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Thank you! Thank you!
(Thanksgiving Project Results) This year, we weren’t really sure how our project would go.Inflation is at an all time high.Yes, the needs were bigger than ever and food costs were more than we’d ever seen, but would our community rally and give?In 2021, we were able to give 37,140 people a meal.A few months ago, we communicated with our partners […]
Announcing our 2022 Thanksgiving Project!
Green Friday is coming! Yes! It’s almost Thanksgiving! Our favorite time of the year! Of course we know it’s also almost Halloween, and we look forward to that too, but while Christmas and Halloween typically get weeks or months of celebration, our favorite holiday only gets a few days at the end of November. We love Thanksgiving and celebrate it for […]
Fall Project Announcement: Stock the Pantry!
Some people must make some intense choices. Do I eat or do I get to my work? Do I eat or do I pay that bill? This September, we’re partnering with three different food pantries in three different cities (Atlanta, Detroit and Worcester, Mass) to feed families. 100% of what comes in for our STOCK THE PANTRY project will be […]

Spring ’22 Project – Community Dinners!
It’s time for our first 2022 project! We’re partnering with our friends Pure Hope to launch 9 community dinners in Atlanta. Why Community Dinners? Watch our friend, Dale Stephens, share why Community Dinners are so important: Pure Hope provides 3 meals per month from March to October to vulnerable communities in Atlanta’s Upper Westside. These meals differ from relief in that […]

“100% of your donation goes directly to the project”
If you’ve been tracking along with Hungry For A Day for a while, you’ll have seen this phrase “100% of your donation goes directly to the project“. Why is this important? How do we do this? Often donors evaluate nonprofits on what percentage of their revenue goes to cover operating expenses. While we may not agree on the validity of […]

2021 Thanksgiving Results
What an incredible outpouring of generosity 2021 brought. Because of the generosity of so many, we were able to provide 37,140 people a meal this holiday season. Over the past 10 years, over 160,000 have had a better Thanksgiving. Your gifts fed the homeless and the food insecure. You helped people in inner cities and in rural communities. From California to Massachusetts, from Michigan to Florida, we […]

Thanksgiving 2021! (25,000 Meals – Take 4)
Today, we’re excited to announce our 2021 Thanksgiving Project. If you’ve been following us on social media, you already know our goal is to provide a meal to 25,000 people! We’ve been chasing the 25,000 goal for a while now. In 2018, we fed just over 22,000. 2019 brought us to 23,000 and in 2020, about 22,000 were helped. This […]

Feeding the community and building relationships – Second Summer Project ’21 !!!
We’re excited to announce we are partnering with Community Bucket and their FeedATL Summer Series to help four urban gardens in Atlanta provide fresh produce to under-served communities. These urban farms operate in areas known as food deserts. They are typically in low income areas with limited transportation options, where people lack access to healthy, affordable food in their neighborhoods. Usually, […]

2021 Summer Project #1 – Results!
Our goal was to raise $3,000 to buy a commercial refrigerator. We’re super excited to announce that we raised over $4,700 which will not only cover the cost of the fridge, but also help with the costs of getting the electric run / installation – and hopefully enough left over to fill that fridge up! We couldn’t have done it without each of you, so thank […]

Summer 2021!
It’s been a while since you’ve heard from us, but we’ve got a need that we know you’re going to be excited about! We got introduced to Hollie and Bill (and the Pritchard Homeless Outreach) a few months ago. They live in the northwest suburbs of Atlanta. They kept seeing homeless people in their town and rather than just giving […]