm Bill to help fight hunger (Subscription Required)
- A Virginia food bank and a farmer cultivate an innovative alliance
- Inside Business Top Workplaces 2023: Marsh McLennan Agency (Subscription Required)
- Drive-thru food distribution event happening Aug. 22 in Virginia Beach
- Commissioners and cans' food drive looks to boost donations
- Foodbank holding Virginia Beach drive-through event Tuesday
- Virginia Beach drive-thru food distribution event serves record number of households
- Hunger Action Month: Supporting the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore
- Hunger Action Month: Supporting the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore
- Year after fire, Family Dollar anticipates 2024 reopening for Norfolk store
- Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore brings mobile food pantry to Chesapeake
- One year after fire, progress made on Norfolk Family Dollar location
- 2023 Perdue Strike Out Hunger Challenge on Delmarva Generates 380,000 Meals for Hunger Relief
- Riverfront Soul Festival still succeeds amid rainy weekend
- Inaugural Homegrown Harvest Festival Plants Seed for National Attention
- Nando's is giving away a free meal Tuesday in Virginia Beach
- Perdue Farms holding food drive
- Food Lion, schools team up to tackle hunger
- Perdue Farms Delivers 400,000 Pounds of Chicken and $60K in Grants to Help Combat Food Insecurity This Hunger Action Month
- Reck on the Road: Izzie's Field
- Uber Eats to begin accepting SNAP benefits for grocery orders
- Hampton Roads military families brace for impacts of possible government shutdown
- Homegrown Harvest Festival set for Oct. 7-8
- U.S. government shutdown: How it could impact Virginians' access to WIC, SNAP food benefits
- Possible government shutdown could impact nutrition programs, groups warn
- Local foodbank prepared in case of government shutdown
- Red Cross, Portsmouth firefighters install smoke alarms in 365 homes for 'Sound the Alarm'
- On the Eastern Shore, when harvesting stops, the harvesters go hungry
- Inaugural Homegrown Harvest Festival highlights home [Subscription Required]
- Barnes speaks on the harvest [Subscription Required]
- VFW and Humana Provide 30 Tons of Food
- What's Happening Today In Norfolk (Oct. 22)
- Foodbank sponsors At-Risk Afterschool Meals Programs
- Marathon Consulting Receives Award in 2023 Foodbank Hunger Heroes Competition | Marathon Consulting
- Mayflower Marathon returns as Hampton Roads' largest food & fund drive before Thanksgiving
- Lipman Family Farms donates over 260,000 meals for families
- Nothing but Net: Food Lion Feeds Partners with Colleges to Nourish Neighbors
- WAY TO GO! — Clubs working together for betterment of community
- Lipman Family Farms crushes donation goal in celebration of 75th anniversary
- Partners in education honored at luncheon
- More families relying on area food pantries, increasing need for donations
- Food drive aims to address growing need ahead of Thanksgiving [Subscription Required]
- Holiday Lights at the Beach returns to the boardwalk Nov. 17
- Mayflower Marathon food drive to return, helping Hampton Roads families facing hunger this holiday season
- Perdue Farms delivers truckloads of chicken to Virginia food banks
- Mayflower Marathon, Hampton Roads' largest food & fund drive, is back
- Patriot's Pantry helps feed military families as need doubles during holiday months
- 27th Mayflower Marathon wraps Sunday, donations still needed
- 756,000 Meals Collected By Two Saga FMs In Hampton Roads
- Perdue Farms Delivers Truckloads of Chicken to Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore and Virginia Peninsula Food Bank [Subscription Required]
- Partners in education honored at luncheon
- Editorial: Consider donating or volunteering to help the hungry during the holidays [Subscription Required]
- Mayflower Marathon food drive helps food banks distribute more than 756,000 Thanksgiving meals
- Where to Volunteer and How to Cultivate Community in Hampton Roads [Subscription Required]
- Smithfield donates to fight hunger in Virginia and North Carolina
- Smithfield Donations Help Fight Hunger In VA, NC
- This weekend: parades, holiday lights, and Christmas markets!
