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Taking the Fight Against Hunger On a Stadium Tour [VIDEO]

Thanks to the Rock and Wrap it Up program, good food left over from sporting events and concerts doesn't have to go to waste, "NBC Nightly News" reports.

Bernie Williams, Going to Bat Against Hunger

"It was great. I mean, I play different stuff than rock 'n' roll, but they made me feel right at home up there. It's what I love about music. I can adjust to other situations than I'm used to being in. That's music. Whatever the groove, it's fun to adjust." It's the morning after former New York Yankees legend Bernie...

Sixth-Grade Philanthropist Offers Grant to Encourage Gardening

Sixth-grader Katie Stagliano knows how multiply. She turned a 40-pound cabbage from her garden into part of a meal for 275 people at a Charleston, S.C., soup kitchen. She turned that single experience into Katie's Krops, a nonprofit that has grown thousands of pounds of fresh produce for soup kitchens and other...

Background on food pantry

A food bank or foodbank is a non-profit, charitable organization that distributes mostly donated food to a wide variety of agencies that in turn feed poor people.

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