Food Insecurity in America: Finding a Solution Food insecurity and hunger are ongoing problems that face the United States population every day. As that population in America grows so does the amount of people who are living without the proper amount of food and nutrition. Although hunger may not be as extensive of a problem as it is in other countries‚ nevertheless it is a problem which needs to have a solution. The problem is not caused by a food shortage here in the United States but by a problem
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Feeding America Persuasive Speech Introduction to Communications Topic: Hunger in America Purpose: To persuade my audience to feed people in America that are less fortunate than we are. Thesis Statement: The number of American that does not have food to eat due to job loss‚ the economy‚ and other reasons are constantly growing. If we stuck together and helped one another‚ we could make that number that is constantly growing‚ decline. I. Introduction We see homeless people every day
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Poverty Crises. Feeding America is a United States organization that consists of nationwide network of more than two hundred food banks and food rescue organization that serves the United States as well as Puerto Rico. It is the nation leading hunger relief charity. In the late 1060s‚ John van Hengel‚ a retired businessman in Phoenix‚ began volunteering at a local soup kitchen‚ and began soliciting food donations for the kitchen. He ended up with far more food than the kitchen could use and when
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they are feeding America‚ and therefore causing Americans to become over weight and obese due to the over abundance in calories‚ fats‚ and more in each meal that any one person can eat. Propose this question‚ are you one person or are you every person in America? Any one person has the choice to eat healthy and manage their own weight‚ so why blame a fast food restaurant for the reason America is overweight and obese. McDonalds chose to help the overweight and obese population of America by keeping
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them. There were nearly 14 million children being helped by Feeding America and of those 14 million‚ 3 million were under the age of 5 ("Child Hunger Facts"). One of the leading charities to help fight against hunger in American is the Feeding America charity. Their mission is to feed America ’s hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger ("Mission and Values"). Feeding America food banks provide food and groceries to 33‚500 food pantries
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Part 1 Introduction Care and Share is a nonprofit food bank that is a member of Feeding America‚ which is a large network of food banks across the Nation. Feeding America gets large donations from their partners such as Kellogg’s Cereal or Nestle‚ which food banks can purchase based on points. These points are attributed to how many people they serve and how well they comply with the standards of Feeding America. Care and Share processes donations of food and distributes to pantries in the southern
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Houston Food Bank. Retrieved 2012‚ from http://www.houstonfoodbank.org/what_is_a_food_bank.aspx Mabli‚ J.‚ Cohen‚ R.‚ Potter‚ F.‚ & Zhao‚ Z. (2010). HUNGER IN AMERICA 2010. 61. Retrieved from http://www.houstonfoodbank.org/uploadedFiles/HoustonFoodBank/FINAL%20REPORT%20-Hunger%20Study.pdf. Nutrition and Feeding America. (2012). Feeding America: Hunger-Relief Charity | FeedingAmerica.org. Retrieved 2012‚ from http://feedingamerica.org/how-we-fight-hunger/programs-and-services/nutrition.aspx
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unemployment is 9.5%‚ which means that almost 880‚000 people face the question each day of “how am I going to feed my family today?’ As the director of Community Food of New Jersey is a hard task‚ you have to be prepared each day to face the challenges of feeding families in need. Majority of the people that are served by food banks‚ have children. The biggest challenge of about serving so many needy families is knowing that without the programs we (the food banks) run many of these people would not be getting
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help of others that particular person made it. The non-profit organization Feeding America provides help to nearly 46 million people in the U.S. This organization has provided assistance to many families and people I have meet. Feeding America is a spectacular non-profit that provides healthy food to people in need. In order to be involved with a non-profit organization‚ you must have a connection with it. Feeding America has helped many people around me and has sparked my interest in getting involved
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Running head: FEEDING THE HUNGRY I’m Just One Person‚ What Could I Do? Feeding the Hungry in America Eric C. Johnson Grand Canyon University ENG 106 – Composition October 17‚ 2010 “I can’t help things get better‚ I’m only one person what difference would I make‚ really?” I’ve been guilty of thinking this way myself at one time and point in my life. I’ve learned though that by getting involved‚ making inquiries‚ taking action myself that I can contribute to helping resolve a growing problem
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