by Samantha Adams | Sep 12, 2023 | FHFB News, Media Mentions
HUNTINGTON — Facing Hunger Foodbank hosted its “Time After Time ‘80s Extravaganza” Saturday night, celebrating its 40th anniversary and raising funds for two expansion projects that will improve accessibility to people with food insecurities and end multi-generational...
by Samantha Adams | Jun 12, 2023 | FHFB News, Media Mentions
HUNTINGTON — Facing Hunger Foodbank welcomed West Virginia legislators Sunday for a tour and to prepare food boxes. The legislators received a tour of the Facing Hunger Foodbank facility and helped pack boxes of food items for upcoming mobile distributions. They also...
by Samantha Adams | May 9, 2023 | FHFB News, Media Mentions
HUNTINGTON — More than 10 volunteers painted a new mural on the front of Facing Hunger Foodbank in Huntington on Thursday as part of United Way of the River Cities’ 2023 Week of Action. Starting at 9 a.m., the volunteers painted a variety of fruits and vegetables,...
by Samantha Adams | May 9, 2023 | FHFB News, Media Mentions
HUNTINGTON — Since 2015, the old Southern States store building on 7th Avenue has sat vacant. Over the next year, Facing Hunger Foodbank will turn the space into a teaching kitchen, on-site food pantry and additional storage and office spaces. Facing Hunger purchased...
by Samantha Adams | May 9, 2023 | FHFB News
POCA, WV – Gov. Jim Justice participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony today at the West Virginia National Guard’s Regional Food Distribution Center at Rock Branch. The distribution center allows multiple organizations to work together in a whole-of-government...
by Samantha Adams | Mar 30, 2023 | FHFB News, Media Mentions
March 25, 2023 A mobile food drive took place Friday at the future site of OVP Health Community Health Partnership, formerly known as Colonial Lanes, in Huntington. Samantha Edwards, chief development officer for Facing Hunger Foodbank, said Friday’s event was part of...