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Recent Media Coverage of the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank
These are the press releases we've issued
over the last year.
| August 14,
2008 |
Los Angeles Regional Foodbank Receives $10,000 From Wells Fargo
In Response To Dramatic Increase In Families Seeking First-Time
Food Assistance |
| August 7,
2008 |
Rick Dees and Movin 93.9
Host Food Drive for LA Foodbank |
| July 3,
2008 |
American Idol fans hold
food drive at American Idol Live Tour at Staples Center July 7th |
| June 25,
2008 |
Foodbank Receives $100,000
Donation From Ralphs/Food-4-Less As Part Of The Stores Anti-
Hunger Campaign |
| June 23,
2008 |
Gelson's in Marina del
Rey Donates $10,000 as part of their Annual Food Drive |
| June 12,
2008 |
Los Angeles Galaxy
and Los Angeles Avengers Players go Head to Head in Dash for the
Kids Supermarket Race June 12th at Carson Albertsons |
| May 8,
2008 |
National
Association of Letter Carriers/USPS Food Drive |
| May 2,
2008 |
1,500 Seniors To Be Cut From
Feeding Program In Los Angeles County |
| April 27,
2008 |
Foodbank Recognizes
National Volunteer Week |
| April 15,
2008 |
Foodbank Receives $107,000 From
“Idol Gives Back” Campaign |
| March 31,
2008 |
L.A. County
Employees Help With A Food Drive In Honor Of Cesar Chavez |
| March 14,
2008 |
Southern California Egg Producer Part Of 12 Million Egg Giveaway |
| March 12,
2008 |
S. Mark Taper Foundation
Awards Grant to the Foodbank for a Warehouse Upgrade |
| March 3,
2008 |
Foodbank Urges Farm Bill
Passage |
| February
12, 2008 |
Have A Heart For the Hungry |
| December
18, 2007 |
Foodbank Receives $5,000 and
Donated Product from Yakult U.S.A. I |
| December
17, 2007 |
Hunger
on the Rise in Los Angeles and Many Other Major U.S. Cities |
| December
11, 2007 |
Foodbank Honors
Manhattan Beach Resident, Tim Lappen With
“Fighting Hunger, Giving Hope Award” |
| November
16, 2007 |
New
Report Finds 20 Percent of All Children in California Don’t Have
Consistent Access to Meals |
| September
21,
2007 |
"Kids BackPack Program
Kick-off Event & Release of L.A. County's Department of Health
report on Food Insecurity" |
| June 26,
2007 |
L.A.
Galaxy and L.A. Avenger players "Dash for the Hungry" |
| May 10,
2007 |
National
Association of Letter Carriers/USPS Food Drive |
| February
12, 2007 |
Have A Heart For the Hungry |
| February
9, 2007 |
7,200 LOW-INCOME L.A.COUNTY SENIORS WILL BE CUT OFF
FROM FOOD PROGRAM WITH PROPOSED 2008 FEDERAL BUDGET |
| December
20,
2006 |
Requests for
Food Assistance Increase 25% in Los Angeles |
| December 5,
2006 |
Foodbank to honor supporters at
"Season for Sharing" Awards luncheon |
| June 29,
2006 |
Foodbank receives $70,000
donation from Ralphs Grocery Company |
| June 6,
2006 |
Hunger In Los Angeles County 2006 report released. |
| May
10, 2006 |
National Association of Letter
Carriers/USPS Food Drive |
| March 8, 2006 |
Hunger Survey Results Release at All
Agency Conference |
| December
22, 2005 |
Sylvester Stallone donates 300
pounds of prime beef to the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank from the
set of his upcoming movie, Rocky Balboa. |
| November 17, 2005 |
Kobe
Bryant to Help With Tip-Off of Foodbank’s “A Season for Sharing”
Campaign |
| October 27, 2005 |
New Study:
More than 38 Million Americans At-Risk of Hunger as Local Food
Bank Donations Decrease |
| June 7, 2005
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957,000
Low-Income Adults Struggling to Put Food on the Table in Los Angeles
County |
| June 3, 2004
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New UCLA
Reports Shows 775,000 Hungry in L.A. |
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