Hunger Action Month 2026: We All Have a Role to Play

Every September, Feeding America brings communities across the country together for Hunger Action Month, a nationwide call to take action against hunger.

This year’s message is particularly meaningful: ending hunger takes more than one solution. It takes all of us. Across the Feeding America network, people are contributing in different ways. Some volunteer at food banks. Some rescue food that might otherwise go to waste. Some grow fresh produce, advocate for change, share their experiences or make financial contributions.

Different roles. Different actions. One shared purpose: helping ensure everyone has access to the food they need to thrive.

At Elara, we have a role to play, too. And so do our customers.

The Need Remains Great

Nearly 48 million people in the United States, including 14 million children, experienced food insecurity in 2024, according to Feeding America. Families across the country continue to feel the pressure of high food costs and tight household budgets.

But numbers alone don’t tell the whole story.

According to a recent Feeding America survey of people facing food insecurity:

• More than half said they had run out of food before they had money to buy more during the previous year.
• Sixty-eight percent said they wanted to eat healthier but couldn’t afford to.
• 51% had delayed paying bills such as rent, utilities or medical expenses to afford groceries.

These aren’t simply statistics. They represent choices millions of people shouldn’t have to make.

Our Role: One Case • One Meal®

Fighting hunger has been part of Elara’s purpose since the company was founded.

Through our One Case • One Meal program, every case of Elara products purchased helps provide a meal to someone facing hunger.

It’s intentionally simple. You buy a case. We help provide a meal.

There isn’t a special product to purchase or a separate donation to make. The program is built into our everyday business.

Case by case. Meal by meal.

Together, Elara and our customers have now helped provide more than 9 million meals to people facing hunger through our partnership with Feeding America.

Nine million meals didn’t happen because of one enormous action. They came from millions of individual actions adding up over time.

That’s what collective action looks like.

For Elara, Hunger Action Is More Than a Month

Feeding America’s 2026 Hunger Action Month campaign reminds us that building a strong hunger-relief system requires many people taking many different actions. The organization calls it “assembly is required.”

We like that idea.

No single company can solve hunger. Neither can one food bank, one volunteer, one donor or one purchase. But each can be part of the solution.

For Elara, Hunger Action Month embodies what we believe in every day: business can be a force for good, and everyday choices can create meaningful impact when enough of us make them together.

Our customers need gloves, bags, apparel and other products to run their businesses. When they choose Elara, that ordinary purchasing decision becomes part of something bigger.

Products for safely preparing food, while helping people struggling to put food on their own tables.

That’s our role. And we’re grateful to everyone who has joined us.

Take Action This September

Hunger Action Month runs all of September, with Hunger Action Day on September 29. Feeding America encourages everyone to find their own way to participate, whether by giving, volunteering, advocating or simply helping others understand the issue of hunger.

Learn more about Elara’s One Case • One Meal® program and how your everyday purchases can help fight hunger in America.

Together, we can make a difference.