Iowa Hunger Summit - Iowans United in Fighting Hunger at Home and Abroad

Eric Schockman, President of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, will deliver the keynote address at the 2008 Iowa Hunger Summit.

On Tuesday, October 14, 2008 , several hundred leaders from community organizations, business and industry, state and local governments, social agencies, churches and religious communities, schools and universities, will gather in Des Moines for the Second Annual Iowa Hunger Summit.

The 2008 Iowa Hunger Summit will focus in particular on the impact of hunger and children and efforts to reduce hunger and improve nutrition for children and families, both domestically and globally (learn more about the goals of the Iowa Hunger Summit).

With the bipartisan leadership of Iowa’s three former governors, the Iowa Hunger Summit will take place in conjunction with a week-long series of events surrounding the awarding of the $250,000 World Food Prize – “the Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture” – to former Senators Bob Dole and George McGovern for their efforts that have strengthened school-feeding programs and countered child malnutrition around the world. The World Food Prize was created by Iowa native and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug.

The 2008 Iowa Hunger Summit
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

To RSVP for the event, please visit the event registration page.

The Des Moines Marriott Downtown
700 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Iowa Hunger Summit sessions, hosted by:

ISU Extension - The Changing Face of Hunger in Iowa

ISU Extension – Food Insecurity: Rising Fuel Costs and Rising Food Prices

Iowa Department of Human Services

ONE Campaign

World Food Program

Kids Against Hunger

12:00 p.m.
Hunger Luncheon, featuring meals used by Iowa-based organizations in food assistance and hunger-relief efforts

Keynote Address: Eric Schockman, President, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Iowa Hunger Summit sessions continue

 For more information on the Iowa Hunger Summit, please contact Frank Swoboda at 515-245-3798 or fswoboda@worldfoodprize.org.

MORE: Learn about the First Annual Iowa Hunger Summit, held October 16, 2007.