Welcome to the first Arizona Hunger Action Week, scheduled for September 12-18, 2011!  There are so many ways to get involved, from participating in one of our events, to donating funds online or via text, to volunteering, to donating food… and so on!  Please take a moment to like us on Facebook to keep up with all the latest news and events about Hunger Action Week!

Did the chicken or the egg come first? It’s the age-old question. The answer is still uncertain, but on Tuesday, March 29,  2011, the Arizona Hunger Campaign and Lift Up America helped sponsor an event at St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance in  Phoenix to search for more clues…

Hickman’s Family Farms & Tyson Chicken made a huge donation to help feed hungry people in the Valley of 54,000 eggs    and 30,000 lbs. of chicken. Hickman’s claimed that its egg delivery truck arrived just ahead of the Tyson chicken delivery  truck, but other witnesses claim that it was a photo finish. Well, I guess we will have to keep searching for answers!

In December, 2010, AHC partnered with Arizona State University, Tyson Food, Food City and many other vendors to pack food boxes for over 3,000 families.  108,000 lbs. of  food was distributed as part of the Cena En El Barrio program at five Food City locations. This distribution of food was given to needy families all over the Valley and was a huge success!

In conjunction with the Luis Palau Season of Service, November 2010 was designated Hunger Month, and local churches collected food for local and international relief. The food drive for local relief raised 56,073 lbs. of  food!

The Father’s Day Food Drive raised 510,650 pounds of food for Valley area food banks and pantries. Twenty Valley churches participated in the drive in June. The following churches participated:

• Christ’s Church of the Valley (CCV)
• Central Christian Church
• City of Grace
• Crossroads Nazarene
• Desert Springs Community Church – Goodyear
• East Valley Bible Church
• Highlands Church
• Living Streams Church
• Mission Community Church
• New Life Community Church
• North Phoenix Baptist Church
• Paradise Valley Methodist Church
• Parkway Christian Church
• Praxis Church
• Pure Heart Fellowship
• Radiant Church
• Scottsdale Bible Church
• St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
• Sun Valley Community Church

We are planning another food drive in late September in conjunction with the Luis Palau Season of Service.

What a great experience this event was!  We were very grateful for Jerry Colangelo, Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, and Luis  Gonzalez helping out. What a wonderful start to the year long campaign!