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Healthy chef challenge
Thank you to all participants, sponsors, volunteers, and community members for making this year's Healthy Chef Challenge a huge success! 2025 marked a historical year for this event, with over 221,000...
Read the full article here. Michele Zurakowski, chief executive officer of Beyond Hunger, has overseen the nonprofit’s significant growth during the past 17 years. She is retiring at the end of next...
Healthy Chef
Our Healthy Chef competitors have been announced, but who are the judges that have the difficult yet delicious say in the 2025 winner? Get to know the judges: David Manilow David Manilow is the...
Jennie Hull
The Beyond Hunger Board of Directors is pleased to announce Jennie Hull as its next Chief Executive Officer. Jennie will succeed Michele Zurakowski, who will retire as CEO after almost 20 years of...
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) History Month in the United States. This month is a time to celebrate, honor, and uplift the diverse histories, contributions, and...
April Volunteers of the Month
Jean Noble The Home Delivery team's volunteer of the month is Jean Noble! We are so happy to have Jean back after some operations kept us apart for too long. Even though she's still in recovery, she...
Healthy Chef Challenge: Who's Cooking?
We are honored to share this year's Healthy Chef Challenge lineup! Get to know the participating chefs: Javauneeka Jacobs (Sous Chef Frontera Grill, Chopped Winner—Julia Child Challenge) Javauneeka...
March Volunteers of the Month
Sandi Hall Sandi Hall is Home Delivery's volunteer of the month. We're so thankful to have her in our regular rotation at Home Delivery. This month especially, she played a huge role in our in-person...
February Volunteers of the Month
Marylen Marty-Gentile A long-time core member of the Home Delivery team, Marylen Marty-Gentile is a beam of light during both our in-person and online volunteer shifts. She embodies our value of...
January Volunteers of the Month
Owen Stevens The Pantry's volunteer of the month is Owen Stevens! If there's anyone who has done it all this month, it's Owen. There have been days that we've seen Owen at our drop-off window 3 or 4...
December Volunteers of the Month
Beth Pecenka Home Delivery's volunteer of the month is Beth Pecenka! Beth is no stranger to the Home Delivery Program and has helped us with deliveries for years. We entrust her with loading the bus...
November Volunteers of the Month
Pamela Freese Home Delivery would like to extend our gratitude to Pamela Freese as our Volunteer of the Month! Pamela is fairly new to helping out over here at Home Delivery. Despite her recent...