Hunger Network

✨ Congratulations to Hunger Network Associate Board Member Daa’iyah Rahman on these well-deserved recognitions! 💚🍏

Daa’iyah has been named one of Engage! Cleveland's 26 in 26 honorees, recognizing emerging professionals helping shape the future of Cleveland through leadership, professional achievement, and civic involvement.

And tonight, she’ll also be honored as part of the Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation’s 2026 Forty Under 40 Emerging Legends class — celebrating changemakers making a meaningful impact across Northeast Ohio.

As Engagement Manager at Open Doors Academy, Daa’iyah is passionate about building connections between families, schools, and communities to help students thrive. Her leadership, dedication to service, and commitment to community continue to make an impact across Greater Cleveland.

A Howard University alum and Crain’s Cleveland 40 Under 40 honoree, Daa’iyah brings incredible leadership and perspective to Hunger Network, and we’re proud to celebrate her accomplishments.

Join us in congratulating Daa’iyah!

What a day! 🍏💚

More than 1,000 people signed up to join us at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo for our 38th Annual Walk & 5K Run for Hunger, where we enjoyed beautiful weather, amazing energy, and a community that showed up in a big way. 👟☀️💚

Thank you to every participant, volunteer, sponsor, donor, and supporter who made the Walk & 5K Run for Hunger such a success.

Together, we’re building a stronger, more food-secure community. 🍏

Join the Hunger Network Ambassador Team 🍏💚

Want to deepen your involvement with Hunger Network while helping expand our impact across Northeast Ohio? We’re growing our Ambassador team and looking for passionate supporters ready to represent our mission in the community.

As an Ambassador, opportunities may include:
• Representing Hunger Network at community and networking events
• Supporting food pantry programs
• Participating in speaking and outreach opportunities
• Helping recruit volunteers, donors, and community members seeking support
• Taking on behind-the-scenes roles that make an impact

And fair warning… we may have a tee-rific ambassador opportunity coming up soon that’s definitely above par. ⛳👀

Interested? Email [email protected]

🍏💚 The countdown is on — the 38th Annual Walk for Hunger & 5K Run is happening THIS SATURDAY at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo!

Every step you take helps provide food access for neighbors across Northeast Ohio through Hunger Network’s hunger relief and food rescue programs.

Whether you run, walk, or cheer from the sidelines, there’s a place for you at the starting line. 👟
📍 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
📅 Saturday, May 30
🏃 5K Run – 8:30 AM
🚶 1 Mile Walk – 9:00 AM

Your registration includes:
✔️ Zoo admission
✔️ A morning filled with community, purpose, and impact
✔️ The chance to help make a real difference in our community

Join us as we Walk. Run. Make a Difference. 💚

Register now: runsignup.com/Race/OH/Cleveland/TheWalkforHunger

💔 FoRK — Hunger Network’s future Food Rescue Kitchen — recently lost more than $15,000 worth of kitchen equipment, cookware, supplies, and restaurant essentials in the Cleveland Sussen storage facility fire.

But even after this devastating setback, Roger, our Food Rescue Program Director, Chef Shane and Sous Chef Dusty are still showing up and continuing to build FoRK every single day.

Right now, they’re testing recipes, preparing meals, and beginning the process of bringing FoRK to life with extremely limited resources — relying on a very small remaining inventory of kitchen essentials and even contributing some of their own personal kitchen items to keep things moving forward. What they’re continuing to accomplish with so little is nothing short of incredible. 💚🍏

FoRK was created to transform rescued food into nourishing, chef-crafted meals for our community while reducing food waste — and we’re determined to keep moving forward.

We’ve created an Amazon Wishlist to help replace the kitchen and restaurant items lost in the fire.

🛒https://a.co/0dCdfZx5

Every purchase, donation, and share helps us rebuild FoRK and continue building something meaningful for our community.

🏀 Hometown Hunger Heroes showed up BIG today!

A huge thank you to the Cleveland Cavaliers and the amazing Cavs Care team for bringing the energy, excitement, and community spirit to Hunger Network’s MidTown Market!

Sir CC, members of the Cavs organization, and the dance team spent the day helping our client's shop, greeting families, taking photos, and making the market feel extra special ahead of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals! 🙌

We appreciate the Cavs' commitment to ending hunger in our community. Thanks for helping us create a fun, welcoming experience for our neighbors today!

🍏💚 Ohio’s first-ever Food Recovery Impact Report is here!

Hunger Network is proud to be part of the Ohio Food Rescue Collaborative — organizations across the state working together to recover surplus food and fight hunger in our communities.

Together, participating organizations helped recover 150.7 million pounds of food and distributed 271.5 million pounds across all 88 Ohio counties.

This report highlights the incredible impact that’s possible when communities, partners, volunteers, and food recovery organizations come together around one shared mission.

📎 Read the full report: https://bit.ly/4uSZLbI



La Soupe Last Mile Food Rescue Mid-Ohio Food Collective Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio Ohio Association of Foodbanks Columbus Food Rescue Miami Valley Meals Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank

🍽️💚 TODAY is the day! 💚🍽️

Join us at The Rowley Inn for a full day of eating well and doing good.

From breakfast to dinner, a portion of all sales — including dine-in, takeout, and drinks — will support Hunger Network and help fight hunger right here in Northeast Ohio.

📍 The Rowley Inn
🕖 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM
📅 Thursday, May 14

One meal. Real impact. Join us. 💚

We loved seeing Hunger Network CEO Julie Johnson on Fox 8 News New Day Cleveland talking about our upcoming 38th Annual Walk for Hunger & 5K Run! 🍏💚

It was such a fun segment and a great opportunity to share more about Hunger Network’s mission to feed our communities’ future across Northeast Ohio.

Join us on May 30 at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo for a morning of community, purpose, and impact.

📅 May 30, 2026

🚶 5K Run begins at 8:30 AM

🏃 Walk begins at 9:00 AM

⏰ Registration opens at 7:15 AM

Whether you walk, run, volunteer, or support from afar — every step helps make a difference.

🍏 Walk. Run. Make a difference.

Watch the full segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXKYgU02GKA

Sign up! bit.ly/48kxKL

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