by Jessica Crenshaw | Apr 28, 2022 | Blog
Jasper School District is one of the most rural in Arkansas – it covers 615 square miles in five counties, with about 900 students across three campuses. The school has delivered meals to at least 300 families every week since the pandemic began, and often up...
by Jessica Crenshaw | Apr 19, 2022 | Blog
Honors Arkansas and the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance hosted the first statewide college hunger summit on Thursday, April 14, at the Heifer International Pavilion in Little Rock. The purpose of the summit was to raise awareness in the fight against college hunger....
by Jessica Crenshaw | Apr 4, 2022 | Blog
“Cultivating Common Ground to End Hunger” with Jeremy K. Everett Sponsored by AT&T Thursday, April 28, 2022 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Watch the entire webinar here: https://youtu.be/TKKQ3ZTnKYc Click here for information about the book I Was Hungry....
by Jessica Crenshaw | Apr 1, 2022 | Blog
It’s no surprise to learn that students are better behaved after eating breakfast served during the school day, and now we have Arkansas data to prove it. In a new article, “School Breakfast and Student Behavior” published March 2022 in the American Journal of...
by Jessica Crenshaw | Mar 2, 2022 | Blog
The Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance is pleased to announce 131 organizations have been awarded a total of $188,827 through the Capacity Building Grant program. Funds for the annual grants are allocated from the State Food Purchasing Program and have been administered...
