Women Ending Hunger

The volunteer group Women Ending Hunger (WEH) works to create long-term solutions to the problem of hunger.

Under the leadership of Tracey Cugno and Food Bank Board Member Mary Flynn, Women Ending Hunger works on many issues, including those concerning nutrition education and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program. WEH also works to educate the public and advocate around hunger issues. Current projects include:

• Witnesses to Hunger, a traveling photographic exhibit, features photos taken by women living in poverty and experiencing hunger
• Creating, marketing and selling a reusable shopping bag to raise hunger awareness and funds for the Food Bank
• Advocacy concerning issues of childhood nutrition and school meal programs

Women Ending Hunger members have assisted the Food Bank with fundraising and data gathering for the Feeding America Hunger Study (PDF, 367KB), and created the PBS series Common $ense Cooking.

Meetings are held at the Food Bank. New members are welcome. Contact Mary Ellen Grosvenor at (401) 942-6325, ext. 271 or via email.

Upcoming Meeting Dates

January 25, 2012 at 8:30 a.m.
April 11, 2012, at 8:30 a.m.
June 6,  2012 at 6:00 p.m.

Meeting Minutes

September 7, 2011 (PDF, 73KB)
April 27, 2011 (PDF, 70KB)
January 26, 2011 (PDF, 100KB)
September 23, 2010 (PDF, 109KB)
April 28, 2010 (PDF, 100KB)
January 13, 2010 (PDF, 126KB)
October 7, 2009 (PDF, 105KB)
May 11, 2009 (PDF, 72KB)
January 13, 2009 (PDF, 119KB)