Hungry Children in America
Bringing attention to the children who go hungry in America. Encouraging your support through the many choices available — such as donations, sponsorship of a child in the US, and volunteerism. Feed a hungry child today.
35 Million People Food Insecure
Hunger and food insecurity have been growing. Nearly 35 million people - including 13 million children - in the United States were hungry or living on the edge of hunger in 2002 (the most recent year for which data are available). Since 1999, food insecurity has increased three years in a row, in total by 3.9 million individuals - 2.8 million adults and more than one million children. Source: Frac.org
15 Million Women Living In Poverty
There are more than 15 million women living in poverty in the US. Source: US Census Bureau
The Numbers Are Rising Dramatically
The number of severely poor Americans (a family of four with two children and an annual income less than $9,903) grew 26 percent from 2000 to 2005.
Source: SoundOffForPoverty.org
Latest News
Hungry In America
Report For 2007
The number of hungry children in the US rose 50% in 2007!
USDA's branch, the Economic Research Service, has released the figures for food insecurity in America for 2007
Read the full report here.
Fill A Bowl;
Feed America
Kraft Foods matches each dollar you give up to $200,000. Each dollar provides 16
Something Just About Anyone Can Do To Help
Make a shoe-box gift for a needy American child. This lens is all about shoe-box gifting.
President Obama on Hunger in America
His open-letter response during his campaign for president
At The Huffington Post, online, Barack Obama responds to an open letter from Deepak Chopra, Russell Simmons, and Benjamin Chavis. (Question #4: Specifically, what is your plan of action to eliminate poverty in America?)
Perspective
From FeedingAmerica.org: 1 in 8 Americans are at risk for hunger.
AARP Bulletin Today
Five-Part Series On Hunger In America
Special five-part series from AARP Bulletin Today:
Part I: How Could It Happen Here?
Part II: Food Programs Feel The Squeeze
Part III: What Happened To The Food Surplus?
Part IV: Food Stamps: Poverty's Barometer
Part V: What Can We Do?
Feeding America Video
Formerly SecondHarvest.org
The 2009 Great American Bake
Join Share Our Strength to help organizations in your community end childhood hunger.
Garden Harvest
Experiencing Poverty
Inspiring and heartbreaking stories
Here's my favorite link:
A Starving Nation
List of links for learning more
- The homeless, the hungry, and the working poor
- We have a growing crisis in America today, and it is our own countries blatant neglect of the homeless, the hungry, and the working poor.
- NPR: Hunger in America
- Some 38 million people in America are considered "food insecure" — they have trouble finding the money to keep food on the table. NPR profiles families who have faced hunger in three different settings: rural, suburban and urban America.
- Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
- The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is the leading national organization working to improve public policies in order to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States. FRAC is a nonprofit and nonpartisan research, policy, public education and advocacy center that serves as the hub of an anti-hunger network of hundreds of state and local organizations across the country.
- U.S. Hunger Issues
- Check our U.S. section for the facts you need about hunger and poverty in the United States, information on nutrition programs, and a list of national organizations fighting hunger. Read the latest background paper on faith and our national priorities: Budgeting for Justice.
- Feeding America
- Feeding America provides low-income individuals and families with the fuel to survive and even thrive. As the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief charity, our network members supply food to more than 25 million Americans each year, including 9 million children and 3 million seniors. (Formerly SecondHarvest.org)
- Food Stamps Program
- This program puts healthy food on the table for 26 million people each month. The Food Stamp Program helps low-income people and families buy the food they need for good health.
- Working Americans Respond to Bush's Last SOTU
- "At the end of last year, I did the math and I realized that my total income for the year-after the expenses I cover for my child care center-was the same as what I was making 40 years ago, when I was in high school."
- The Geography of American Poverty
- Do a mouse rollover to see a state's poverty ranking.
- Charity Evaluator
- Charity Navigator, America's largest independent charity evaluator, provides free financial evaluations of America's charities. We are the individual donor's first source for unbiased news and information on philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, wise giving, donating money, charitable donations, and charity ratings.
- Key Findings 2006
- When you visit, click Local Picture to see how your state is doing.
Hungry in America in Blog Land
What bloggers are saying
- Weekend Watch: America The Hungry: Culture/Entertainment: SFAppeal
- Weekend Watch: America The Hungry. by Alex Barkett. July 2, 2009 1:00 PM. user-pic. 0 Comments; +0 Votes; Share. Email. Public Enemies - AMC Van Ness, Century Centre, Sundance Kabuki, Presidio, the F*ing sun. ...
- Breadline USA: Why People Are Going Hungry in the Land of Plenty ...
- By 2008 America's impoverished classes were, albeit to a lesser extent, facing a similar price-induced hunger. Unlike the destitute of countries such as Ethiopia and the Sudan, who too often went hungry because crops failed and what ...
- Hunger in America: Hungry American Children are a Growing Concern ...
- Appeasing rumbling stomachs could be the desire of many awaiting to enter food banks. This summer, America's battling hunger.
- Hungry Hyaena: Repairing America (and beyond)
- Thinking about the red state mentality, I recalled Thomas Frank's "Lie Down for America," an excellent, if depressing article published in the April 2004 issue of Harper's Magazine. Frank dissected, in his words, "how the Republican ...
Lensmaster Christopher Scott
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How do you help those in need?
Spook wrote...
I'm so sorry it took me so long to find this lens. I was truly shocked to read some of the information especially it being America which I have such a high regard for. I personally think we as people have lost sight of the most important things in our conduct.
Posted June 27, 2009
janices7 wrote...
I'm back:) Loved this lens so much that I have featured you on my lens about the Cow-A-Bunga Bingo Raffle that I am chairing to raise money for the CAER food shelf.
Posted June 18, 2009
JaguarJulie wrote...
Sometimes it seems that there is so much attention focused on other countries when we don't look right under our noses to see that there are hungry right here in America! Thinking way way way back, I remember hearing about the 'starving kids in Biafra!'
Posted May 17, 2009
hlkljgk wrote...
such an important issue to remember. and it seems so silly that with the prosperity of our country hunger even exists.
Posted April 18, 2009
mysticmama wrote...
nice lens...very important subject...it's just disgusting that any child in America or anywhere else for that matter, has to go without food...when everyday we waste so much...thanks for making this lens 5*
Posted March 27, 2009
GrowWear wrote...
in reply to LaraineRose Your famine lens deserves (and received) a lensroll right back. Thank you!
Posted March 13, 2009
LaraineRose wrote...
It must be a terrible thing not to have enough to food and clothe your family. I appreciate your informative lens. 5*s, fan already, favored and lensrolled to my Famine lens.
Posted March 13, 2009
TopStyleTravel wrote...
Great lens on the issue of hunger. It is more important now in this economy that we all do what we can to feed the hungry. Eating is our most basic need of life. Everyone that can should make a sacrifice and give. One of the easiest ways to give is by purchasing goods from companies that partner with non profits. It won't cost the donor anything extra but you will feel good knowing that it will help someone.
Posted February 24, 2009
janices7 wrote...
GREAT Lens! It is mind boggling just how many people in our own communities go to bed hungry every night. Thank you so much for helping to get the word out. My hope is that if people get educated on how dire the situation is, they will do something. A well deserved 5*....keep up the great work!
I've been working with my local food shelf on a coupon program to buy groceries at huge discounts using store sales and manufacturer coupons (we've averaged 75% off MSRP for the things we've donated in the past 6 months). For any of you looking to help out your local food shelf, you can get the details on my lens (http://www.squidoo.com/coupons-for-charity-food-shelf).
Posted February 05, 2009
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