Mayors in Action

Mayors work to end childhood hunger by engaging with community leaders to utilize innovative ideas and approaches to ensure equitable access to food for all of their city’s children and to improve utilization of important existing programs such as afterschool and summer meals.

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Fighting Hunger – Letter from Former Mayor Trey Mendez

April 27, 2023

As the mayor of Brownsville, I place the health of our community among my top priorities, beginning with our youngest residents. […]

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Sioux Falls to Pilot Mobile Market in Neighborhoods Lacking Grocery Store

April 26, 2023

A new mobile market will be piloted as a strategy to bring healthy, affordable food to neighborhoods without easy access to grocery stores. […]

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Mayor John Giles Makes Efforts to End Hunger

April 4, 2023

City of Mesa Mayor, John Giles, spoke this past weekend at the kickoff event for White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities. […]

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Mayor Giles Celebrates the Success of One Million Meals Delivered to Kids

March 31, 2023

When local leaders are committed to ending childhood hunger, the results soon follow. And this has been the case for hundreds of children in the city of Mesa, Ariz. With the support and leadership of their Mayor, John Giles, a mom-started and volunteer-run food bank, AZBrainfood, delivers over 3,000 bags of food  to children in the area every week. […]

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