Hunger Blog

Reaching Rural Communities with Mobile Food Pantries

TUNICA CO., Miss – Mid-South Food Bank fights hunger in 31 counties across Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas. A long line of families started forming hours before the scheduled Mobile Pantry began in Tunica County, Mississippi. All of them waiting on the much-needed groceries provided by the Food Bank. Tunica County, like the majority of counties served by Mid-South Food Bank, is a rural community. Poverty and hunger insecurity are worse in rural areas than in urban communities, acc...

Keeping Kids in Mind During Mobile Distributions

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Child hunger is a widespread problem. One of the ways Mid-South Food Bank fights this problem with our kid-friendly mobile pantry distributions. In partnership with the Memphis branch of the Internal Revenue Services (IRS), the Food Bank hosted a Mobile Pantry distribution at Getwell Elementary School in Memphis, Tennessee. The purpose of this pantry is to provide nutritious food that’s easy for children to prepare after school while their parents are working. ...