- Smithfield donates food to fight hunger in Virginia, North Carolina
- Eastern Shore Rural Health supports Food Bank with donation
Media Releases
- A Farm to Foodbank Project – Dedication Ceremony & Inaugural Harvest of Izzie's Field
- Foodbank to Serve Up to 500 Households
- Foodbank Celebrates a Historic Milestone
- Foodbank Chief Programs and Innovation Officer
- Tides Baseball & Foodbank Partnership
- Hunger Heroes
- Food Lion & Foodbank Partnership
- Summer Food Service Program
- Foodbank 6.13.23 Distribution
- Virginia Beach Smoke Alarm Install Event
- Chesapeake May 6 Food Distribution
- Chesapeake Commissioner of the Revenue Joins Virginia's Commissioners and Cans Food and Fund Drive
- Food Lion Feeds and Foodbank Partnership Tackle Hunger in Portsmouth
- Foodbank Announces a Unique and Urgent Volunteer Opportunity
- Foodbank Announces Annual Hops for Hunger Campaign During Hunger Action Month
- Foodbank Announces the Sponsorship of the At Risk Afterschool Meals Program
- Foodbank Delivers Truck to Virginia Beach Grant Recipient
- Foodbank to Serve Up to 2,000 Households at Drive-Thru Food Distribution
- Foodbank Welcomes Five Distinguished Board Members to Advance Hunger Relief Efforts
- Foodbank, CHKD, and Rite Aid Healthy Futures Join Forces to Connect Communities
- Foodbank's Annual Forklift Rodeo Promises Fun and Friendly Competition
- Foodbank’s Mayflower Marathon Welcomes Back Generous Donors
- Hampton Road's Largest Food and Fund Drive
- Hunger Heroes Competition Achieves Extraordinary Results
- Mayflower Marathon Surpasses Goals … But the Work Isn’t Done Yet
- Foodbank to Hold Drive-Thru Food Pantry for up to 1,000 Households at Chesapeake Social Services
- Doug Smith Joins Foodbank Board of Directors
- Foodbank to Serve Up to 2,500 Households at April Virginia Beach Drive-Thru Food Pantry
- Foodbank to Hold Next in Series of Emergency Food Distributions Following Family Dollar Fire in Norfolk
- 22nd Annual Canstruction® Begins March 19
- Foodbank Names New Chief Financial Officer
- Foodbank to Serve Up to 2,500 Households at February Virginia Beach Drive-Thru Food Pantry
- Foodbank to Serve Up to 500 Households at March Suffolk Drive-Thru Food Pantry
- Foodbank Urges Support for Partner Agency Grant
- Foodbank Names New Chief Development Officer
- Foodbank to Host More than 60 Volunteers During MLK Day of Service
- Foodbank to Hold Chesapeake Drive-Thru Food Pantry January 10 at Greenbrier Mall
- The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and Eastern Shore to Receive 37,000-Pound Protein Donation from Smithfield Foods
- Foodbank Chief Impact Officer to Retire After Decades-Long, Distinguished Career
- Foodbank to Serve Up to 2,000 Households at December Virginia Beach Drive-Thru Food Pantry
- Foodbank to Hold 2nd Emergency Food Distribution in Wake of Family Dollar Fire in Norfolk
- International Paper Food Drive Yields More than 13,000 Pounds of Food and $10,000
- Free Meals for Children
- Foodbank to Serve Up to 2,000 Households at October Virginia Beach Drive-Thru Food Pantry
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Donates More than 37,000 Pounds of Food to Foodbank
- Foodbank to Hold Accomack County USDA Food Distribution
- Foodbank Receives $90,000 Grant from Norfolk Southern to Combat Food Insecurity
- Foodbank Partner Agency Awarded Food Lion Makeover
- Foodbank to Hold Emergency Food Distribution in Wake of Family Dollar Fire in Norfolk
- Foodbank Opens New Western Tidewater Branch
- Foodbank to Hold Emergency Food Distribution in Wake of Family Dollar Fire in Norfolk
- Foodbank Opens New Western Tidewater Branch
- The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore Kicks Off Hunger Heroes Amid Inflation Spike
- Foodbank Releases Schedule for Summer Feeding Programs
- The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and Eastern Shore Hosts Drive-Thru Food Pantry
- The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia Receives Support from Live Nation Food and Fund Drive
- Summer Match Challenge by the PRA Group to benefit the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore
- New President & CEO Brings Compassion, Experience to Fight Food Insecurity in Southeastern Virginia, Eastern Shore, and Western Tidewater
- The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore Announces Statewide Legal Food Frenzy
- How nonprofits can rebuild volunteer support in a post-pandemic world
- The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and Eastern Shore to Receive 25,000-Pound Protein Donation from Smithfield Foods Leading into Annual Legal Food Frenzy
- Foodbank Resumes USDA Food Distributions March 18
- Colleen Brennan Named Eastern Shore Branch Manager
- The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and Eastern Shore Celebrates Healthy Heart Month through Free Screenings and Nutrition Education
