/tags/freestore-foodbank Freestore Foodbank en-US Copyright Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:04:45 GMT /ohio-news/2024-06-11/sun-bucks-nutrition-assistance-program-ohio "SUN Bucks," the first new permanent federal nutrition assistance program in over 50 years, gives eligible families $120 per child in school, issued onto an Ohio Direction Card. Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:04:45 GMT /ohio-news/2024-06-11/sun-bucks-nutrition-assistance-program-ohio Isabel Nissley /local-news/2024-05-16/food-insecurity-cincinnati-feeding-america Feeding America's annual study of food insecurity shows rural counties in the Cincinnati metropolitan area have the highest food insecurity rates locally. Thu, 16 May 2024 20:04:15 GMT /local-news/2024-05-16/food-insecurity-cincinnati-feeding-america Tana Weingartner /local-news/2023-07-05/freestore-foodbank-helping-underemployed-unemployed-find-jobs-logistics The LIFT program is a 10-week course at the FreeStore FoodBank's new Community Resource and Distribution Center in Riverside that offers college credit and training in logistics. Wed, 05 Jul 2023 08:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-07-05/freestore-foodbank-helping-underemployed-unemployed-find-jobs-logistics Ann Thompson /local-news/2023-06-06/freestore-foodbank-community-resource-workforce-training-distribution-center-riverside The 224,000-square foot facility brings many of the Freestore's programs together under one roof. Tue, 06 Jun 2023 20:37:41 GMT /local-news/2023-06-06/freestore-foodbank-community-resource-workforce-training-distribution-center-riverside Nick Swartsell /local-news/2023-02-21/freestore-foodbank-new-distribution-center-home-delivery CEO Kurt Reiber explains the organization is now distributing 50 million meals a year to a 20-county area. The new center will double that capacity. Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:36:16 GMT /local-news/2023-02-21/freestore-foodbank-new-distribution-center-home-delivery Ann Thompson /local-news/2023-01-19/freestore-foodbank-2-million-hamilton-county-snap Commissioners approved the money Thursday in response to the federal government ending a program that gave extra money to SNAP recipients during the pandemic. Thu, 19 Jan 2023 22:14:01 GMT /local-news/2023-01-19/freestore-foodbank-2-million-hamilton-county-snap Becca Costello /local-news/2022-12-19/freestore-foodbank-food-distribution-event-inflation Inflation is making food and fuel more expensive for families and for the Freestore Foodbank. Mon, 19 Dec 2022 09:04:00 GMT /local-news/2022-12-19/freestore-foodbank-food-distribution-event-inflation Bill Rinehart /community/2022-11-18/help-food-pantries-holiday-season Inflation is hitting many families hard this year, and that includes organizations like food pantries. Here's how you can help. Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:14:00 GMT /community/2022-11-18/help-food-pantries-holiday-season Marianna Dionysiou /local-news/2021-06-23/freestore-foodbank-breaks-ground-on-new-facility-for-job-training-distribution The Freestore Foodbank broke ground on a new facility Wednesday afternoon after raising nearly $30 million for it throughout the past year. It's part of… Wed, 23 Jun 2021 23:54:28 GMT /local-news/2021-06-23/freestore-foodbank-breaks-ground-on-new-facility-for-job-training-distribution Jolene Almendarez /local-news/2021-04-14/freestore-foodbank-it-could-be-years-before-pandemic-need-for-food-assistance-dwindles Early during the pandemic, drone footage outside of a Freestore Foodbank's mass distribution site showed lines of cars stretched down roadways. A surge of… Wed, 14 Apr 2021 08:03:00 GMT /local-news/2021-04-14/freestore-foodbank-it-could-be-years-before-pandemic-need-for-food-assistance-dwindles Jolene Almendarez