Today is the 14th, one day shy of mid-month of Hunger Action Month, where if we (that is you and I) give a little we feed a lot. Just exactly how little. In my #VFD2010 (Virtual Food Drive 2010) your $1 donation, when matched by Libby’s will provide 14 meals to a family with need in the United States. You …
Breakfast, Did You Have Yours?
Breakfast is the meal which energizes us for the day. Unfortunately, not all in the United States have the means to provide their families with this all important meal. One in six families are food insecure in the United States – 300,000,000+ is our population, that means 50,000,000 citizens worry about their breakfast. Did you have your breakfast? Many didn’t, …
Hunger Should be Illegal
This morning I read an extraordinarily uplifting piece about the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. They have declared hunger to be illegal. I shalln’t recap the entire article (see link below), but allow me to highlight some of details with hopes that those reading can take the data and emulate in their own villages, towns and cities. In 1993, the city of 2.5 million had 275,000 in absolute poverty and 20% of the children suffering hunger. Fast forward to 2010, hunger is virtually non-existent and only 2% (two percent) of the city’s budget was used to achieve this result – how much was two percent, 2 million dollars – less than a dollar per constituent.
Hunger: Food Insecurity in 2010, What’s Up With That?
The summer of 2010 will be remembered for many different reasons, be it the tragedy unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico which will change the lives of so many or perhaps the turn around in the economy. As the eternal optimist, I would like to think that we, that is you and I, may be able to assist the one …
Hunger: We Took a Bite Out of Hunger
Thank you! Good Morning, The virtual canned food drive hosted by Libby’s finished today and I wanted you to know what our modest collective efforts and your donations helped achieve: A. Our matching donors grew from Libby’s match of $1 and was coupled with two additional matches within Feeding America’s network during the course of the campaign so each dollar …
Hunger: Thankful for so Much; Worried for so Many
Thanksgiving is fast approaching and we have so much about which to be thankful – the basics of life available – roof over our head; good health, employment and food on our tables. Unfortunately, in this year of 2009, the number of those who are homeless is increasing; those ill increasing, unemployment is greater than 10% and sadly, more than …
Hunger – How is this possible in today’s world?
Are you hungry? Hunger is a sensation millions experience, daily. We can do something about it, we can do more than you think, you can do something today (right now). Please read on – there is a hungry person and family near you and in this truly tumultuous economic year, every single dollar, minute or food item you donate can …
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