5 different acts of kindness that u can do to feed the hungry
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5 different acts of kindness that u can do to feed the hungry
5 different acts of kindness that u can do to feed the hungry
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People are traditionally more generous with helping those in need—for example, by making food bank donations—during the holiday season than they are the rest of the year. The problem is, though, that the hunger crisis in this country isn’t seasonal—it’s year-round, Colleen Barton Sutton, communications director of the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), tells SELF. And in the middle of a pandemic, the ongoing need is particularly grave—and the likelihood that your own neighbors are struggling to put enough food on the table is extraordinarily high.
The reality is that there are likely people in your social circle or community who are struggling to get enough to eat right now, Sutton says. “Even before COVID-19, there were millions of people across the country that were having trouble putting food on the table, and when COVID hit, it only deepened that crisis.”
According to a report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) using the most recent Census Bureau survey data (collected from December 9 to December 21, 2020), almost 29 million, or 14%, of all adults in the U.S. said their households sometimes or often did not have enough to eat in the previous week. People with low incomes, families with children, and communities of color are disproportionately experiencing food insecurity right now, Sutton says. Black and Latinx folks are being hit about twice as hard as white people: 24% of Black adults and 21% of Latinx adults report their households as not having enough to eat (compared to 10% of white adults). And an estimated 8 to 12 million children live in households that couldn’t afford to feed them enough in the previous week, according to CBPP estimates.
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