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Thursday, May 09, 2013  On Saturday, May 11, 2013, Campbell Soup Company will again join forces with the National Association of Letter Carriers in an effort to Stamp Out Hunger across America.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  The Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley will be hosting a golf tournament on April 6 and the whole community is invited to participate!

Thursday, October 25, 2012  There’s sad news to report about a former Pay it 4Ward $400 recipient. Ed Langlais, a Winter Texan who’s believed to have inspired countless numbers of people to donate food, has passed away back at his home in Minnesota from Leukemia.

Friday, March 23, 2012  Valley fans line up overnight to watch the first showing of "The Hunger Games".

Saturday, October 23, 2010  A hungry shoplifting suspect is drying off in the Brownsville City Jail after jumping into a resaca.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009  Immigration officials have announced that an immigrant on a hunger strike at the Port Isabel Detention Center has started eating again.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009  It is a scary feeling…not knowing where your next meal will come from. Fifty percent of children in the Valley face this issue every day.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009  Food bank volunteers issued a Call 4 Action after learning that 50 percent of Rio Grande Valley children go without food every night.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009  A federal judge in Brownsville has denied a request to force feed an illegal immigrant on a hunger strike at the Port Isabel Detention Center.

Monday, July 27, 2009  A restaurant owner in Sharyland is collecting food for the hungry.

Monday, July 06, 2009  A jailed immigrant who had to be force fed to save his life has ended his hunger strike and has resumed eating.

Thursday, July 02, 2009  A federal judge ordered the force feeding of a illegal immigrant who went on hunger strike at the Port Isabel Detention Center.

Friday, October 31, 2008  Demand at the Food Bank of the RGV has increased by 45 percent, a number that hasn't been seen in nearly 20 years.