Join us for our 2025 Benefit Breakfast on Wednesday, October 8 at the National Press Club
FRAC’s Benefit Breakfast supports our work to end childhood hunger in the U.S.
National Press Club
529 14th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20045
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
8:30 a.m. ET
Feeding Communities: SNAP Matters
SNAP is more than food assistance – it’s a proven, cost-effective investment in the health, stability, and future of America’s children and their families.
By feeding communities, SNAP stabilizes households, supports farmers, producers, and small businesses, strengthens the economy, and sustains communities.
Yet the recently passed reconciliation budget package slashes SNAP, undermining food assistance for millions of children and families, expanding time limits, and burdening state budgets.
Join us for our Benefit Breakfast, and stand up for the future of this vital program.
Speakers
Charlotte Bruce,
Director of Policy,
Children’s HealthWatch
Shawyn Patterson-Howard,
Mayor,
Mount Vernon, NY
Gina Plata-Nino, JD,
Interim Director, SNAP,
FRAC
Moderator: Ambassador Eric Bost,
Deputy Director, Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and Development,
Texas A&M University
Sponsors
Premier
Patron
Amazon
Coca-Cola
Sponsor
National Dairy Council
Ron and Rebecca Pollack
The United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
Donor
American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI)
Chobani
FGS Global
FMI – The Food Industry Association
GrubHub
Hershey Company
National Association of Convenience Stores
Nestle USA
SNAC International
Unilever
Walmart
Supporting FRAC’s Campaign to End Childhood Hunger
As our largest annual fundraiser, proceeds from FRAC’s Benefit Breakfast will support FRAC’s Campaign to End Childhood Hunger to ensure children from families with low incomes have access to the nutrition they need to thrive. The campaign plays a critical role in expanding the availability of SNAP, school meals, afterschool and summer meals, WIC, and the Child and Adult Care Food Program.