One in six Americans struggle with hunger. More than 12 million children don't always have enough to eat — and during the summer months, when children lose access to school meal programs, the problem gets even worse.
Hunger strikes urban, rural, and suburban areas — and every age, ethnic, and class demographic.
- Households with children have nearly double the hunger rates of families without children.
- More than 40 percent of families who visit food pantries served by Feeding America live in the suburbs.
- Nearly 40 percent of those who visit food pantries are the working poor: those who work, but whose paychecks do not cover the basic necessities of life.
- Nearly 3 million elderly people are served by Feeding America each year.
(Source: http://feedingamerica.org/faces-of-hunger/hunger-101.aspx)
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