76 percent (10 million) (click here) of client households served are food insecure, meaning they do not always know where they will find their next meal.
Hunger in America 2010 (click here) is the largest study of domestic hunger, providing comprehensive and statistically-valid data on our emergency food distribution system and the people Feeding America serves. Hunger in America 2010 is extremely detailed, drawing on data from more than 61,000 interviews with clients and surveys of 37,000 feeding agencies.
The report shows that hunger is increasing at an alarming rate in the United States, and our network is expanding its reach in response:
- 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 we serve 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....
TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows (click title to entry - thank you) are proud to announce they will present a check to Project MANA for $11,040 as a result of their “Food Fight” donation drive. The two resorts engaged in a friendly competition to raise money for Project MANA in early December. Each resort donated $500 to get the “Food Fight” started and encouraged guests to participate and make a donation to help alleviate hunger in the community during the holiday season....
Project MANA (click here)
Project MANA (Making Adequate Nutrition Accessible) is the hunger relief organization serving the North and West Shores of Lake Tahoe and Truckee, which includes the coverage of three counties in Northern California and one county in Northern Nevada. Since its inception in 1991 Project MANA as responded to the emergency food need of the homeless, the elderly, the homebound families in need, children and single parents....
