Mayerson Distribution Center Located at 1250 Tennessee Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45229. Calling those who want to be in the holiday spirit!!! November and December are Holiday Box production months at the Mayerson Distribution Center! During the holiday season, Freestore Foodbank distributes over 17,000 boxes in addition to produce and proteins [...]
Freestore Foodbank’s holiday season starts with Double Your Dollars Day on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Gifts made during this annual event will be matched dollar for dollar by generous Second Helping Fund donors, who have committed $275,000 to create a matching pool of funds. Overall, the goal is to raise [...]
Jamie grew up in Lincoln Heights, the youngest of four siblings. Although he was a good student, the lure of the street pulled him away from school, and he dropped out just before graduation. Staying with an older brother reduced tensions with Jamie’s parents over his decision to leave school. [...]
Felicity, Ohio could be straight out of a picture book. I drive slowly down quiet streets with little traffic, past tiny homes with pretty flowers in their windows, a corner bakery with a friendly sign on its door, a church with a gorgeous steeple and a school with a colorful [...]
Mayerson Distribution Center Located at 1250 Tennessee Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45229. October is Power Pack production month at the Mayerson Distribution Center! During the school year, students receive food through their free and reduce breakfast and lunch programs and on weekends the Power Pack provides supplemental food until they can [...]
September was Hunger Action Month and we used the opportunity to raise awareness about hunger and to recognize some important partners and supporters in the community who have joined us in our fight against hunger. We also welcomed another class into the LIFT the TriState program. Welcome to a whole [...]
John Isidor and Sandy Kaltman have been exceptionally generous in their longtime support of Freestore Foodbank and, through their support, have provided food, connection and hope to thousands of tristate neighbors. “My parents survived a concentration camp where they faced extreme hunger,” said Sandy. “We have the blessing of being [...]
If you happened to find a walk-in box on sale at an auction would you bid on it? Would you then dismantle it piece by piece, haul it home and then re-build it? That is exactly what the volunteers at the Mt. Healthy Alliance did! And lo and behold, they [...]
It is 3:15 pm and school has just let out. I carefully pull into the parking lot and watch as excited and happy kids pour out of the front door of the school, soaking in the warmth and beauty of that summer afternoon. A few of them pile into cars [...]
