Each day, Meals on Wheels of Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky delivers more than 4,600 meals to seniors across a 13-county region. Drivers collectively travel about 50,000 miles each month to ensure seniors receive nutritious food, points of connection and wellness checks. Reaching nearly 11,000 seniors each year, essential services are driven by Meals on […]
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St. Vincent de Paul’s Thanksgiving meal kit giveaway is tomorrow
St. Vincent de Paul’s annual Thanksgiving meal kit giveaway will happen tomorrow. The organization plans to distribute over 1,000 meal kits that provide the ingredients needed to create a delicious Thanksgiving dinner, including fresh produce, a turkey and a roasting pan. The giveaway starts at 9 a.m. at the Neyer Outreach Center at 1146 Bank […]
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Beshear sends state National Guard to staff food banks seeing ‘surge’ amid SNAP delays
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is sending the National Guard to staff food banks while more than 600,000 in the state await federal food assistance during the ongoing government shutdown. This comes days after Beshear sent $5 million from the state’s “rainy day fund” to Feeding Kentucky, a network of food banks, and tasked the organization with buying […]
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SNAP work reporting requirements are expanding: what Kentuckians should know
Even if their SNAP cards don’t work at the grocery store because of a political stalemate in Washington D.C., most Kentuckians receiving federal food benefits will have to start submitting proof of work this month, even as the federal government stays shut down. Effective Nov. 1, veterans, the homeless, recent foster care youth and adults ages […]
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School’s out. Where are at-risk NKY children getting healthy food?
Schools in Northern Kentucky provide free or reduced-cost lunch and breakfast to students during the school year, depending on need. Now, school’s out for the summer for most kids. So where are NKY school children facing hunger getting healthy meals this summer? LINK nky looked at government and non-government options for school children facing food […]
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On the Edge: ‘Hunger doesn’t take a vacation’
This story originally appeared in the Jan. 20 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. On the Edge is a regular feature that explores the challenges of the rising cost of living in Northern Kentucky. Jerry Burford Sr., a retired truck driver and car salesman, stood in line at […]