Mayor Dominick Pangallo Joins Other City Leaders from Across the U.S. in Nonpartisan Coalition Fighting Childhood Hunger

Today Mayor Dominick Pangallo joins more than 210 other mayors from 49 states and the District of Columbia in a nonpartisan coalition called the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, which taps the individual and collective leadership of mayors to take meaningful action to end childhood hunger in cities nationwide.

There is no excuse for children to go hungry in this country. Yet it happens – every day, in every community. In the United States today, nearly 11 million children live in families considered food insecure.

“I’m proud to join the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger,” said Mayor Pangallo. “As a community, we are united in our commitment to ensuring reliable and consistent access to nutritious food for every kid in Salem. Through the work of City programs like the Food Policy Council and the Mack Park Food Farm, and community partners like the Salem Pantry, Root, the YMCA Greenspace, and many others, we’re pulling together all of the resources at hand to help us meet this critical goal.”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, state, local and national leaders took urgent action to fight childhood hunger - tactics that worked to stave off greater rates of food insecurity despite the severe economic hardships brought on by the pandemic. The Mayors Alliance harnesses the collective expertise of mayors from across the political spectrum to continue driving change at the state and national level.

The Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger is a partner of the national nonprofit Share Our Strength and its No Kid Hungry campaign.

“Mayors have witnessed firsthand the hardship their constituents are facing, and their cities are on the frontlines of responding to the short and long-term impacts of hunger in their communities,” says Lisa Davis, Senior Vice President of Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen mayors address child hunger in a variety of creative ways, like advocating for and strengthening nutrition programs, to creating innovative public-private partnerships and growing awareness of the systemic connections between poverty, racism and hunger.”

For more information about the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, please visit: www.mayorshungeralliance.org.

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About The Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger

Launched in 2022, the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger harnesses the individual and collective leadership of mayors to end childhood hunger in communities nationwide. There is no excuse for children to go hungry in our country. Yet it happens – every day, in every community. The Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger is a nonpartisan coalition working in partnership with Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign to ensure that every child has the healthy food they need to thrive.