Hunger Action Heroes

Join the Hunger Action Heroes during Comic-Con 2023!

Unleash your inner powers and join us for one (or all three!) of our Hunger Action Hero activities during Comic-Con weekend.

Friday, July 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Comic-Con Museum: Meet & Greet
Saturday, July 22, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Feeding San Diego: Volunteer with the Heroes
Sunday, July 23 from 1 to 2 p.m. at Comic-Con: Panel Discussion

COMIC-CON MUSEUM MEET AND GREET

Friday, July 21, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Location: Comic-Con Museum, 2131 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, CA 92101

Meet the Hunger Action Heroes, Hunger Halter and Demeter, at the Comic-Con Museum and have your photo taken with them. Attendees may receive a caricature of themselves as a hunger action hero. Supercharge your impact by bringing a food donation to help our heroes in their fight to end hunger through food rescue!

*Admission to the Comic-Con Museum is required.*

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VOLUNTEER WITH THE HEROES

Saturday, July 22, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Location: Feeding San Diego, 9477 Waples St., Ste 100, San Diego, CA, 92121

Join a Comic-Con-themed volunteer shift and sort food for the community alongside our heroes! Costumes are encouraged, as are food donations. Volunteers will have the opportunity to get a caricature drawn as a hunger action hero!

*Registration is required to attend.*

PANEL AT COMIC-CON

Sunday, July 23, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: Convention Center, 111 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101

Comic-Con attendees can attend our panel, “Leveraging the Power of Popular Culture to Inspire Change at Scale,” featuring Hunger Action Heroes, plus speakers from Feeding San Diego and the Comic-Con Museum.

*Comic-Con 2023 attendee badges are required to attend the panel.*

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You Can Be a Hunger Action Hero Too!

Millions of people across the country face hunger while 35% of all food produced is wasted each year. YOU can make a difference! There are many ways to take action:

Volunteer at your local hunger relief organization, like Feeding San Diego, to help get food out into the community.
Ask your local grocery store, farmers markets, or restaurants if they donate their surplus food to a local food rescue organization like Feeding San Diego, and if they don’t, recommend they start.
Get involved with local hunger relief and food rescue organizations like Feeding San Diego.
Join or start a green club at your school to help educate other students about the environment and how they can help curb food waste.
Compost at home and at school.
Make recipes at home using food before it goes bad. For example, make banana bread with overripe, brown bananas.
Put leftover food in the freezer if you’re not going to eat it right away.

Mother and daughter standing in front of a pink wall

All actions, big and small, make a difference!

HUNGER HALTER

Who Are the Hunger Action Heroes?

In March 2022, we held an art contest in collaboration with the Comic-Con Museum and asked San Diego County students to submit their idea for a superhero who fights hunger, a Hunger Action Hero. We received over 295 submissions and thousands of votes from the community.

With the help of a Marvel costume designer, we brought the top two heroes, Hunger Halter and Demeter, to life! We’re excited to announce that Hunger Halter and Demeter are back in town for Comic-Con 2023.