Billy Shore
@billshore.bsky.social
Founder and executive chair of Share Our Strength. Posting on hunger, poverty, politics, leadership, and issues affecting children.
"decisions that can only be made by those who have never stood in line at a food pantry, trying to keep their kids occupied and distracted in the hope they will never remember it"
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We cannot backtrack on the progress we have made to end childhood hunger | Opinion
“It takes more than food to fight hunger. It takes policies that create economic opportunity,” writes Jeff Bridges and Bill Shore.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"decisions that can only be made by those who have never stood in line at a food pantry, trying to keep their kids occupied and distracted in the hope they will never remember it"
Read more at: www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e... #SNAP #NoKidHungry #CalFresh
Read more at: www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e... #SNAP #NoKidHungry #CalFresh
Sadly, everyone I spoke with while overseas last week has expressed something similar to the sentiment in this article in The Guardian: "The food stamp fight signals an era of unprecedented cruelty in America" tinyurl.com/3rnsd7wt #NoKidHungry
The food stamp fight signals an era of unprecedented cruelty in America | Katrina vanden Heuvel
US leaders have long shown some responsibility to help poor people meet basic nutritional needs. That era appears over
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November 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Sadly, everyone I spoke with while overseas last week has expressed something similar to the sentiment in this article in The Guardian: "The food stamp fight signals an era of unprecedented cruelty in America" tinyurl.com/3rnsd7wt #NoKidHungry
WHY WE NEED THE COURAGE WE ONCE HAD TO FIGHT FOR EQUITY
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WHY WE NEED THE COURAGE WE ONCE HAD TO FIGHT FOR EQUITY
“While poverty rose among all children from 2021 to 2024, children of color had steeper rises than others.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
WHY WE NEED THE COURAGE WE ONCE HAD TO FIGHT FOR EQUITY
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NOW FOOD IS WEAPONIZED TOO
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NOW FOOD IS WEAPONIZED TOO
The only thing worse than letting SNAP benefits run out is not using the $5-6 billion in reserves kept for situations exactly like this.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
NOW FOOD IS WEAPONIZED TOO
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“…32% of people utilizing SNAP benefits are children, 31% are people with disabilities and 26% are seniors." Excerpt from Boston Globe but breakdown of the most vulnerable is similar to many states. (Photo credit Eric Schaff, NYT) #NoKidHungry #BeCivilNotSilent
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“…32% of people utilizing SNAP benefits are children, 31% are people with disabilities and 26% are seniors." Excerpt from Boston Globe but breakdown of the most vulnerable is similar to many states. (Photo credit Eric Schaff, NYT) #NoKidHungry #BeCivilNotSilent
WE ARE WHAT WE BUILD
As demolition of East Wing goes viral, couldn’t help wondering what it would be like to have a government as committed to building a more modern food pantry, as it is to building a $300 million ballroom for parties for the wealthy elite. tinyurl.com/2v47473u
As demolition of East Wing goes viral, couldn’t help wondering what it would be like to have a government as committed to building a more modern food pantry, as it is to building a $300 million ballroom for parties for the wealthy elite. tinyurl.com/2v47473u
WE ARE WHAT WE BUILD
During a meeting at the food pantry in York County, Maine on Friday, as photos of the demolition of the East Wing of the White House were going viral, Rosemary and I couldn’t help wondering what it wo...
