Tag: Child Hunger
Hanceville’s knapsack program plans for new year; ‘Bulldog Pantry’ unveiled
Knapsacks program volunteers plan strategies for the new school year. / W.C. Mann
HANCEVILLE - The Hanceville Knapsacks for Kids program leaders met with representatives...
Hanceville’s Knapsacks for Kids program reflects on busy school year
Staff and volunteers pray together before getting to work.
HANCEVILLE - The school year has officially come to a close, and the staffers and volunteers...
Gov. Bentley proclaims “CHRISTMAS SUNDAY: The Day Alabama Feeds Every Child”
MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley has signed a proclamation officially designating Dec. 25, 2016 as “CHRISTMAS SUNDAY: The Day Alabama Feeds Every Child.”
The signed...
United Way calls on Cullman to fill Santa’s sleigh for area’s...
CULLMAN - During the holiday season from Thanksgiving to Christmas, most of us at some point find ourselves in a state of saturation: too...
Hanceville Knapsacks for Kids changing kids’ lives one bagful at a...
HANCEVILLE - Hunger is a bigger problem in Cullman County than we would like to think. In a recent interview, Laurel Moffatt of the...
New Holly Pond food bank distributes first boxes of groceries
Laura Symonds, Carpenters Cabinet Holly Pond director, prepares forms for new clients.
HOLLY POND - A week after the ribbon cutting on their new facility...
Local duo starts child-hunger initiative
Photo, l-r: Cullman County Commissioners Garry Marchman and Kerry Watson, Ben South, Melissa Betts and Cullman County Commission Chairman Kenneth Walker
CULLMAN - As everyone...
Fighting child hunger in Cullman County
CULLMAN - Child hunger and food insecurity are such common realities that most of us cannot comprehend. Nearly one in four children in Cullman...
