Hunger relief

Investing in local and national programs
to fight hunger

Bank of America works locally and nationally to help provide hunger relief for the 40 million people in America struggling with food insecurity. Many are working families, children and the elderly. Learn more about what we’re doing, and what you can do to join us. Let’s break the cycle of hunger.

This innovative jobs program hires laid-off restaurant staff to help the people of West Texas

This innovative jobs program hires laid-off restaurant staff to help the people of West Texas

Strengthening our commitment to our employees, clients and the communities we serve

Strengthening our commitment to our employees, clients and the communities we serve

How this nonprofit is continuing to deliver meals, hot showers and more to Nashville's homeless

How this nonprofit is continuing to deliver meals, hot showers and more to Nashville's homeless

How South Florida's largest food bank partnered with farmers to feed a community

How South Florida's largest food bank partnered with farmers to feed a community

Helping communities address their needs now: Food security and medical capacity

Helping communities address their needs now: Food security and medical capacity

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VIDEO: Watch how Feeding America® is supporting communities during the coronavirus

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Feeding America^®: Serving Our Communities during Coronavirus

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Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
CEO, Feeding America

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Feeding America is a network of 200 food banks, 60 thousand pantries, soup kitchens around the United States, and over 2 million volunteers.

…And our mission is to ensure that everyone in this country has enough to eat.

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Feeding America’s Network
Serves over 40 million people
Over 4 billion meals per year

Our network normally feeds 40 million people about 4 billion meals a year.

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Compared to last year, food banks report an average increase of 70% in demand for food assistance

An estimated 40% of the people served are new to food bank support

Since this crisis began, we've seen those numbers increase dramatically.

In fact we’ve seen those numbers increase by about 70 percent, on average across the whole country, and of that 70 percent increase, at least 40 percent are people who didn’t ever imagine that they would need to turn to us to feed themselves and their families.

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To help with this critical need, Bank of America provided a $1 million grant to Feeding America and more than $15 million to its partner organizations

That is a really really big number and we're working really hard to make certain that we can serve all of them and serve them well.

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You will see often in media coverage that there'll be lines of cars.

That's because, we have been, purposefully trying to engage in social separation and… really good health care practices.

Rather than having someone from the community come into our distribution center, or pantry, to receive their food, we instead have very low-contact distributions, where people drive up, they open their trunks, we provide the food inside of their trunks, and then they're able to safely motor away.

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Around our network we've come to characterize our needs across three categories: Funds, food and friends.

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If you have the capacity to give we've made a commitment that every single penny will go directly into communities who are impacted.…

The second thing that we ask, is that you find your local food bank— and find out what it is that they need, right there, on the ground in the community that you care so much about.

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The grants for Feeding America and its partners are

Part of Bank of America’s $100 million commitment to

supporting local communities impacted by the coronavirus

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Providing hot meals and restaurant jobs for local communities

Providing hot meals and restaurant jobs for local communities

Partnering with the YWCA to keep domestic violence survivors safe during coronavirus

Partnering with the YWCA to keep domestic violence survivors safe during coronavirus

How tapping furloughed restaurant workers is helping solve food insecurity in local communities

How tapping furloughed restaurant workers is helping solve food insecurity in local communities

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VIDEO: Watch how the Red Cross is providing aid globally and to local communities in a time of need

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Red Cross: Serving Our Communities during Coronavirus

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Gail McGovern,
President and CEO
American Red Cross

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Everybody has a Red Cross story. And for the most part, those Red Cross stories are poignant.

They represent hardship, and then pulling out of that hardship. And it hasn't stopped because of this coronavirus.

It has impacted every element of our mission. It’s really changed everything that we're doing.

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I am so proud of the organization, for stepping up and doing all kinds of things that we have never done before.

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The Red Cross provides 40% of the Nation’s blood supply

Of course, we always need blood. Every two seconds, somebody is getting a blood transfusion in our country and this is the greatest gift of all, the gift of life.

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We're used to having giant blood drives, with you know, hundreds of people showing up,
and now, because of social distancing, we're doing maybe 30 collections. It’s inefficient, it's slow, but it's still gratifying— that people are coming out to donate blood.

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The Red Cross responds to an average of more than 60,000 disasters every year
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We also respond to disasters, at this point in time there were 200 tornadoes that swept across our country,

we're providing comfort, virtually, and mental health counselling, virtually.

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Bank of America
provided the Red Cross with $1.25 million grants to help support its operations in communities across the U.S., Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa and India.

Disasters are something that you can't do alone. And so, we're always collaborating.
Having the public, private, and nonprofit sectors work together is essential.

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Woman holding a “Thank you’ sign with the Red Cross signage behind her

Red Cross employees and volunteers are truly heroes. They're doing heroic things, to help people in their darkest hours.

The needs have changed. Our capabilities have not. And we're just using them for different purposes at the time when the country really needs it
and any gift financially, regardless of its size would be deeply, deeply, appreciated.

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The grants to Red Cross are part of Bank of America’s $100 million commitment to help local communities impacted by coronavirus
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We’re committing $100 million to communities facing unprecedented challenges

We are focusing our resources on the number one priority - looking after people. By - Brian Moynihan CEO of Bank of America

We’re committing $100 million to communities facing unprecedented challenges

As tourism takes a pause in Florida, Feeding Tampa Bay steps up its work helping feed those in need

As tourism takes a pause in Florida, Feeding Tampa Bay steps up its work helping feed those in need

Food rescue pioneer City Harvest turns to new sources to meet the needs of hungry New Yorkers

Food rescue pioneer City Harvest turns to new sources to meet the needs of hungry New Yorkers

Houston Food Bank mobilizes a network of workers to safely distribute a million pounds of food a day

Houston Food Bank mobilizes a network of workers to safely distribute a million pounds of food a day

Merrill Financial Advisor John Yambao gives to the Houston Food Bank as a way of paying it forward

Merrill Financial Advisor John Yambao gives to the Houston Food Bank as a way of paying it forward

GALLERY: Learn how DC Central Kitchen staff, volunteers, and CEO Mike Curtin fight hunger in DC

Creating Opportunity written on bus with Mike Curtin

GALLERY: Learn how DC Central Kitchen staff, volunteers, and CEO Mike Curtin fight hunger in DC

Working to break the cycle of hunger around the world

Working to break the cycle of hunger around the world

GALLERY: Tackling hunger at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank

GALLERY: Tackling hunger at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank

Second Harvest is bridging the hunger gap in Florida by serving nearly 500,000 people annually

Second Harvest is bridging the hunger gap in Florida by serving nearly 500,000 people annually

Partnering to fight hunger in Boston

It takes a village to fight hunger

Fighting hunger in New Jersey

Woman preparing cake at The Community Food Bank of New Jersey

Fighting hunger in New Jersey

Innovating an end to hunger

Innovating an end to hunger

Food Bank For New York City fights hunger across the five boroughs

Together, we're committed to eradicating food poverty and food insecurity in NY. Jeff Barker Bank of America's New York City Market President

Food Bank For New York City fights hunger across the five boroughs

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