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October 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
WE ARE WHAT WE BUILD
As demolition of East Wing goes viral, couldn’t help wondering what it would be like to have a government as committed to building a more modern food pantry, as it is to building a $300 million ballroom for parties for the wealthy elite. tinyurl.com/2v47473u
As demolition of East Wing goes viral, couldn’t help wondering what it would be like to have a government as committed to building a more modern food pantry, as it is to building a $300 million ballroom for parties for the wealthy elite. tinyurl.com/2v47473u
Always a strong correlation between unemployment and hunger. So it is especially disturbing to see how policy choices have driven Black unemployment to a level twice as high as white unemployment. Hunger organizations have their work cut out for them. tinyurl.com/52mtdmkb #NoKidHungry #employment
October 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Always a strong correlation between unemployment and hunger. So it is especially disturbing to see how policy choices have driven Black unemployment to a level twice as high as white unemployment. Hunger organizations have their work cut out for them. tinyurl.com/52mtdmkb #NoKidHungry #employment
This Tuesday, #Maine Governor Janet Mills is expected to announce her candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Susan Collins. Governor Mills shared her story of a lifetime of firsts, and her future aspirations, on our podcast Add Passion and Stir. tinyurl.com/4dsd7b8s #NoKidHungry
October 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This Tuesday, #Maine Governor Janet Mills is expected to announce her candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Susan Collins. Governor Mills shared her story of a lifetime of firsts, and her future aspirations, on our podcast Add Passion and Stir. tinyurl.com/4dsd7b8s #NoKidHungry
I spend 35 minutes with America's most fearless governor, Maine's Janet Mills, on our podcast Add Passion and Stir. Governor Mills explains how to speak truth to power, and win, especially on behalf of the kids we support via No Kid Hungry bit.ly/4pPMCyt #NoKidHungry #Maine #hunger
Maine Governor Janet Mills on Standing Up to Bullies - Share Our Strength
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October 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I spend 35 minutes with America's most fearless governor, Maine's Janet Mills, on our podcast Add Passion and Stir. Governor Mills explains how to speak truth to power, and win, especially on behalf of the kids we support via No Kid Hungry bit.ly/4pPMCyt #NoKidHungry #Maine #hunger
Not A Partisan Plea, Just The Essence of Democracy billyshore.substack.com/p/not-a-part... #nonprofit #hunger #leadership #philanthropy #democracy #BeCivilNotSilent #poverty #Congress #speakout
Not A Partisan Plea, Just The Essence of Democracy
On the mornings I am away from Maine, or when I’m in Maine but down in my writing bunker of our unfinished basement, Rosemary texts me a photo of the sunrise to remind me of what I am so foolishly mis...
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September 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Not A Partisan Plea, Just The Essence of Democracy billyshore.substack.com/p/not-a-part... #nonprofit #hunger #leadership #philanthropy #democracy #BeCivilNotSilent #poverty #Congress #speakout
Nonprofits take note - it's won't stop here.
"Justice Department Lays Groundwork for Probes of Soros-Funded Group
Memo urging investigation comes after Trump called on prosecutors to pursue liberal philanthropist" #Nato
tinyurl.com/3uxxd2ue%22 NATO FOR NONPROFITS! #nonprofit #philanthropy
"Justice Department Lays Groundwork for Probes of Soros-Funded Group
Memo urging investigation comes after Trump called on prosecutors to pursue liberal philanthropist" #Nato
tinyurl.com/3uxxd2ue%22 NATO FOR NONPROFITS! #nonprofit #philanthropy
Justice Department Lays Groundwork for Probes of Soros-Funded Group
A memo urging an investigation follows President Trump’s call on prosecutors to pursue the liberal philanthropist.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Nonprofits take note - it's won't stop here.
"Justice Department Lays Groundwork for Probes of Soros-Funded Group
Memo urging investigation comes after Trump called on prosecutors to pursue liberal philanthropist" #Nato
tinyurl.com/3uxxd2ue%22 NATO FOR NONPROFITS! #nonprofit #philanthropy
"Justice Department Lays Groundwork for Probes of Soros-Funded Group
Memo urging investigation comes after Trump called on prosecutors to pursue liberal philanthropist" #Nato
tinyurl.com/3uxxd2ue%22 NATO FOR NONPROFITS! #nonprofit #philanthropy
My wife Rosemary’s first cousin is Representative Tom Suozzi (D-NY) His article this week in a Jesuit publication called America, caught my eye as it aligns so closely with my mantra of Be Civil, Not Silent. Read what he has to say, and let me know what you think @ lnkd.in/e3AesbcS #NoKidHungry
August 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My wife Rosemary’s first cousin is Representative Tom Suozzi (D-NY) His article this week in a Jesuit publication called America, caught my eye as it aligns so closely with my mantra of Be Civil, Not Silent. Read what he has to say, and let me know what you think @ lnkd.in/e3AesbcS #NoKidHungry
Thanks all for so many listens to “FROM GARAGE STARTUP TO GLOBAL IMPACT", our podcast episode hosted by John Grisham. John helps us tell the story of Share Our Strength’s first 40 years. lnkd.in/dDdpKzqb #NoKidHungry #socialenterprise #cathedralbuilder #hunger #earlychildhood
August 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Thanks all for so many listens to “FROM GARAGE STARTUP TO GLOBAL IMPACT", our podcast episode hosted by John Grisham. John helps us tell the story of Share Our Strength’s first 40 years. lnkd.in/dDdpKzqb #NoKidHungry #socialenterprise #cathedralbuilder #hunger #earlychildhood
We can’t have a strong America if we don’t have healthy kids. Thanks Helena Bottemiller Evich for laying bare where we have gone backwards, and laying out where can do better with specific food policies we badly need. The anti-hunger community values your voice and vision.
