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April Food Day

April 1, 2010 By Rhoda 2 Comments

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April Food Day 2010

Today is April 1st and you normally think of this day as April Fool’s Day, but today it is April Food Day 2010!  And that’s no joke!

I’m happy to pass along information to you on this important day and how you can help:

  • Feeding America is annually providing food to 37 million Americans, including 14 million children. This is an increase of 46 percent over 2006, when we were feeding 25 million Americans, including 9 million children, each year.
  • That means one in eight Americans now rely on Feeding America for food and groceries.
  • Feeding America ‘s nationwide network of food banks is feeding 1 million more Americans each week than we did in 2006.
  • Thirty-six percent of the households served have at least one person working.
  • More than one-third of client households report having to choose between food and other basic necessities, such as rent, utilities and medical care.
  • The number of children the Feeding America network serves has increased by 50 percent since 2006.
  • Feeding America food banks provide food and groceries to 33,500 food pantries, 4,500 soup kitchens and 3,600 emergency shelters.
  • 68 percent of pantries, 42 percent of soup kitchens, and 15 percent of emergency shelters rely solely on volunteers and have no paid staff.
  • 55 percent, are faith-based agencies affiliated with churches, mosques, synagogues and other religious organizations; 33 percent are other types of non-profit organizations.

Go to their website, Feeding America, for more information.  And the donation page for April Food Day is here:  Donation Page

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Just passing along good information, so please take a look!

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  1. pigtown*design says

    April 1, 2010 at 10:00 pm

    Thank you so much for posting on April Food Day! We really appreciate your support!

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