Saturday, November 30, 2013

14 years ago Phillip Morris Fight Against Hunger began. In 2012, this video was made to express the continued need of Americans.

In the May 14, 2000 edition of "The New York Times Magazine" Lewis Niblack was featured as an example of an American that needed good food to live his senior years in wellness.

Hunger is not new to the USA. What is new is the withholding of vital benefits to return dignity to those unable to provide all the food their families need.

Mr. Lewis stated as the headline of the ad,... 

"Dignity ... is life without hunger."

As one of the growing number of homebound seniors, his daily struggle to get nutritious food limited his cherished sense of independence. Thank to local grants from "Senior Helping" initiative created as part of The Phillip Morris Fight Against Hunger, Lewis and thousands of hungry seniors across the country are no longer kept on waiting lists by their neighborhood meals-on-wheels programs. Now that the wait for food is over, Lewis has regained his self-sufficiency. And with it, his sense of dignity...