A Day For Raising Public Attention on Hunger in NYS Hunger Awareness Day will be observed this year on Thursday, March 16th. Information booklets are available to help groups in planning a local event to mark the day. The booklet includes suggested activities, tips on organizing events, hunger facts and tips on involving the media. Contact us to order a Hunger Awareness Day Action Packet.

Let’s Do It Again.... Post Cards Still Available!

Last year’s post card campaign was largely responsible for keeping the HPNAP issue in the forefront for legislative leaders resulting in a 12 million dollar increase in HPNAP, the only source of state funding for Emergency Feeding Programs. This year’s postcard campaign is still underway to let the Governor as well as Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver know that New Yorkers need child care, health care, a living wage, housing, jobs, access to education and job training and an increase in HPNAP to $25 Million. For more information or to recieve postcards, please call the Albany office of the Hunger Action Network.

Mobilizing Faith Communities to End Hunger

The Hunger Action and Bread for the World will be holding a Joint Conference in Troy on Saturday January 29, 2000 from 9:30 -3:00 at First United Presbyterian Church at 1915 5th Ave. in Troy . The conference will address ways to involve your faith community in a concerted effort to make a real difference in the lives of poor and hungry people. David Beckman, President of Bread for the World will be the keynote speaker for the event. For more information Contact the Hunger Action Network at (518) 434-7371