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Opinion | We’re About to Find Out if Kennedy Is Serious
Conservatives hated Michelle Obama’s food plan. Now they’re all in on MAHA.
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August 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We can’t have a strong America if we don’t have healthy kids. Thanks Helena Bottemiller Evich for laying bare where we have gone backwards, and laying out where can do better with specific food policies we badly need. The anti-hunger community values your voice and vision.
tinyurl.com/3mephfx5
tinyurl.com/3mephfx5
Only on our #podcast Add Passion and Stir: John Grisham on how he and his wife Renee committed to help end childhood hunger: lnkd.in/dDdpKzqb #NoKidHungry #hunger #bestseller #storytelling #nutrition #podcasts
July 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Only on our #podcast Add Passion and Stir: John Grisham on how he and his wife Renee committed to help end childhood hunger: lnkd.in/dDdpKzqb #NoKidHungry #hunger #bestseller #storytelling #nutrition #podcasts
Speaking only for myself, and having devoted 40 years of life and career to alleviating hunger, I can’t believe any set of circumstances make it okay to allow Gaza’s children to endure starvation. We need to find a better way, and the courage to not turn away. tinyurl.com/wsps6j56
Gazans Are Dying of Starvation
After 21 months of devastating conflict with Israel, Gaza’s most vulnerable civilians — the young, the old and the sick — are facing what aid groups say is impending famine.
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July 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Speaking only for myself, and having devoted 40 years of life and career to alleviating hunger, I can’t believe any set of circumstances make it okay to allow Gaza’s children to endure starvation. We need to find a better way, and the courage to not turn away. tinyurl.com/wsps6j56
When 16 CEOs of America’s most iconic brands put their names on an ad in the Wall Street Journal, you can see how far we’ve come in building a national consensus to end childhood hunger. #NoKidHungry #CorporateSocialResponsibility #leadership
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Paid Program: Our Pledge to End Summer Hunger
Sixteen CEOs from leading brands have joined forces with No Kid Hungry to combat summer hunger—because no child should go without a meal when school is out.
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July 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
When 16 CEOs of America’s most iconic brands put their names on an ad in the Wall Street Journal, you can see how far we’ve come in building a national consensus to end childhood hunger. #NoKidHungry #CorporateSocialResponsibility #leadership
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You don't sell over 300 million books without being a keen observer of the human condition. Grateful to John Grisham for sharing his strength's on behalf of our #KidHungry campaign - and being guest host of our podcast!
tinyurl.com/y7v3ydfr #hunger #education #storyteling #schools #schoolmeals
tinyurl.com/y7v3ydfr #hunger #education #storyteling #schools #schoolmeals
From Garage Startup to Global Impact: Share Our Strength’s Long and Winding Road - Share Our Strength
Listen to the podcast about From Garage Startup to Global Impact: Share Our Strength’s Long and Winding Road on Share Our Strength.
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July 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
You don't sell over 300 million books without being a keen observer of the human condition. Grateful to John Grisham for sharing his strength's on behalf of our #KidHungry campaign - and being guest host of our podcast!
tinyurl.com/y7v3ydfr #hunger #education #storyteling #schools #schoolmeals
tinyurl.com/y7v3ydfr #hunger #education #storyteling #schools #schoolmeals
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Tracy Kidder writes critically important – “A New Era of Hunger Has Begun” for the New York Times. tinyurl.com/2rza68p8 #NoKidHungry #hunger #nutrition #children #poverty #USDA
Opinion | A New Era of Hunger Has Begun
America is unraveling its safety net.
