Today for poverty awareness month we explore the following questions: Why does poverty exist? Why do people in the wealthiest nation in the world go hungry? What kind of policies […]
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January is Poverty Awareness Month
January is Poverty Awareness Month so we have put together a number of easy ways for you to take action this month to help fight poverty. They’ll include opportunities to […]
Sowing seeds in winter and year-round: How to hold onto that holiday spirit
The holiday season ends next week. Will the “holiday spirit” vanish with it? For the sake of those who’ll need our help no matter the month, I hope not. So […]
Empty Bowls 2014
A community meal to fight hunger
The annual Empty Bowls is a meager meal of soup and bread, reminding us that too many people in our region still have empty bowls and face hunger.
This marks the 19th year that the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and Just Harvest will co-host the event. Funds raised will benefit both organizations equally.
Tickets are $20 each and include soup cooked by some of Pittsburgh’s best restaurants and a beautiful handmade bowl to take home. Celebrity soup severs, a silent auction of ceramic art and celebrity-autographed bowls, live music, children’s activities, and soup-to-go are part of the festivities.
This year’s event will also include a bowl-making demonstration, a coffee and espresso bar, and other new additions.
Purchase tickets online or by calling Just Harvest at 412-431-8960.
Read more about the Empty Bowls event
Download the flyer (pdf)
Join the Empty Bowls event page on Facebook and invite your friends
A tribute to Nelson Mandela on Human Rights Day
December 10 was Human Rights Day, an annual celebration of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In Pittsburgh, 50 community advocates braved the December cold to call […]
“A Place at the Table” screening and discussion
50 million people in the U.S.—one in four children—don’t know where their next meal is coming from, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all Americans.
Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine this issue through the lens of three people who are struggling with food insecurity.
Post-film discussion will be led by Just Harvest’s executive director Ken Regal.
Learn more about the film:
5 Days, 6 Dollars: Taking the Food Stamp Challenge
To raise awareness about current U.S. Farm Bill negotiations and the related Congressional debates over billions of dollars in proposed cuts to SNAP/food stamp funding, Just Harvest staff along with […]
