"for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;"
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Matthew 25:35
love's in need of love today
​In 2020:
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38.3 million people lived in food-insecure households.
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9.4 million adults lived in households with very low food security.
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6.1 million children lived in food-insecure households in which children, along with adults, were food insecure.
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584,000 children (0.8 percent of the Nation's children) lived in households in which one or more child experienced very low food security.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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​Asian Americans
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Harmful racial stereotypes cause many to overlook hunger among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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An estimated 6% of Asian Americans are food insecure. That's 1 in 16 people who identify as Asian American.
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More Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders visit food pantries and soup kitchens due to the economic hardship of the pandemic.
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Feeding America
“Our retail rescue has dropped off significantly. We used to receive probably seven or eight trucks a day that would go out and pick up food from the stores, which unfortunately, they don’t have it to donate right now.”
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--Susan Thomas, Anne Arundel County Food Bank
John Domen, WTOP News, "DC-area food pantries need help in order to keep helping", April 10, 2020
act in faith. donate food today.
food pantries' most needed items
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Peanut butter
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Canned soup
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Canned fruit
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Canned vegetables
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Canned stew
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Canned fish
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Canned beans
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Pasta (most prefer whole grain)
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Rice (most prefer brown rice)