Where Does the Food Bank Get Food?
September is Hunger Action Month. The first question that I’m commonly asked about the food bank is “Where do we get all the food we...
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- Jul 20
- 1 min
Neighbor Connector
Mountaineer Food Bank's new program, The Neighbor Connector, began piloting Feeding America's new intake app. This digital app will help...
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- Jul 18
- 2 min
Backpack Programs Keep Kids Full Through the Weekend
In West Virginia, over 50,000 children are considered food insecure. Our most at-risk students for hunger are also the ones who are most...
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- Apr 3
- 1 min
Legislative Wrap-Up
The first session of the 86th West Virginia Legislature was good for food security. While much of this year’s legislative session focused...
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- Mar 9
- 1 min
Montcroft Farms, LLC
One of our new partnerships in 2023 is with Montcroft Farms LLC from Preston County! Through this partnership, we’ve been able to...
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- Mar 9
- 2 min
Mountain Harvest Farm, LLC
From sunup to sundown, farmers care for the plants and animals that feed us all. Even with the abundance on farms today, families...
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- Jan 19
- 2 min
Hunger in the Mountains
For far too many of our neighbors, the question of where their next meal is coming from or when they will eat again, there is not an easy...
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- Nov 16, 2022
- 1 min
Want To Help Feed West Virginia’s Hungry? Consider Donating Your Deer This Hunting Season
With hunting season in full swing, hundreds of thousands of hunters in West Virginia will head for the woods. Hunting has always been an...
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- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
On the Road Addressing Food Access
Distributing an abundance of healthy foods through our Mobile Pantry Program Gaining access to healthy and affordable food can be a...
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- Jan 4, 2022
- 3 min
In the New Year, We Need Congress to Help Rural Families
For many families here in West Virginia, two years of uncertainty around jobs, day care, and protecting the health of loved ones have...
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- Aug 16, 2021
- 3 min
Congress must continue to address hunger impacting West Virginia and the nation.
Some of the most defining images in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic showed lines of cars as far as you could see waiting for...
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- Jun 29, 2021
- 3 min
For Too Many Kids, Summer Means Hunger. Congress Can Make a Difference.
When the school year ends and summer begins, kids across the nation look forward to enjoying no more tests and no more classes....
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- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
Hundreds of Food Insecure Families in Eastern Panhandle Turn to Mountaineer Food Bank for Assistance
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for those struggling with food insecurity has continued to increase. Mountaineer Food...
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- May 18, 2020
- 4 min
Mountaineer Food Bank Is Not Just a Charity but an Economic Generator for the state of West Virginia
Mountaineer Food Bank, the largest emergency food provider in the state of West Virginia, serving 48 of the 55 counties, continues to...
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