The Capital Area Food Bank is the largest non-profit food bank in the Washington, D.C. area and a member of America's Second Harvest. In addition to serving the area with food, it also provides nutritional education to the local community. As a result, Washingtonian magazine named it one of the twenty best charities in the region. The Capital Area Food Bank, like most food banks, operates with the assistance of volunteers from the area; annually over 12,000 donate their time to help sort food, teach classes, and perform other tasks for the food bank. The Capital Area Food Bank also works with other organizations in the area dedicated to providing food to residents from Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, and Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland.

The guys at Leo Burnett decided to do just that with the display at a grocery store. About 5,000 cans of Campbell's Soup were used to spell out the word HUNGER and customers were encouraged to buy one and donate it to their local food bank. As more people bought the cans, the word HUNGER slowly started to fade away. This allowed people...

The guys at Leo Burnett decided to do just that with the display at a grocery store. About 5,000 cans of Campbell's Soup were used to spell out the word HUNGER and customers were encouraged to buy one and donate it to their local food bank. As more people bought the cans, the word HUNGER slowly started to fade away. This allowed people...

In a grocery store 4,820 cans of Campbell’s Soup were used to build an installation piece that spelled Hunger. The signage beside the piece encouraged shoppers to buy one and donate it to their local food bank. As shoppers brought cans from this display the word HUNGER slowly disappeared. This allowed people to see how their individual effort

Holidays are an extra lean time of year for people in need (this year more than ever). Here are five tips to help out your local food bank while you count your own blessings this Thanksgiving.

A growing number of American hunters are donating part of their bounty each year to people who need it most, the poor and the homeless, through nationwide campaigns like Hunters for the Hungry, which delivers game meat to local food banks and shelters.