"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;"
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.
United States Department of Agriculture
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.
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.”
--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)