No Ohio family should be forced to go hungry during the holidays or any time.
I know how it feels to go hungry.
I participate in the SNAP Challenge to raise awareness about the millions of people in our communities who struggle with hunger on a daily basis despite living in the most prosperous nation ever known.
There's a lot of children that go to bed every night hungry in New York City, and it's shameful. That's really disturbing to me.
I was a young mother with a dependent. I went from nice flat and fire service job to cold and hungry with a child. I lived rough for two years, with six months relying on the food bank.
Working at the Food Bank with my kids is an eye-opener. The face of hunger isn't the bum on the street drinking Sterno; it's the working poor. They don't look any different, they don't behave any differently, they're not really any less educated. They are incredibly less privileged, and that's it.
The reason my food bank is vegan is because I can't pay for animal products in good conscience.
In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.
We hear time and again what a prosperous, affluent country Britain is, the sixth richest in the world. But aren't we ashamed that people who need emergency food handouts are eating cold beans and stewed steak from the tin, or handing it back, because they can't even heat it up?
In 2020, no child should go hungry, and yet, in South Carolina 1-in-5 children do.
Hunger is a deep concern of mine, and I feel that no one should go without food in this world as long as there are caring people to lend a hand. I've had to struggle in my past and I know what it's like to go without, so I try to do as much as I can to help bring awareness to an issue that hits very close to home for me.
People may have to die in the country and die through starvation.
In America no one should go hungry.
I'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children.
The typical user of a food bank is not someone that's languishing in poverty: it's someone who has a cash flow problem.
In Arkansas alone, approximately three quarters of a million people are at risk of going hungry, and one in four children does not get enough to eat, so my goal is to bring awareness to this tragic issue.
The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine.
Volunteering knows no divides and there is equal value in sorting food at the food bank, mentoring school children, and serving on a nonprofit board.
The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children.
It was surprising how many kids don't have lunches. If we all get behind this cause, it'll help a lot of the kids out there who don't really get enough food.
When I was growing up, I was regularly involved in local activities such as food collections, food kitchens, and other initiatives.
How can you satisfy your hunger while your neighbor is spending the night hungry?
I certainly didn't grow up ever having to worry about where my next meal was coming from. The fact that so many people, even in our own country, worry about something so basic, it's something I really wanted to help to do something about.
The issue I have always felt most strongly about is hunger in America, in particular the children.
I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.
