Fight Hunger: Connect With Kid Power!
Encourage your kids to fight hunger. Their dedication and enthusiasm is infectious!
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Heroes in the Fight Against Hunger
In every corner of our nation, ordinary people are meeting the challenge of feeding their less fortunate neighbors. Their stories are nothing short of inspirational.
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Fighting Hunger is a Family Affair
You and your kids can make a big difference in the fight against hunger in America.
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- More than 25 million Americans—including 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors—receive
emergency food assistance each year from the Feeding America Network.
- About 70% of the clients seeking emergency food assistance are living below the federal poverty line,
and nearly 40% have at least one adult working in their household.
- Seventy percent of A2H clients are living in food insecure households and 33% of those clients
reported experiencing hunger.
- More than 40% of the clients served report having to choose between paying for utilities or heating
fuel and food;
- 35% had to choose between paying for rent or a mortgage and food;
- 32% report having to choose between paying for medical bills and food.
- Volunteers and faith-based organizations are the lifeline of America’s emergency food distribution
system. More than 65% of food pantries and 40% of soup kitchens rely entirely on volunteers and
have no paid staff.
- As many as 90% of food pantries, 86% of soup kitchens and 71% of shelters in the America’s Second
Harvest Network use volunteers. Additionally, nearly 75% of pantries, 65% of soup kitchens, and 45%
of emergency shelters are run by faith-based agencies affiliated with churches, mosques, synagogues
and other religious organizations.
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