Hunger

Ahead of an estimated 150,000 Illinois households losing their federal food assistance on May 1, advocates rallied at the Capitol to call for state support at extending assistance to those who may lose their benefits.

Anyone that registers in advance will get their choice of either a new crockpot and cookbook or a haul of Thanksgiving groceries. You can register by calling 309-531-8303 by 12 p.m. Saturday.

Food banks in central Illinois are waiting to see how a federal judge's ruling on SNAP benefits will impact their operations. The Trump administration has been ordered to fully restore food assistance while the government is shut down.

Food bank staff expect a wave of new demand as millions of Americans are set to lose federal food assistance in November. But they insist that their services alone won’t be enough to feed everyone who relies on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Illinois State University is partnering with State Farm to pack one million meals in one day for Illinois families facing food insecurity.

A Bloomington teenager is in Washington, D.C., this week lobbying lawmakers to strengthen and expand nutrition assistance in the next farm bill.

Normal Community High School senior Avani Rai shared her work to combat hunger at a White House conference this week in Washington, D.C.

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words but in the case of a group of Illinois State University students, a picture is worth a million meals.…