The marketing and communications team at the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank is committed to responding to media and providing the resources you need as quickly as possible. If you need to reach someone immediately or have media inquiries, please contact Raven Gayheart.

Raven Gayheart, Director, Marketing & Public Relations 
330.535.6900 or rgayheart@acrfb.org

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Selfless Elf 2023

Downtown Akron welcomed nearly 1,000 festive elves participating in the Foodbank's 5k

Christmas cheer could be heard jingling through downtown Akron Saturday morning as nearly 1,000 elves participated in the Akron-Canton Regional…
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Pardon our dust during construction at Main Campus

Last fall, the Foodbank embarked on an expansion and renovation project at its Main Campus in Akron. This project is the second phase of our capital…
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Foodbank unites with food banks across the country for Hunger Action Month

This September, the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, together with 200 Feeding America food banks nationwide, will mobilize across all 50 states to…
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Ohio Senate Finance Committee's substitute budget bill removes additional funding for food banks

Earlier this month, the Ohio Senate Finance Committee released their substitute budget bill, which removed additional funding for Ohio’s food banks…
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Foodbank gathers community to celebrate surpassing Harvest for Hunger goal

The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank celebrated the conclusion of the 32nd annual Harvest for Hunger Campaign by hosting an open house at its Stark…
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Main Campus Parking Lot Update

Hi Network Partners – Starting Monday, May 22nd, as part of the Main Campus building expansion, concrete work will occur for approximately 2 weeks.…
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School buses travel to Foodbank to deliver busloads of food

Today, 12 school buses and vans representing a number of school districts delivered food donations to the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank in support…
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Main Campus Expansion Update

Hi Network Partners – Starting Monday, April 24th, the MarketPlace cooler at the Main Campus in Akron will be moved as part of the building expansion…
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SARTA stuffs a bus to support Foodbank and local hunger relief

Today, a local city bus was traveling through Stark County, but it wasn’t picking up community members; it was collecting food donations for the…
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Foodbank celebrates volunteers during National Volunteer Month

April is National Volunteer Month. To celebrate the more than 7,400 volunteers who serve the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank every year, the…
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