- 106.9 The Fox and FM99 to host Hampton Roads’ Largest Food and Fund Drive The 25th Annual Mayflower Marathon Friday, November 19 – Sunday, November 21
- PRA Group Makes $100,000 Donation to Foodbank – Funds Will Support School Backpack Program
- Free Meals for Children
- The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore Present Pillars of Promise Awards
- The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore Launches 757 Mobile Markets
- Massive mobile pantry in Virginia Beach helps people in need
- Sizzling and synchronous: Foodbank and Green Run High School team up for nutritious cooking classes
- To those needing food in Western Tidewater: A new Foodbank branch is coming
- Perdue Farms $100,000 Grant Helps Fund New Freezer Capacity at Foodbank
- Hundreds show up to drive-thru food pantry in Virginia Beach
- Virginia Beach Pandemic Relief Partnership to offer aid to residents and small businesses
- Pandemic partnerships can help nonprofit sector long-term
- How to ask for help? More people experience need for first time due to pandemic
- Virginia Beach to let nonprofits distribute $10 million in pandemic relief
- Opinion: Hampton Roads seeks to mine opportunity from crisis
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion: actionable steps beyond the buzz
- Reck on the Road: SEVA Foodbank Volunteers
- Local foodbank raises awareness for racial disparity in food insecurity
- Food bank hosts virtual simulation to address racial wealth gap impact on hunger
- Foodbank opens mobile food pantry in Norfolk food desert
- Rising Need for Volunteers at Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore
- Invest in Your Local Foodbank!
- Foodbank of Southeastern VA and the Eastern Shore adjusts distribution programs due to pandemic
- $2.6 million emergency program provides 5-day food packages during pandemic
- Couragous Conversations
- The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore Responds to Positive COVID-19 Diagnosis
- Here’s what happens when a neighborhood’s only grocery store closes
- Legal Community Raises 1.3 Million Pounds for Virginia’s Food Banks
- The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore, Walmart, Sam’s Club and Feeding America Launch “Fight Hunger. Spark Change.” Campaign to Combat Hunger
- The Foodbank Responds to Government Shutdown with Expanded Resources and Services
- Walmart and the Walmart Foundation Award Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore Over $300,000 to Support Hunger Relief Efforts in the Region
- Pilot Online- Their goal: Fresh veggies for all
- WAVY: Local food bank in need of more donations to reach campaign goal
- Armada Hoffler donates $60,000 to help food bank with loss of Farm Fresh meals
- $60,000 Donation from Armada Hoffler: Major Gift to Support Inaugural Hunger Heroes Corporate Food Frenzy
- WTKR: “It’s so much bigger than fried chicken.” Local foodbank says loss of Farm Fresh is devastating to their supplies
- Kroger Awards $25,000 Sponsorship to the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore
- The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore and VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads Launch Hunger Heroes Corporate Food Frenzy & Summer of Service
- Nominees Announced for Foodbank’s Inaugural “Pillars of Promise” Awards
- FM99 and 106.9 The Fox 21st Annual Mayflower Marathon
- One incredible man is going the extra mile (and then some) to help fight hunger.
- Perdue Delivers $10,000 Grant and 10,000 Pounds of Protein to the Foodbank of the Eastern Shore
- Summer Food Service Program Feeds Kids for Free
- Tyson Foods, Inc. Awards Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia with $25,000 Grant
- Brad Paisley Concert Food and Fund Drive
- PRA Group donates food rescue truck to Foodbank
- Perdue donates to Eastern Shore branch
- NSU vs ODU benefits Foodbank
- Plans announced for renovation of Eastner Shore branch facilities
- Local BJ’s Wholesale Club Managers Get Hands On To Fight Hunger
- 26th Annual Taste of Hampton Roads Attracted Over a Thousand Area Foodies to Help Fight Hunger
- Join the Foodbank in the Largest Single-Day Food Drive to Help Stamp Out Hunger
- Grassfield High School to Receive $25,000 Grand Prize Leadership Award Foodbank to Benefit from School’s Top Honor
- Food Lion Feeds Launches its Reusable Bag to Fight Summer Hunger
- Foodbank’s Mobile Pantry Program to Receive $30k from Walmart Foundation and Virginia State Giving Advisory Council
- Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore Summer Food Service Program Feeds Kids for Free
- Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore Elects FY 2015-2016 Board Members and Officers
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