Hunger Advocacy

The holidays are so often associated with our favorite foods! Turkey and all the trimmings for Thanksgiving. Christmas cookies and treats! Special family and ethnic recipes that get handed down from generation to generation.

The holiday season also gives us an opportunity to be grateful for the abundance on our tables, and to grow in awareness of the how so many struggles to find a meal each day.

Feeding America is a leading advocate of hunger awareness. They have watched as our country struggles through difficult economic times. In their annual report on food insecurity in the U.S., the USDA recently reported that 49.1 million Americans, including 16.7 million children, are food insecure. These startling new statistics confirm that hunger is on the rise.

Find out more about the USDA’s latest food insecurity report in the November Hunger Advocate, visit http://hungeractioncenter.org/newsletters/1109.aspx?utm_campaign=Hunger-Advocate#article1.

Feeding America, encourages everyone to DONATE – ADVOCATE – VOLUNTEER. There are thousands of food pantries across the country that need your help. Of course, right here in DuPage County we have the People’s Resource Center http://www.peoplesrc.org/, directed by our own Covenant Member, Mary Ellen Durbin. PRC serves over 20,000 residents, providing core resources of food, clothing and emergency homeless prevention assistance help people to meet their basic needs, as well as numerous education and social service programs.