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The Congressional Hunger Center (CHC) is a nonprofit anti-hunger training organization founded by former Rep. Tony Hall and located in Washington, D.C. Members of Congress, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) and Rep. James P. McGovern (D-MA) are the co-chairs of our Board of Directors and exemplify our bipartisan approach to ending hunger.
   
  The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows Program is a year-long leadership development program that trains emerging leaders in the fight against hunger in the U.S. The Bill Emerson Fellows are a living tribute to the late Rep. Bill Emerson, who devoted his energies to assisting the poor.
   
  The Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows Program matches emerging leaders with effective international organizations that address the root causes of hunger around the world. The program is a memorial to the late Rep. Mickey Leland who led the fight against hunger in the U.S. Congress, and lost his life in Ethiopia on a famine relief mission.
 





Photo by Elizabeth Whelan.  The government of Chile funds a nationwide school lunch program for income eligible participants.  Due to rising rates of obesity, the program emphasizes healthy eating and serves fresh fruits and vegetables daily.

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Date posted: August 05, 2009
The Congressional Hunger Center (CHC) and Victory Wholesale Group of Springboro, Ohio, and Boca Raton, Florida, announce the 2009 16th Annual “Victory Against Hunger Awards” (VAH Awards). Twenty-five $1,000 grants will be available to food banks that demonstrate innovative anti-hunger initiatives assisting families and children in their communities. This year’s awards program brings the total of unrestricted grants generously provided by Victory Wholesale Group to local groups to $313,000 since their inception in 1994.

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National Anti- Hunger Organizations (NAHO) Celebrate World Food Day on October 17, 2008

Date posted: October 24, 2008
As part of the 2008 World Food Day celebration, NAHO released the 2008 Blueprint to End Hunger. The Blueprint sets a goal of cutting U.S. food insecurity in half by 2015 and outlines a comprehensive plan of action to ensure every American is adequately nourished.

The Congressional Hunger Center and the nation’s leading anti-hunger groups are calling upon President Bush, presidential candidates, Congress, elected officials, faith based groups, the private sector and the general public to work together to strengthen current federal nutrition programs and policies. As outlined in the 2008 Blueprint, Americans have the ability and the means to end hunger.

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View NAHO 2008 Unveiling of Blueprint to End Hunger on World Food Day press release

 

 



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