Charity Event:
Charity Event: Feet for Food, No Child Should Go Hungry
During the thanksgiving break I and a few other classmates decided to participate in a charity 5K run. The charity run is called “Feet for Food: no child should go hungry,” the Saturday after thanksgiving the runners meet in the community’s church and everyone who participates donates nonperishable food and a monetary donation of thirty dollars. It is a perfect time to hold an event to prevent hunger because it is right after we have all indulged in a big thanksgiving meal, and can reflect on those that do not know where there next meal will come from. The proceeds of the donation benefit the community’s food pantry which they distribute to needed families. According to the St. Stephen Lutheran church census they found that a total of 1,307 families benefited form the donations in October, 2010 to September 2011, and the number of families that use this food pantry has increased to 1,493 families (849 individual) in the following year (www.saintstephenschurch.com). “Picture 1” is a picture of me and my classmates getting ready to join the run. Providing good nutrition to children is a fundamental necessity that will improve the overall health of the child. Malnutrition in a huge problem all over the world, but sometimes we neglect to see it in our own communities. Statistics from 2010 show that 6.9 million children live with food insecurities and in Illinois 22.2 % of children live with food insecurities. Childhood food insecurity is the percentage of children under eighteen year’s old living in households that experience limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods at some point during the year (www.nokidhungry.org). A documentary named “my future my first centimeters” shows the importance of nutrition to improve chronic malnutrition and improve growth and development of children within their first two years of life. This documentary shows two cities, in Mexico, near
During the thanksgiving break I and a few other classmates decided to participate in a charity 5K run. The charity run is called “Feet for Food: no child should go hungry,” the Saturday after thanksgiving the runners meet in the community’s church and everyone who participates donates nonperishable food and a monetary donation of thirty dollars. It is a perfect time to hold an event to prevent hunger because it is right after we have all indulged in a big thanksgiving meal, and can reflect on those that do not know where there next meal will come from. The proceeds of the donation benefit the community’s food pantry which they distribute to needed families. According to the St. Stephen Lutheran church census they found that a total of 1,307 families benefited form the donations in October, 2010 to September 2011, and the number of families that use this food pantry has increased to 1,493 families (849 individual) in the following year (www.saintstephenschurch.com). “Picture 1” is a picture of me and my classmates getting ready to join the run. Providing good nutrition to children is a fundamental necessity that will improve the overall health of the child. Malnutrition in a huge problem all over the world, but sometimes we neglect to see it in our own communities. Statistics from 2010 show that 6.9 million children live with food insecurities and in Illinois 22.2 % of children live with food insecurities. Childhood food insecurity is the percentage of children under eighteen year’s old living in households that experience limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods at some point during the year (www.nokidhungry.org). A documentary named “my future my first centimeters” shows the importance of nutrition to improve chronic malnutrition and improve growth and development of children within their first two years of life. This documentary shows two cities, in Mexico, near
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