COVID-19-UPDATES

Friday, April 30, 2021 Over a year has passed since we first witnessed mile-long car lines waiting for food, with no end in sight. Each car represents a family whose…

Friday, April 23, 2021   Many schools in our five-county footprint will soon wrap up this unusual school year. Sixty-six percent of the school-age children will soon face Summer Hunger…

Friday, April 16, 2021 “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will…

Friday, March 26, 2021   In this month’s State of the Food Bank, Lois Thome, WINK News anchor, sat down with Barbara Evans, Chief Development Officer, to discuss how your…

Friday, March 5, 2021 It’s almost been one year since the Coronavirus has turned our world upside down. In early March 2020, our food sourcing channels had not been disrupted…

Friday, February 26, 2021 “March to a Million Meals” is a heroic effort hosted by WINK News to help Harry Chapin Food Bank provide a million meals to those that…

Friday, February 19, 2021 Your food bank distributed 963,299 pounds of food this week. The food that we provide for our five-county footprint requires tremendous coordination involving several partners and…

Friday, February 12, 2021 Philanthropy, a word with Greek and Latin roots, means the love of humanity. Yesterday, we participated in “Give Where You Live Collier,” a campaign that is…

Friday, February 5, 2021   In a year of such uncertainty, as many are faced with insurmountable challenges, one of the silver linings we’ve heard from our families is that…

Tuesday, January 29, 2021 In this month’s State of the Food Bank, Lois Thome, WINK News anchor, sat down with Lori Harrington, Volunteer Manager of Harry Chapin Food Bank, to…