Feeding the Hungry

[jay]

Does Second Harvest have a program to teach clients how to plant gardens and raise their own vegetables?  Excess production could be given to the Food Bank or sold to the public.

[ForumManager]

Percentage who made the choice between food and health care: 33%

I think this stat could  be a lot higher than is reported.

[irishbobcat]

Feeding the Hungry in the Mahoning Valley

May 21, 2008

The America's Second Harvest Network produced "Hunger in America 2006 ," a comprehensive profile of the incidence and nature of hunger and food insecurity in the U.S.

Our study provides extensive demographic profiles of emergency food clients at charitable feeding agencies and comprehensive information on the nature and efficacy of local agencies in meeting the food security needs of clients.

The study is the largest of its kind. More than 52,000 individuals agreed to share their personal stories with us through face-to-face interviews at charitable emergency hunger-relief agencies like pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters.

Nearly 31,000 local emergency hunger-relief agencies completed survey questionnaires about their efforts to serve millions of hungry Americans.

Who did we feed in Youngstown? Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley
   Youngstown, Ohio. Learn more at http://www.mahoningvalleyseondharvest.com)

People Served:
Annual estimated number of clients: 43,800
Weekly estimated number of clients: 7,400
Percentage under 18: 28%
Percentage of elderly: 13%
Poverty Statistics:
Percentage below poverty line in previous month: 68%
Percentage who are homeless: 0%
Percentage who are food insecure: 74%
Percentage who are food insecure with kids: 75%
Percentage who are food insecure with hunger: 34%
Percentage with hunger with kids: 37%
Percentage who receive Food Stamps: 37%
Percentage who received General Assistance, welfare, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in the past two years: 11.1%
Working Poor:
Percentage of households with at least one employed adult: 27%
Median monthly income: $950.00
Choices:
Percentage who made the choice between food and utilities: 44%
Percentage who made the choice between food and housing: 31%
Percentage who made the choice between food and health care: 33%

As the Independent Green Party Candidater for State Representative for the 60th District, it's time we provide good living wages jobss to help the poor be able to feed themselves.

We need to send a State Representative to Columbus to fight for new jobs for our poor, working and middle class, not our current State Representative Bob Hagan who collected over 100 donations from lobbyists and Corporation PACS in 2007 alone. Guess how many people Bob Hagan could have fed if he donated his campaign contributions for lobbyists and PACS in 2007 to Second Harvest Foodbank in 2007? But Bob works hard for his money, or so he tells us. But we know better.

Dennis Spisak- Green Party Candidate for State Representative-60th district

Campaign web site: Http://votespisak.tripod.com