Louisiana Food Bank Association

09/07/2018

The Louisiana Food Bank Association has a new name!

Catch us over on our new page, Feeding Louisiana!

05/09/2018

Stamp Out Hunger annual food drive is this Saturday, May 12! Donate non-perishable food items to help support your local food banks!

Stamp Out Hunger, the annual food drive in which Postal Service employees collect donations for local pantries, will be Saturday, May 12. Join in the nation's largest food drive by donating non-perishable items. Learn more: go.usa.gov/xQNgg

05/08/2018

05/01/2018

Louisiana's food banks have been a vital resource in recent disaster response efforts across the state and nation.

Check out Second Harvest Food Bank - Feeding South Louisiana's story below.

Day fact: Second Harvest distributed 1.7 million pounds of disaster supplies across South Louisiana in the last 2 years to victims of hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. Help us stand ready for the next disaster with a donation today at givenola.org/secondharvest

05/01/2018

The Food Bank of Central Louisiana is asking for the community’s support on May 12th as it joins America’s letter carriers and Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, in the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Hosted each year by the National Association of Letter Carriers, Stamp Out Hunger is the largest single-day food drive in the country. The food collected in central Louisiana will be distributed through the Food Bank of Central Louisiana.

Central Louisiana residents can join the Food Bank of Central Louisiana and support community members who struggle with hunger by simply collecting non-perishable food items and leaving them in a sturdy bag near their mailboxes on May 12th. A letter carrier will collect the donations and deliver them to the Food Bank of Central Louisiana. Items will then be distributed to those facing hunger right here in our community.

04/30/2018

Don't forget about the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana when you make your donations on May 1st.

For every $10 donated, $100 in food is provided to hungry members of our community.

The Food Bank stretches your dollar so that it does more for Northwest Louisiana.

To make a donation, log on to Give for Good's site and choose a donation level on May 1st. Or, schedule a donation today!

https://www.giveforgoodnla.org/foodbank

04/05/2018

Nearly one-in-four Louisiana children don't know where their next meal might come from.

Thanks to Representative Patricia Haynes Smith and the Louisiana House of Representatives for passing House Bill 284, ensuring that all children can receive a nutritious meal in their schools!

Legislation aimed at ensuring public school students are not punished because of school lunch debts won approval Wednesday night in the Louisiana House.

04/03/2018

As Louisiana's Food Banks distribute fresh produce through partner agencies and programs across the state, more research emerges on the critical links between food and health.

The right kind of diet may give the brain more of what it needs to avoid depression, or even to treat it once it’s begun.

03/15/2018

"The food bank gives us healthy foods like fresh fruits and vegetables, so I don't have to eat as much of the starchy foods like I used to. The extra help has made my diabetes much easier to manage. My health has really improved." - Pat.

Eating healthy can be expensive and fresh produce might not be available. This is where a local food bank can step in and help people like Pat.

03/07/2018

Join us at Bistro Byronz Mid-City on Wednesday, March 7th, at 5pm to get a sneak peak at some of the beautiful bowls that will be available at Empty Bowls Baton Rouge! Don't forget to buy your tickets for this awesome event that is happening on Saturday, April 14th at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Click here to purchase - http://bit.ly/2Gfmoz4

03/01/2018

Louisiana Food Bank Association Board President Natalie Jayroe was honored this week as Feeding America's 2018 Dick Goebel Public Service Award winner for her commitment to ending hunger in Louisiana and across the country.

Congrats and thanks to Natalie for her service and leadership in the fight to end hunger!

Congratulations to our President & CEO Natalie Jayroe! Yesterday, Feeding America awarded Natalie the 2018 Dick Goebel Public Service Award for outstanding commitment to ending hunger in our community and across the country.

The award was announced at the 2018 National Anti-Hunger Policy conference, a gathering in Washington, D.C. of anti-hunger advocates, sponsored by Feeding America and the Food Research Action Center (FRAC).

Feeding America President Matt Knott remarked during the presentation, “Natalie has spent more than 20 years in the food bank world, serving in capacities that range from founder, board member, and currently President and CEO. Over the years, her extraordinary leadership has been critical in getting her community through times of crisis. From the significant Katrina disaster response, to the BP Oil Spill, and the 2016 flooding, Natalie has helped those she serves as well as her fellow network members in difficult times.”

02/09/2018

Want to learn more about how your local Food Bank helps feed the hungry in our community? You can schedule a tour of our facility to see how we work and what you can do to join the fight against hunger! Visit www.brfoodbank.org/book-a-tour/