Hunger in America is not only counter intuitive but it continues to confound, baffle and upset. Thought hunger was rural? In inner cities alone? “Tucked away in a discreet office at Brooklyn College’s Student Center, beyond the pool tables and ...
We already know 72% of SNAP participants are overweight or obese. Pantries despite performing a very important service are taking that crisis even further....into diabetes and cardio vascular disease. New York Times article on this subject is revealing ...
There are more food pantries in the US than most of us realize. National Geographic, in their special issue on Hunger stated there are are 50,000 emergency feeding programs and food pantries across America. We’ve been trying to locate them ...
United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC), in partnership with the Meera & Ashok Vasudevan Foundation (MAVF) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., announced today that they will fund several initiatives to increase food access for ALICE® (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) households ...
While families across the country gather around the dinner table during this holiday season, there is a different, far less cheery scenario playing out for millions of other Americans. They're the ones who go hungry, and for whom food — ...
