Hunger in Western North Carolina


			Hunger in Western North Carolina

				Hunger is a condition of poverty

	Hunger has a price. Medical problems, learning difficulties, headaches and fatigue are all the result of not having enough to eat.



					Source: U.S. Census Bureau's States and County Quickfacts 2000

Out of total clients in households served by MANNA FoodBank and documented by Hunger in America 2001:

71% of households w/children are food insecure
42% have at least one employed adult in the home
53% chose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heating fuel
28% chose between paying for food and paying their rent or mortgage bill
30% chose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care
46% have one household member in poor health
37% receive Food Stamp Program benefits, but it's likely that many more are eligible


	Nearly two million elderly Americans face at least one of two terrible dilemmas: Whether to pay their rent or buy food, or whether to pay for medicine or buy food. Those are choices no American should have to make. -Senior Citizens on the Bread Line The New York Times 4/11/97


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