5/9/2008 4:15:38 PM

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The four most common childhood illnesses are diarrhea, acute respiratory illness, malaria and measles. Each of these illnesses is both preventable and treatable. Yet, again, poverty interferes in parents’ ability to access immunizations and medicines. Chronic undernourishment on top of insufficient treatment greatly increases a child’s risk of death.

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Events

Minnesota's Turning 150: Bring the Gift of Food

Celebrate Minnesota's 150th birthday May 17 & 18 by collecting 150,000 pounds of food to fight hunger in Minnesota. Just three nonperishable food items per attendee will collect enough food for 10,000 individual visits to foodshelves. And you'll receve a free taco card from our friends at Taco Bell. Read More

Artwork for Tummies Search 2008

Here is your chance to receive 15 minutes of fame and feed 850,000 hungry children. The Emergency Foodshelf Network is searching for original artwork to place on all-occasion greeting cards. All proceeds from card sales will help fight local childhood hunger. Create and feed hungry children. Read More

Rescue The Lost Harvest and Provide Nutrition

Concord Elementary is helping us launch our campaign to stock hunger relief organizations with one-million pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables in 2008. The students created "A-Buck-for-a-Truck" to see if their school can rescue a truckload. Watch the video, consider joining their effort, and Read More

Think Spring, Local Farms and Nutrition

Connect local farms with Minnesota's hungry people. Harvest for the Hungry is a program to provide fresh, locally-grown produce to households facing hunger in our community. Donate online now to the Harvest for the Hungry program. Plant the seed to feed, and

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News

EFN Going You Tube

Northwest Community Television Channel 12 covered our Lost Harvest "Unveiling" event, kicking off Emergency Foodshelf Network's committment to rescuing 1 million pounds of fresh produce in 2008. Catch the excitement with this great footage. Read More

A Five Year Plan to End Hunger

The community reccommendations to end Twin Cities hunger in five years have been released. EFN is proud to be a member of the Steering Committee of the Twin Cities Hunger Initiative. Read More

Fare For All Express in the Express Lane

Fare For All Express sales sales have continued to climb at the Emergency Foodshelf Network (EFN). The EFN warehouse sale location will now be open for every other Monday to accomodate working families. Get the dates and more information. Read More

Recently Published Hunger News

EFN works with Crystal's African Food Market to provide culturally specific foods to foodshelves, and local Artwork for Tummies winner is featured in his local paper. These stories and more.  Read More

Latest EFN Photo

Browse our latest photos from volunteer groups, food drives, community events, and other EFN sponsored activities on our Flickr Photobook.