Children who don’t get enough to eat, especially their early years, start life at a significant disadvantage. When children are hungry, likely to be sick and they face higher risks of chronic illnesses like anemia, diabetes, hypertension and asthma.
We will be providing the following below:
Bags with Food
We will be giving 70 bags filled with food. The following items will be provided or something similar:
1. can of ravioli/or 2 of the mini-microwavable kind 2. mac and cheese cups or brown rice 3. apple, banana or organge – a total of 2 4. nutri-grain or fig bars – total of 2 5. organic or apple and eve juice 6. oatmeal 2 pacs
7. crackers
Hot Food for Adults & Children
We will be providing hot food for adults and children:
1. baked plain or bbq chicken/or broiled fish 2. brown rice 3. green collard or kale 4. water or juice
Clothing
During the winter the following will be given out periodically:
According to Feeding America, 1 in 7 people in the U.S. face hunger every year. The rates of hunger in children are even higher, with about 1 in 5 lacking proper access to food at some point during the year.