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July 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Tracy Kidder writes critically important – “A New Era of Hunger Has Begun” for the New York Times. tinyurl.com/2rza68p8 #NoKidHungry #hunger #nutrition #children #poverty #USDA
A sentence can also be worth a thousand words:
“What Washington is set to spend on detention centres alone is greater than the USAID budget that was gutted earlier this year.” Edward Luce, writing for @financialtimes.com tinyurl.com/7judube6 #USAID #immigration #ICE #internationaldevelopment
“What Washington is set to spend on detention centres alone is greater than the USAID budget that was gutted earlier this year.” Edward Luce, writing for @financialtimes.com tinyurl.com/7judube6 #USAID #immigration #ICE #internationaldevelopment
Trump’s ominous ICE security state
The nation of immigrants’ shift to mass deportation is among the most shocking turns in US history
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July 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A sentence can also be worth a thousand words:
“What Washington is set to spend on detention centres alone is greater than the USAID budget that was gutted earlier this year.” Edward Luce, writing for @financialtimes.com tinyurl.com/7judube6 #USAID #immigration #ICE #internationaldevelopment
“What Washington is set to spend on detention centres alone is greater than the USAID budget that was gutted earlier this year.” Edward Luce, writing for @financialtimes.com tinyurl.com/7judube6 #USAID #immigration #ICE #internationaldevelopment
Appreciated NYT placing this SNAP update in the Business Section, as if to underscore that while there may be 42 million recipients of SNAP, all 340 million of us are beneficiaries of a program that feeds children and families, and yields massive economic benefit to countless American businesses.
July 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Appreciated NYT placing this SNAP update in the Business Section, as if to underscore that while there may be 42 million recipients of SNAP, all 340 million of us are beneficiaries of a program that feeds children and families, and yields massive economic benefit to countless American businesses.
First thing that came to my mind when I saw this picture of Senator leaders having just passed the landmark budget yesterday, was there’s not a smile to be found - understandable when taking food away from more than 2 million of the most vulnerable Americans and health care away from 12 million.
July 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
First thing that came to my mind when I saw this picture of Senator leaders having just passed the landmark budget yesterday, was there’s not a smile to be found - understandable when taking food away from more than 2 million of the most vulnerable Americans and health care away from 12 million.
A SOLVABLE PROBLEM! "not only are millions of lives at stake, not only are children literally dying as a result of this, the tragic insult and irony is that they’re dying while these products, literally, sit on shelves." #NoKidHungry #hunger #malnutrition #PlumpyNut #USAID
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Food for starving children worldwide is still sitting in a Rhode Island warehouse. It’s a case study in DOGE aftermath. - The Boston Globe
A nonprofit in North Kingstown is an example not only in how DOGE disrupted the federal government, but how long it is taking to undo its mistakes.
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June 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A SOLVABLE PROBLEM! "not only are millions of lives at stake, not only are children literally dying as a result of this, the tragic insult and irony is that they’re dying while these products, literally, sit on shelves." #NoKidHungry #hunger #malnutrition #PlumpyNut #USAID
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If you’re sick and tired of the hyper-partisanship damaging our country, I’m glad to share an alternative. In fact, I’ll share 524 of them: The 524 mayors – Democrat, Republican, and Independent – who make up Share Our Strength’s Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger. lnkd.in/ehFFP4Nu
June 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
If you’re sick and tired of the hyper-partisanship damaging our country, I’m glad to share an alternative. In fact, I’ll share 524 of them: The 524 mayors – Democrat, Republican, and Independent – who make up Share Our Strength’s Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger. lnkd.in/ehFFP4Nu
It’s not the fastest way to get to a fire, but it’s the best way to prepare for Chefs Cycle in just two weeks! My goal is to contribute $50,000 toward the 1 million. So far 65 donors have contributed $20,000 to my ride. Every bit helps so thanks for considering.
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May 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It’s not the fastest way to get to a fire, but it’s the best way to prepare for Chefs Cycle in just two weeks! My goal is to contribute $50,000 toward the 1 million. So far 65 donors have contributed $20,000 to my ride. Every bit helps so thanks for considering.
p2p.onecause.com/chefscycle25...
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