While we're stuffing our faces with second or third helpings, it might be easy to forget that there are many Montanans who are going through tough times.
Up to 60% of rural Montana students receive subsidized school lunches but have nothing to eat over the weekend. This is where Cole's Pantry fills the void by providing over 500 children with backpacks of food in 8 communities including Bridger, Huntley, Shepherd, Fromberg, Laurel, Red Lodge, Glasgow and Deer Lodge.
In Billings, an estimated 600 people are homeless on any given night and more than half of that number is homeless families, according to Shametrius Long, an AmeriCorps VISA volunteer who is spearheading a food drivie and more.
"It's important to bring awareness to these issues and address these problems as a community," Long told Townsquare Media...
You may have heard about our "Outnumber Hunger" campaign to help feed local families that we're promoting in conjunction with country stars like Florida Georgia Line, Vince Gill, Toby Keith, Martina McBride,
We go away for vacation and the government is trying to change things…dirty rats. Democrats are opposing a bill that House Republican leaders are going to present that would cut the food stamps program by $40 billion over the next 10 years!
Brad Paisley visited more than 30 cities on his 2011 world tour and he’s gearing up to hit the road next year for a string of dates with Scotty McCreery, but he couldn’t say no when he was recently asked to do an extra bit of traveling – to Sesame Street.
He and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams Paisley, appeared as part of an upcoming prime time special dedicated to helping fight childhood hung