Feeding Alabama
hunger action month
Food shouldn’t be an impossible choice
Hunger affects us all. It exists in every community, whether it’s your neighbor that recently lost their job, or the senior that lives nearby. It might be a child whose only source of food is from school breakfast and lunch and who struggles on the weekends. Hunger is found throughout Alabama, and helping feed hungry people in our community means helping in every way we can.
Our eight Feeding Alabama food banks serve every county in our state, through a diverse array of programs. We provide food to our 1600 partners – pantries, congregations, soup kitchens – but we also keep families from experiencing hunger in so many other ways. Our food banks run summer meal programs for children who are hungry in the summer without the school meals they depend on. Our food banks help seniors and veterans sign up for SNAP benefits to help keep them from going hungry, or having to choose between food and medicine. But we don’t do it alone. We do it in partnership with volunteers and agencies and churches and state employees.
September is Hunger Action Month®. A time to come together to take action to end hunger. You can choose to donate or advocate. You can choose to volunteer or raise awareness. You have a choice. Choose to end hunger. Take action at Feeding Alabama.org.
Learn How You Can Help End Hunger in Alabama
There are so many ways you can help Feeding Alabama and our member food banks and partner distribution organizations (PDOs).
Show your Support!
We have partnered with This is Alabama and Wells Fargo for this Hunger Action Month. Show your support for Feeding Alabama and our member food banks. All proceeds from sales go directly to our member food banks. Visit our store today!
How will you choose to end hunger?
Learn
Visit your local food bank to learn about hunger in America and in our community.
Volunteer
Volunteer at your local food bank and tell your friends, family and colleagues to join you.
Wear Orange
Wear orange—the color of hunger relief— throughout the month of September to spread awareness while demonstrating your commitment to the fight against hunger in America.
Share on Social
Post on social media about why you are a part of the fight to end hunger and encourage your friends, family and followers to join you.
Donate
Make a donation to your local food bank or Feeding Alabama.
Make your own coffee and lunch during the month of September and donate your savings to your local food bank or Feeding Alabama.
Start a Facebook fundraiser and challenge your followers to reach a certain goal.
Share on Social
Post on social media about why you are a part of the fight to end hunger and encourage your friends, family and followers to join you.
How your group can help end hunger!
Go Orange
Turn your building orange or ask community members to turn their landmarks orange throughout September.
Volunteer
Organize a group volunteer event at your local food bank.
Donate
Make a financial gift or significant product donation to your local food bank.
Start a company fundraising campaign
Show your support by adding a match on funds raised.
Have different teams or departments challenge each other to see who can raise the most funds.
Invite customers to join in raising a certain number of meals for people facing hunger.
Share on Social
Post on social media about you and/or your company’s involvement in the anti-hunger movement, your support of your local food bank, and your participation in Hunger Action Month this September.
Take a team photo with everyone dressed in orange and post it to your social media pages with the hashtags #HungerActionMonth and #EndHunger and tag @FeedingAlabama or your local food bank.
Have a competition to see who wears the most orange throughout the month and post the winner’s photo on social media.
Our Hunger Hero
Eugenie Sellier
Eugenie has been an anti-hunger advocate and worked to combat child hunger for nearly a decade. Eugenie serves as the Director of Policy and Programs for Feeding Alabama where she supports management and implementation of the Summer Feeding and Afterschool Meals Programs across the state. Feeding Alabama partners with local food banks statewide to ensure children have access to nutritious meals. Feeding Alabama’s programs reach over 5,000 children annually and at the height of the pandemic, they reached over 19,000 children. In addition to child hunger initiatives, Sellier assists with disaster relief and supporting the efforts of Feeding Alabama’s network of food banks.
Eugenie serves as a member of Governor Kay Ivey’s End Child Hunger in Alabama Task Force. She also serves as a No Kid Hungry Out of School Time Meals Champion where she shares her expertise and assistance to support child feeding initiatives on a national level. She is a graduate of the 2017 class of Connect Mobile and of the 2017 class of the Gulf States Community Research Fellowship Program. She served as a Morgan Stanley Child Hunger Impact Capacity Advisor for Feeding America in 2018.
Previously, she served as the Director of Child Nutrition Programs for Feeding the Gulf Coast (FTGC). At FTGC, Sellier oversaw the operation of two federal and two non-federal child nutrition programs across AL, FL, and MS. Within these programs, she supported initiatives such as Farm to School, nutrition education, and disaster relief.
Sellier holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of South Alabama. Out of the office Sellier loves gardening, hiking, and spending time with her husband and three legged dog named Bam-Bam.
Frequently Asked Questions
Learn How We Fight Hunger
What does Feeding Alabama do?
Feeding Alabama works to support our membership through:
- advocacy and education efforts that raise awareness of the food bank network and their hunger-relief work in our state
- programmatic work that assists in connecting children and families with food
- fundraising support that aids our membership in better serving our neighbors in need
How can I help Feeding Alabama?
Help Feeding Alabama by donating, volunteering, and becoming an advocate against hunger. Donated food is always welcome, however, money goes much further. By leveraging the network of Feeding Alabama food banks, we can fight hunger one donation at a time.
Volunteer opportunities are available at our member food banks warehouses and offices. For more information, visit the volunteer section of our website.
Become an advocate and speak out against hunger by signing up for our action alerts and newsletter.
Who are your members?
Feeding Alabama is comprised of the eight Feeding America affiliated food banks in Alabama.
How can my business partner with Feeding Alabama?
As a partner, your business has the opportunity to host a fundraiser, donate, or volunteer.
Join the Fight!
You can choose to donate or advocate. You can choose to volunteer or raise awareness. You have a choice. Choose to end hunger. Take action to help end hunger in Alabama.
Email Address
help@feedingalabama.org
Call Us
(334) 209-5053
