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South Texas FHFH donated 170 pounds of meat to The Basket Food Pantry in Kennedy, Texas to help feed people who are struggling with hunger.

In the photo are South Texas FHFH Coordinator Danny Bezet, and Christnia Havron and Sandra Aquilera at The Basket.

Hunters across America can help feed the needy of their communities this Christmas by donating nutritious meat from harvested game to charitable organizations and ministries.

Hagerstown, MD – December 13, 2022 – Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry, the national venison donation ministry, announced today the launch of a new Hunt Down Hunger campaign. Hunt Down Hunger is a national campaign encouraging hunters across America to help feed the hungry by donating their legally harvested game such as deer and elk to local hunger relief charities and ministries. The campaign will help individuals and families this Christmas and beyond, as costs for necessities such as food and fuel have risen.

Participating local butcher shops have agreed to receive and process the donations into nutritious meat at a discounted price for Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry and other similar organizations found in 37 states. These organizations raise money to pay the processing bills. The meat is then distributed free of charge to community food banks, soup kitchens, and other hunger relief programs to help feed the needy.

Over the past 25 years Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry has facilitated the donation, processing, and distribution of meat for 23 million meal servings to hungry individuals, children, and families across the country. During that same time, the hunters for the hungry organizations across America have collectively provided a staggering 10 times that amount or more – meat for hundreds of millions of meals!

“Throughout history, hunters have provided food for their families and communities, and their generosity is still needed and appreciated today,” said Josh Wilson, Executive Director of Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry. “And in the Bible we see time and again that God has great compassion for the poor and needy. We are grateful for this opportunity He has provided to help hunters bless their hungry neighbors.”

Additional organizations and businesses related to hunting and the outdoors are invited to join in support of the Hunt Down Hunger campaign.

“The Hunters’ Leadership Forum is grateful for the opportunity to partner with organizations like Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry to help solve the hunger issue in the United States,” said Peter Churchbourne from the NRA Hunters’ Leadership Forum. “We encourage the donation of game meat to help with this effort, and advocate for sharing the important role hunters fill in solving the food security equation. We look forward to building future campaigns that will add much needed value, funding, and awareness to this extremely important effort.”

As many people prepare to celebrate Christmas and other winter holidays with family gatherings and warm meals, it is important to remember the less fortunate among us. The Hunt Down Hunger campaign aims to help by mobilizing hunter participation and public support for the various organizations like Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry that enable hunters to provide meat for their neighbors in need.

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Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry – People across America who struggle with food insecurity are often desperate for meat and protein. Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that gives nutritious meat to food banks, food pantries and feeding ministries that help those in need by paying participating local butcher shops to process deer and livestock that are donated by farmers and hunters. Meat for 23 million meals has been donated, processed, and distributed by the ministry since it began in 1997. New supporters and volunteers are welcome to join the cause.

Executive Director Josh Wilson is available for interviews and will help facilitate contact with representatives of hunters for the hungry organizations in specific states as available.

To learn more, please visit www.huntdownhunger.org, call toll-free 866-438-3434, or email josh@fhfh.org.

For downloadable logo, video, and photos that support this story, click this link: www.feedingthehungry.org/media-resources.

The Wayne County Community Foundation in Ohio has awarded $3,500 grant funding to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry, which will provide over 7,000 servings of nutritious meat to the food banks and programs that feed people of Wayne County who are in need.

Protein and meat products are one of the top items needed by food banks. The expensive price of meat and its limited shelf life prevent it from being a readily accessible food item by food banks. The meat donated to the food banks and feeding ministries by FHFH will help provide much needed nutrition to people in need.

“Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry epitomizes coming together to help your neighbor in need,” says Josh Wilson, FHFH Executive Director. “On behalf of FHFH and those in Wayne County who struggle with hunger, we thank the Wayne County Community Foundation for their generosity and support of our mission to end hunger.”

The Wayne County Community Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) community organization that works to strengthen the community we all share by helping donors make a lasting difference with their philanthropic endeavors – connecting their dreams and passions with causes that matter. Established in 1978 with a single gift of $1,000, WCCF has become the steward of over 535 separate funds created from bequests and gifts, each with their own philanthropic purpose to support the future of our community now – and for many years to come. The mission of Wayne County Community Foundation is to provide philanthropic leadership to our community.

Inspired by a passion for the hunt and compassion for the hungry, FHFH is committed to addressing the problem of hunger in America. Since 1997 the organization has provided over 22 million servings of meat to those in need in communities nationwide. To learn more visit FeedingtheHungry.org.

FHFH has donated meat over the years to the Frederick Food Bank in Maryland. We received a note of appreciation from the food bank for our continued support.

“We appreciate the FHFH program so much, and we couldn’t serve all of the families in need in Frederick without the continued support over the years! We are also thankful for all of the hunters who donate the deer for processing and for the local butchers that support the program!” – Sarah McAleavy, Supervisor of CACFP; Frederick Community Action Agency

FHFH donated meat to the Hickory Nut Gorge Outreach and received this note of thanks:

“Thanks again for your generosity in donating 103 pounds of ground venison. Our families will appreciate it very much!” – Karen King, Outreach Manager, Hickory Nut Gorge Outreach (Lake Lure, NC)

We enjoy receiving stories from proud parents about kids choosing to donate their first deer to feed the hungry. This fall the Lord brought us a twist on that theme as a proud son and past volunteer with FHFH got to help his father fulfill a dream. Please take a few minutes to enjoy this heartwarming story from our friend Don in Ohio.

