Facts About Hunger In America
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina (SHFBM) strives through education, advocacy, and partnerships to eliminate hunger by the solicitation and distribution of food. SHFBM has been in existence since 1981.
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Feeding America—The Nation's Food Bank Network is the nation's largest charitable hunger-relief organization:
A Network of more than 200 Member food banks and food-rescue organizations. Serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The Feeding America Network secures and distributes nearly 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually.
- 66% of those households served have incomes below the
federal poverty level.
- 41% report having to choose between paying for food or paying
for utilities or heating fuel.
- 35% report having to choose between paying for food or paying for
rent or Mortgage.
- 32% report choosing between paying for food or paying for medicine
or medical care.
- 29% of households report having at least one household member
in poor health.
- 36% of the members of households served have children - 9 million children assisted annually.
- 10% of the people served are elderly.
- 12% of the people served are homeless.
Faces of Hunger
