Marissa Spady

Jan 17, 2024 | tennessean.com | Marissa Spady |Rhonda P. Chafin

Congress can improve and strengthen existing programs to better meet the needs of millions of families. Show Caption Hide Caption Tennessee Voices: A conversation with Nancy KeilSecond Harvest President and CEO Nancy Keil spoke with Tennessean Opinion Editor David Plazas. Marissa Spady is senior manager of No Kid Hungry Tennessee and Rhonda P. Chafin is executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee.

Dec 22, 2023 | postandcourier.com | Marissa Spady |Nick Osborne

Once again, the holiday season is upon us, and it’s the most wonderful time of the year — unless you’re living with hunger. Or your child is. And these days, for more and more people, that’s a fact of life. This fall, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its most recent Household Food Security Report, and the findings were not good. Seventeen million households in the United States are food-insecure, including 1 in 5 children. More than 500,000 people are facing hunger in South Carolina alone.