Discount food program takes off

Discount food program takes off
The Winchendon United Parish Church recently joined Angel Food Ministries, a nationwide program that allows families to buy a variety of food packages at reduced prices.

Donation Usability: Increasing Online Giving to Non-Profits and Charities

Tips for enhancing web sites to make it easier for users to make charitable donations. (Note: the Joseph's Project web site is not able to accept on-line donations at this time.)

Donation Usability: Increasing Online Giving to Non-Profits and Charities (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

How To Give To Charity When You Don't Have Money To Spare - Dumb Little Man

How To Give To Charity When You Don't Have Money To Spare - Dumb Little Man

Marketplace: Food pantry donations get a little fruity

Story about how food pantries across the country are making-do. In this story, volunteers in California work with farmers to harvest surplus oranges for the local pantry.
Marketplace: Food pantry donations get a little fruity: (story, plus pictures and audio)

One in 10 Americans gets help from U.S. to buy food

The number of people receiving food stamps continues to climb.
One in 10 Americans gets help from U.S. to buy food: "The January figure marks the third time in five months that enrollment set a record."

Feeding America

Friends with our friends

Feeding America, formerly Second Harvest, is the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity. It supports more than 63,000 local charities, including the Worcester County Food Bank.

Feeding America

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Friends with our friends

Here's another organization that provides assistance to families in need in central Massachusetts. The project was started by a couple of EMC employees.

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