The New Hampshire Food Bank has launched a new brand and strategic vision, including a new logo, mission statement and vision statement.
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) on Monday announced that Elsy Cipriani, the Executive Director of the New Hampshire Food Bank, will be her guest for President Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress Tuesday night to highlight the growing affordability crisis that many Americans are facing, including rising food and grocery prices.
This philanthropic investment expands the bank’s longstanding efforts to help individuals and families access nutritious food and critical services, particularly during the winter and holiday months when demand on nonprofit partners is at its highest.
Food insecurity. According to the 2025 Feeding America Report, one in nine New Hampshire residents face hunger. What does that mean? And how did those who rely on government assistance find help in the midst of the government shutdown? Here to discuss this and more is Elsy Cipriani, executive director of the New Hampshire Food Bank.
NAP-only food pantries set up by DHHS and the New Hampshire Food Bank earlier this week to help those who receive benefits put food on the table will continue through Friday, Nov. 14, DHHS said. A list of pantries and food box pickups for SNAP beneficiaries can be found on the DHHS website.
The New Hampshire Food Bank, a program of Catholic Charities New Hampshire, is intensifying its fundraising efforts to address the anticipated statewide rise in food insecurity as the federal government shutdown persists. With the shutdown directly impacting funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a federal program providing monthly benefits to households to help them purchase food, the New Hampshire Food Bank is amplifying both its fundraising and its programming to ensure families and individuals have access to the food and resources they need. The New Hampshire Food Bank has already increased food distribution by 26% year-over-year to meet the growing demand.
Mobile food pantries and food box distribution for New Hampshire SNAP recipients begins this week across the state, with Manchester’s weekly mobile food pantry set for Nov. 13, and five-day-a week food box pickup starting Wednesday.
It’s crunch time for the more than 75,000 New Hampshire residents who rely on SNAP benefits to put food on the table, as the federal shutdown is likely to continue into November and the government refuses to release a reserve fund that would help keep benefits going for two or three weeks.
The New Hampshire Food Bank, a program of Catholic Charities New Hampshire, has received a $195,000 national grant to strengthen its advocacy work on behalf of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation’s largest anti-hunger initiative.
According to a new Feeding America study, overall food insecurity in NH has increased to 10.7% or 1 in 9 individuals, while child food insecurity rates have climbed to 14.4%
The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion nationally for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers. The program cuts include the New Hampshire Food Bank.
Experienced nonprofit and social services leader Elsy Cipriani is assuming the role of executive director of the New Hampshire Food Bank, a program of Catholic Charities New Hampshire. Cipriani, a Derry resident, joins the New Hampshire Food Bank following a four-year tenure as executive director of New Generation.
Making sure families have enough nutritious food is a year-round mission for the NH Food Bank. But especially this time of year, a time when food is the focus of family celebrations, the Food Bank relies on partners to help make connections and serve those who otherwise might be overlooked.
The New Hampshire Food Bank’s 8th Annual Steel Chef Challenge, presented by Service Credit Union, will feature celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson hosting an exciting cooking competition featuring four of NH’s best professional chefs! Join us on April 8, 2024 for an exciting evening in support of the NH Food Bank and its programming!
On a Friday morning in late March, the New Hampshire Food Bank’s industrial kitchen was alive with the whirring of mixers, volunteers chopping vegetables, and staff stopping by to chat and tell Chef Paul Morrison that yesterday’s green goddess dressing was “so fresh” and how delicious his pot du creme tasted.
Bank of America has made a $50,000 donation worth 100,000 meals to the New Hampshire Food Bank to address food insecurity in the state. In New Hampshire, Feeding America estimates one in nine people are facing food insecurity, including 12 percent of New Hampshire children. As the pandemic continues, hunger relief organizations in New Hampshire and across the country are facing ongoing challenges such as increased demand for their services and rising food prices.
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Along with increasing food purchasing, the New Hampshire Food Bank is working with agencies across the state to provide resources and to understand where the need is greatest.
Sliced bread and ramen noodles were almost completely gone. Toilet paper and tissue paper were nowhere to be found. The meat section had been picked three-quarters clean, leaving very little for the shoppers who had come in at that time of day. Nevertheless, employees of the store pushed around carts with orange signs on the sides, picking up items for people ordering online.
On Sept. 24 local grocery store baggers will compete for the title of NH’s Best Bagger, and a chance to win $10,000!