News & Events

This June, get educated about hunger and get involved in ending hunger during National Hunger Awareness Month.

Did you know that Milwaukee has the tenth worst child poverty rate in the nation? Over 200,000 participants are enrolled in FoodShare in... [Read more]

Letter Carrier Food Drive totals up 15% over last year

Milwaukee (May 24, 2010) — Hunger Task Force announced totals today for their largest one-day food drive of the year, the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger food... [Read more]

Learn the steps to creating a breastfeeding-friendly worksite at an upcoming workshop called “Implementing ‘The Business Case for Breastfeeding’ in Your Community”.

Kendall Cox from Every Mother, Inc. will lead the training which will cover:

• Why... [Read more]

MPS Public Hearing on the FY11 Proposed Budget

MPS Central Services Building, Auditorium, 5225 West Vliet Street

May 20, 2010

Save the date for this important MPS Budget Hearing! Hunger Task Force will be present on Thursday, May 20 to push for... [Read more]

Thank you for raising your voice to support the Milwaukee County farm and fish hatchery by calling the Parks Director and your Milwaukee County Board Supervisor! The May 20 County Finance & Audit Committee meeting was a success and the farm and fish... [Read more]

In February, First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let's Move! campaign to solve the childhood obesity epidemic within a generation. As part of this effort, President Obama established the Task Force on Childhood Obesity to develop and implement a... [Read more]

Looking for an interesting volunteer opporunity at Hunger Task Force?

Data entry volunteers are needed immediately!

Do you have great attention to detail? Excellent typing skills? Available volunteer time between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.?... [Read more]

Hunger Task Force thanks you!

To all those who filled their donation bag with food and left it by their mailbox on Saturday, May 8 to help us Stamp Out Hunger, we thank you for being part of the largest one-day food drive in the nation.

To the... [Read more]

This Friday you are cordially invited to the First Annual Letter Carrier Olympics!

Stamp Out Hunger is the nation's largest one-day food drive, in 2009, over 73 million pounds of food were collected! Hunger Task Force is grateful to everyone who... [Read more]

Voices Against Hunger, Hunger Task Force’s citizen advocacy group, invites you to join us at one of our upcoming spring meetings. Each session will explore Hunger Task Force’s work around Universal Free Breakfast in the Classroom, summer meals, and... [Read more]