Mercer's Hunger

Mercer’s Hunger : 

Mercer’s Hunger a slideshow made by Teresa George and Daniel Ng

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Hunger

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It is on the faces of children in Africa

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of people in Latin America It is in the outstretched hands

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It is what millions of people in Asia experience every day

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But It Doesn’t End There

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Hunger is also right here In Mercer County, NJ

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Here are the facts… 17,000 people at risk for hunger in Mercer County Of the 50 states and District of Columbia, New Jersey had the 48th worst rate of participation in the federal Food Stamp Program in 2004 NJ ranked 48th nationally in the subset of working poor families in 2004 If New Jersey just matched the national rate of 60% participation, about 80,000 low-income people would be added to NJ’s food stamp program, bringing about $80 million per year of new federal funds into the state.

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So What Do We Do About It?

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That Is Where The Steps In… Food Bank

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Since 1987, The Mercer Street Friends Food Bank has been distributing food to local food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, child-care centers, senior citizen sites, and agencies serving the disabled. Members of the Food Bank include: And many other area faith-based organizations!

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The Food Bank receives and distributes more than 1.5 million pounds of food per year, which helps to feed over 17,000 low-income men, women and children in the area who reside in the towns of Mercer County and neighboring communities.

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Every week, the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank uses up all of its supplies.

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Every donated dollar translates into $10 worth of groceries to feed the hungry $1 = $10

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DONATE TODAY So please And help us help…

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For More Information or to Make a Donation : 

For More Information or to Make a Donation Please Visit … http://sites.google.com/site/feedmercer

Works Cited : 

Works Cited “Did You Know?” Community Food Bank of New Jersey. 21 Sept. 2008 <http://www.njfoodbank.org/‌_Main_Stories/‌didyouknow.html>. Hunger in African children. Photograph. 21 Sept. 2008 <http://crosscatholic.com/‌index.php?category=About%20Us&refno=115&search=looms&src=gendocs>. Hunger in Bengal. Photograph. 21 Sept. 2008 <http://sos-arsenic.net/‌lovingbengal/‌nation.html>. Hunger in children in Mercer County. Photograph. 21 Sept. 2008 <http://www.njfoodbank.org/‌How_to_Help/‌money.htm>. Map of Mercer County, NJ. Photograph. 21 Sept. 2008 <http://www.new-jersey-active-adult-communities.com/‌county/‌mercer.php>. Mercer Street Friends logo. Photograph. 21 Sept. 2008 <http://www.mercerstreetfriends.org/>. Starving children are given food that is unfamiliar to them. The picture shows how difficult development aid can be. . Photograph. 21 Sept. 2008 <http://www.bio-pro.de/‌en/‌region/‌ulm/‌magazin/‌04167/‌index.html>. Timbaland. “Apologize.” Shock Value (Edited Version). “Welcome to Mercer Street Friends Food Bank.” Mercer Street Friends. 21 Sept. 2008 <http://mercerstreetfriends.org/‌food_cooperative.shtml>. With Thanksgiving just a week away, Secretary of the N. J. Department of Agriculture Charles M. Kuperus pitches in at the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank in Ewing on Thursday, preparing food to be distributed to the needy. Photograph. The Times 15 Nov. 2007. 21 Sept. 2008 <http://www.nj.com/‌mercer/‌index.ssf/‌2007/‌11/‌hunger_initiative_in_full_swin.html>.