2005 News Releases

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December 2005

12/29/05 CHEP is America's Second Harvest "Logistics Donor of the Year"

12/20/05 U.S. Conference of Mayors Report Shows Increased Demands for Food Assistance

12/15/05 New Study: Katrina & Rita Aftermath Leaves Millions of Americans Searching for Meals

12/12/05 Heat or Eat? Millions of Americans Forced to Make the Choice This Winter

12/5/05 The UPS Foundation Donates $125,000 to America's Second Harvest Network to Provide Assistance to Those Impacted By Hurricane Katrina

November 2005

11/23/05 For 38 million Americans, Thanksgiving is a Struggle

11/22/05 Tide and America's Second Harvest Partner to Announce Tide Cleanstart Program for Hurricane Katrina Victims

11/18/05 U.S. House Cuts Food Stamps as Millions of Hungry Americans Search for a Thanksgiving Meal

11/14/05 Tide and America's Second Harvest Partner to Announce Tide Cleanstart Program for Hurricane Katrina Victims

11/04/05 Simply The best

11/03/05 Schwan's Home Service, Inc. Feeds Hungry Families This Holiday Season

11/02/05 Paul Newman and Ford Motor Company Donate Trucks and Food to America's Second Harvest

11/01/05   Food Network "Favorite Recipes" Raises Money for America's Second Harvest

11/01/05 DHL Partners with Neighborhood Postal Centers to Sponsor Nationwide Thanksgiving Food Drive; Donations to Benefit America's Second Harvest

October 2005

10/31/2005 America's Second Harvest Names Kellogg Company Donor of the Year; Company Honored for Strong, Innovative Commitment to Ending Hunger

10/27/2005 America's Second Harvest Receives 750,000 STEAKBURGER^TM Patties

10/25/2005 Wilma's Force Felt Heavy Throughout South Florida

10/17/2005 Chairman Goodlatte Leads Congressional Delegation on Visit to New Orleans Food Bank to Assess Response to Hurricane Katrina

10/10/2005 America's Second Harvest Names Kroger "Grocery Retailer of the Year" for Leading the Fight Against Hunger

10/5/2005 America's Second Harvest Mourns Founder John van Hengel


September 2005

9/28/2005 One Month Later: Challenge of Feeding Hurricane Victims Continues


9/23/2005 Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 Good But Not Enough


9/22/2005 Starr Foundation Donates $1 Million to America's Second Harvest Network Providing Aid to Those Impacted by Hurricane Katrina


9/21/2005 America's Second Harvest Network Prepares for Hurricane Rita


9/9/2005 America's Second Harvest Provides More Than 16 Million Pounds of Food to Katrina Victims


9/7/2005 Statement on Bogus Fundraising Solicitations from America's Second Harvest


9/6/2005 Oprah's Angel Network Donates $1 Million to America's Second Harvest Network Providing Assistance to Those Impacted by Hurrican Katrina


9/4/2005 America's Second Harvest Delivers Millions of Pounds of Food and Water to Hurricane Katrina Victims


9/2/2005 Marriott International, Inc., Supports America's Second Harvest's Disaster Relief Efforts


9/2/2005 Jewelry Television Patrners With America's Second Harvest to Help Hurricane Victims


9/2/2005 Symbol Technologies Provides $83,333 to America's Second Harvest Food Banks for Hurricane Victims


August 2005

8/31/2005 Food Banks Need Major Financial Support for Katrina


8/30/2005 America's Second Harvest Network Responds to Katrina


8/29/2005 Gulf Coast Food Banks Caught in Peril


8/9/2005 America's Second Harvest and Federal Emergency Management Agency Sign Disaster Relief Memorandum of Understanding


July 2005

7/19/2005 America's Second Harvest Food Banks Prepare for Emily


7/15/2005 Eric Leventhal Elected to Board of America's Second Harvest


7/15/2005 Marjorie Sybul Adams is Elected to Board of America's Second Harvest


7/12/2005 America's Second Harvest Helps Feed Hurricane Victims


May 2005

5/31/2005 America's Second Harvest Recognizes Fourth Annual National Hunger Awareness Day


5/25/2005 Senator Durbin Introduces Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005


5/17/2005 One Big Table Potlucks Bring Cooks Across the Country Together for a Cause


March 2005

3/14/2005 Amercia's Second Harvest Names Jean Yarvis Jones Senior Policy and Research Counsel


3/2/2005 ConAgra Foods Partners with Kroger to Donate $750,000 to America's Second Harvest Food Banks for Fight Against Hunger


3/1/2005 Farm Bureau Members Put Dent in Hunger


3/1/2005 Feinstein Offers $1 Million Challenge to Help Fight Hunger


February 2005

2/28/2005 America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network Honors Cherie Jamason For Service To Hungry Americans


2/21/2005 Rotary Packs 58,000 Pounds of Groceries for Orange County Food Bank


2/14/2005 Food Network Hosts Online Charity Auction


2/7/2005 Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Proposal Leaves Most Vulnerable Food Stamp Recipients Behind


2/2/2005 Super Bowl XXXIX Fundraiser Helps Feed the Nation's Hungry


January 2005

1/31/2005 America's Second Harvest Commemorates One Quarter Century of Service


1/7/2005 America’s Second Harvest Names Alice G. Archabal Vice President of Philanthropy


1/5/2005 CHEP and America's Second Harvest Team Up to Promote Food Donations