Hunger amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Posted: 2020, Nov 24, Tue, 6:01 am
This was completely avoidable. The Russian asset POTUS and his criminal co-conspirators are not only killing Americans, but starving them as well.
https://cbs58.com/news/there-is-a-hunge ... anksgivingStatus is one of 50 million Americans who won't have enough to eat this year, in part because of the pandemic. According to Feeding America, the largest hunger relief group in the United States, the number of hungry Americans in the US is trending towards recession numbers, when 56 million Americans were food insecure.
"I think we have to look in and try to imagine ourselves in their position, what we would want for ourselves, not just to give them a cardboard box," said Jeanette Joseph-Greenaway, founder of Agatha House Foundation.
Joseph-Greenaway says the pantry has experienced a 100% increase in need since the pandemic, with many new faces.
"Unfortunately, the need continues. We estimate that over the course of the next 12 months, the gap between what we have and what our neighbors are going to need is about 8 billion meals," said Babineaux-Fontenot.