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Bill Bolling Testifies On Farm Bill

Bill Bolling, Executive Director and Founder of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, gave testimony before a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on food assistance programs serving American families.



Fighting Hunger, Changing Lives
Cover Story
November, 2006 Issue
Georgia Trend magazine's November 2006 issue featured an article about food banking in the state of Georgia. Atlanta Community Food Bank Founder and Executive Director Bill Bolling was featured on the cover. Click here to read the article from Georgia Trend's archives.

News

Contact Natasha Daniels (natasha.daniels@acfb.org) at (678) 553-6010 for any late-breaking information not currently listed here.
5/16/2008 MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL CEO, HOTEL EMPLOYEES AND ATLANTA’S CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES TO HELP THE HUNGRY DURING ANNUAL DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICEA
5/25/2007 JUNE 5 HUNGER AWARENESS DAY BRINGS DIFFERENT FAITHS AND RELIGIONS TOGETHER FOR WORSHIP AT FOOD BANK IN ATLANTA
5/4/2007 METRO ATLANTA RELIGIOUS LEADERS UNITE UNDER ONE ROOF IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER ON JUNE 5 HUNGER AWARENESS DAY
3/29/2007 BRAVES PITCHER JOHN SMOLTZ TO HELP FEED THE HUNGRY IN PREGAME BENEFIT EVENT BEFORE FLORIDA MARLINS MATCH-UP
2/6/2007 EXCITEMENT UNFOLDS WITH VALENTINE'S DAY COOKING CLASS FEATURING CHEF ZEB OF LOBBY TWELVE RESTAURANT TO BENEFIT THE FOOD BANK
1/29/2007 THE ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OFFERS SIX SPECIAL WINTER AND SPRING COOKING CLASSES IN DECATUR, ALPHARETTA, AND ATLANTA
01/12/2007 FOOD BANK HOPES FOR MORE THAN 7,000 PARTICIPANTS IN 23RD ANNUAL HUNGER WALK/RUN IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA
10/24/2006 LOCAL "CAN"STRUCTION DESIGN TEAMS BUILD SCULPTURES TO HELP THE HUNGRY
10/24/2006 SMOLTZ'S STRIKE OUTS SCORE WINNING FUNDRAISING SEASON FOR THE FOOD BANK
10/6/2006 THREE AREA LOCATIONS OF FIGO PASTA RESTAURANT TO HOST THE FOOD BANK'S 'SUPPER CLUB' EVENT
10/2/2006 CHEF PAUL ALBRECHT AND PAUL'S RESTAURANT TO HOST THE FOOD BANK'S 'SUPPER CLUB' EVENT
10/2/2006 THE ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OFFERS FALL AND WINTER HOLIDAY COOKING CLASSES FOR METRO ATLANTA AND ALPHARETTA
8/3/2006 MORE THAN 1 MILLION LOCAL RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT THE ATLANTA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION'S 20th ANNIVERSARY FOOD DRIVE
8/1/2006 TWO HIGHLAND RESTAURANTS TO HOST THE FOOD BANK'S 'SUPPER CLUB' EVENT
7/31/2006 HUSBAND AND WIFE CHEF TEAM FROM NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT REPAST SHARE THEIR TALENTS FOR A FUNDRAISING COOKING CLASS
7/14/2006 16th ANNIVERSARY YOM KIPPUR FOOD DRIVE PLANS TO EXCEED LAST YEAR'S EFFORTS
7/14/2006 VENI VIDI VICI CHEF JAMIE ADAMS OFFERS AUTHENTIC ITALIAN CUISINE COOKING CLASS
6/28/2006 GEORGIA PEACH SALAD AND ROASTED CORNISH HEN A HIGHLIGHT IN CHEF PAUL ALBRECHT'S CHARITY COOKING CLASS
6/27/2006 AGAVE AND REDFISH TO HOST ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK'S 'SUPPER CLUB'
6/23/2006 SUMMER SIZZLES WITH CHARITY COOKING CLASSES
6/21/2006 CHAMBLISS HONORED BY FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER (FRAC)
6/2/2006 THE ATLANTA BRAVES AND PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS TO HOST FOOD DRIVE IN HONOR OF NATIONAL HUNGER AWARENESS DAY
5/31/2006 M!X AND HAVEN TO HOST ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK'S 'SUPPER CLUB'
5/26/2006 CHEF RICHARD BLAIS TO HOST HEALTHY COOKING CLASS IN MIDTOWN TO BENEFIT THE FOOD BANK
5/24/2006 ATLANTA FOOD BANK CELEBRATES NATIONAL HUNGER AWARENESS DAY AT BRAVES VS. NATIONALS GAME
5/10/2006HUNDREDS FROM METRO ATLANTA RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY UNITE TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL HUNGER AWARENESS DAY
4/27/2006 JOHN SMOLTZ’S AUTOGRAPH CAMPAIGN YIELDS MORE THAN $300,000
4/3/2006 SIX AREA LOCATIONS OF 'THE GRAPE' TO HOST ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK'S 'SUPPER CLUB' EVENT
2/15/2006 COSMOS FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA HELPS FEED AREA HUNGRY WITH 3,500 POUND DONATION
1/22/2006 ATLANTA ISLAMIC COMMUNITY TO DONATE UP TO 2,000 POUNDS OF FOOD TO THOSE IN NEED IN THE METRO AREA

Backgrounders

ACFB Experts

The Atlanta Community Food Bank is the oldest and largest hunger-relief organization in the Southeast. You may know it primarily for its hunger-fighting work in metro Atlanta and Northwest Georgia, but the Food Bank has gained a national reputation among media for a staff with expertise in:

  • Advocacy
  • Affordable housing
  • Community gardening
  • Development/fund-raising
  • Education
  • Feeding programs
  • Food stamps
  • Gleaning
  • Green buildings
  • Homelessness
  • Hospitality
  • Hunger Philanthropy
  • Poverty
  • Prepared-food rescue
  • Public policy
  • Revitalization
  • Special events
  • Supply-chain management
  • Transportation
  • Volunteerism
  • Warehousing
  • Welfare
  • WIC (Women, Infants and Children)

Click here to read the bio for Bill Bolling, Founder and Executive Director of the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Mr. Bolling and other key Food Bank experts are available for media interviews. Contact Natasha Daniels to schedule.

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