Videos and Photos

Along with video clips from national, state and local broadcast media about hunger and how we’re fighting it, our YouTube channel has other videos that we have found to be interesting and informative.  We add to these videos frequently, so be sure to check back often. 

At the bottom of this page, be sure to see direct media links to interesting and informative videos about hunger issues and relief programs.

If you see something of interest in the media that we might have missed, please be sure to let us know.  We enjoy sharing ideas and information.

Click the YouTube logo see these our current clips.

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You can also check out our Flickr page for photos of Food Bank events, special presentations and more.

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Other direct media links:

• 07/21/11 - FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA TARGETS "FOOD DESERTS" & TWO MAJOR RETAILERS RESPOND WITH INCREASED PRESENCE IN UNDERSERVED AREAS - Gregory Wasson (Walgreens CEO) and Leslie Dach (Walmart Exec VP of Corp Affairs) talk about the new fresh food access initiative on CNN's American Morning broadcast. CLICK HERE to view this clip and to learn more about this important initiative.
• 06/02/11 - USDA REPLACES FOOD PYRAMID WITH "MY PLATE" - US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks about the "My Plate" approach to good nutrition that is replacing the older "Food Pyramid".  Strongly endorsed by everyone from health professionals to First Lady Michelle Obama, this new way of demonstrating how to eat well is already catching on.  CLICK HERE to see Secretary Vilsack's video announcement.  Be sure to visit - as well - www.choosemyplate.gov.
• 04/14/11 - THE FOOD EFFECT - Two areas of North Carolina rank among the top four of worst metropolitan areas for hunger in the county. A new Internet-based campaign - THE FOOD EFFECT - is uniting people to help fight the problem – especially in children.  Deborah Johnson (Executive Director of the NC Pork Council) and Melissa Hartzell (Raleigh Interfaith Food Shuttle) are interviewed on Time Warner Cable's News 14 Carolina.  CLICK HERE to see the broadcast interview.
• 03/06/11 - HOMELESS AND HUNGRY - For some children, socializing and learning are being cruelly complicated by homelessness, as CBS News' Scott Pelley reports from Florida, where school buses now stop at motels for children who've lost their homes. CLICK HERE to see the March 6, 2011, 60 MINUTES broadcast piece.