The thought of people, especially children, going without basic needs such as food and personal needs is heartbreaking. Feeding America provides basic stats on hunger issues in America and the statistics listed below are from their web site. We live in AMERICA, people should not be hungry! We have ENTIRE stores and aisles in the grocery stores devoted to feeding our PETS. (Don't get me wrong, Sammy and Buster are rotten, and I do feed a squirrel crackers and cookies.)
Food Insecure: Refers to families/persons who may have had a meal but they do not know when or where their next meal is coming from. These persons most likely participate in Food Stamps, WIC, or reduced lunches at school. I will talk about these programs at another time. They are very helpful, but not enough.
Below are some statistics:
In 2008 14% of homes in the US were food insecure, that accounts for 16.7 million children.
In 2008 4.1% of houses accessed Emergency Food Resources.
In 2008 8.1% of houses with elderly were food insecure.
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