“Dad and I have discussed hunting and FHFH many times over the past 25 years since I moved back to Ohio after leaving the Army in 1998.

He had visited several times and had gone to a few Whitetails Unlimited banquets where he assisted me in raffling muzzleloaders, selling hats and T-Shirts and talking with people at those banquets about FHFH.

After losing his wife to cancer in January and himself breaking his hip in February, dad moved back to Ohio with my wife and I after living in California and Arizona for almost 50 years.

His dream was to hunt with me again (which we were able to do once when he lived in California). So together we built a platform and set up a ground blind on it, put it next to the house and practiced with my Mission Crossbow. After he was comfortable getting in and out of the blind and with the crossbow, I moved the ground blind and platform to the back of the property.

On September 27, 2022 (his 88th birthday), we made that dream come true. We hunted together for the first time in almost 30 years. That day, dad harvested his first deer and we did it together.

As we sat in the blind celebrating together, giving thanks, reviewing the video and allowing her time to expire, dad looked at me and said “She’s going to feed a lot of people.” I asked him if that meant that he was going to donate her and he said that he wanted to follow my example and donate his first deer. Not only was it his first deer of the season, this was his first deer ever.

Leviticus 27:30 says, “A tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain or fruit, is the Lord’s…” And Proverbs 3:9 says, “Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops.”

The Lord blessed him with a nice doe on September 27th and then another one for me on October 28th. Both (our first fruits) were donated to FHFH. Dad and I delivered those two and several other donated deer to the Breiel Church Pantry and to the Hope House Rescue Mission both in Middletown, Ohio.”

The Mid-Shore Community Foundation has awarded $2,500 in grant funding to FHFH which will assist FHFH in providing approximately 5,000 meal servings of nutritious meat to the food banks and feeding ministries who serve people in need in Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot Counties in Maryland.

Protein and meat products are one of the top items needed by food banks. The expensive price of meat and its limited shelf life prevent it from being a readily accessible food item by food banks. The meat donated to the food banks and feeding ministries by FHFH will help provide much needed nutrition to people in need.

“Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry epitomizes coming together to help your neighbor in need,” says Josh Wilson, FHFH Executive Director. “On behalf of FHFH and those in Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot Counties who struggle with hunger, we thank the Mid-Shore Community Foundation for their generosity and support of our mission to end hunger.”

Established in 1992, the Mid-Shore Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that connects private resources with public needs to enhance the quality of life throughout the Mid-Shore Region of Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot Counties. The Foundation works with donors to establish funds for the region – funds that are distributed as grants and scholarships, provides training programs and endowment management services to area nonprofits, and supports start‐up charities and local charitable projects through fiscal sponsorship.

Inspired by a passion for the hunt and compassion for the hungry, FHFH is committed to addressing the problem of hunger in America. Since 1997 the organization has provided over 22 million servings of meat to those in need in communities nationwide. To learn more visit FeedingtheHungry.org.

Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry in Indiana recently learned of a desperate need for meat at the Rock Prairie Church Food Pantry for their Thanksgiving distribution boxes. FHFH volunteer coordinators John Mollett and Samuel Kiphart jumped into action and our ministry made a local purchase of turkeys and hams for donation to the food pantry. Samuel is pictured here on the left beside the pastor of Rock Prairie Church with the carts of meat donated by FHFH!

The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore has awarded $1,500 funding to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry, which will provide 3,000 servings of nutritious meat to the food banks and programs that feed people of Somerset and Wicomico County who are in need.

Protein and meat products are one of the top items needed by food banks. The expensive price of meat and its limited shelf life prevent it from being a readily accessible food item by food banks. The meat donated to the food banks and feeding ministries by FHFH will help provide much needed nutrition to people in need.

“Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry epitomizes coming together to help your neighbor in need,” says Josh Wilson, FHFH Executive Director. “On behalf of FHFH and those in Somerset and Wicomico County who struggle with hunger, we thank The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore for their generosity and support of our mission to end hunger.”

Established in 1984, CFES is a public foundation and a 501c3 nonprofit. CFES serves Wicomico, Worcester, and Somerset Counties. As leaders, grant makers, and stewards of philanthropy, the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore connects people who care to causes that matter for the common good of the Lower Eastern Shore. They are a 501c3 nonprofit with an inspiring history of fostering charitable endeavors, and have provided more than $100 million in grants and scholarships to the local community since 1984. They collaborate with individuals, families, and businesses to match their charitable interests with community needs and strengthen local nonprofits through grants and resources. They are devoted to improving their regional community and believe in the power of philanthropy.

Inspired by a passion for the hunt and compassion for the hungry, FHFH is committed to addressing the problem of hunger in America. Since 1997 the organization has provided over 22 million servings of meat to those in need in communities nationwide. To learn more visit FeedingtheHungry.org.

Walmart store #2313 located in Streetsboro, Ohio awarded Northeast Ohio FHFH (OH-33) a $500 community grant. The funding will help provide meat to those in need in Portage County who are struggling with hunger.

Walmart’s Community Grant Program is proud to support the needs of their communities by providing grants to local organizations. They believe in giving back locally – creating a positive impact in the neighborhoods where they live and work.

We thank the Walmart Foundation, Walmart Community Grants Program and Walmart store #2313 for their generous support of our mission of feeding the hungry!