World Hunger Year - Founded by Harry Chapin in 1975, this group focuses attention on hunger and poverty and the grassroots initiatives that fight them. This organization's autonomous chapters protest militarism and poverty by serving free vegetarian food to people in need. Greater Philadelphia Food Bank - Provider of donated food to agencies that serve the needy in the Philadelphia area. Food Bank of the Rockies California Emergency Foodlink - Job training programs that generate income for food distribution work. Northwest Harvest - An organization dedicated to preventing hunger in Washington State since 1967.
Participants exchange cash or foodstamps and volunteer work for a supplemental food package.