Maxioms by Debra Alich
You have a lot more people employed (in Northwest Arkansas) and they?re a whole lot more food insecure and hungry.
You have a lot more people employed (in Northwest Arkansas) and they?re a whole lot more food insecure and hungry.
These are people who are choosing between food or paying the rent, people who are choosing between food and buying read more
These are people who are choosing between food or paying the rent, people who are choosing between food and buying their child a pair of shoes, food and heat in the wintertime. They?re seniors who are choosing whether to buy food or pay for medicine. Folks are going entire days without anything to eat at all. They are literally going to bed hungry.
We need every partner we can find.
We need every partner we can find.
The middle class is becoming the working poor. If they have one tragic event -- illness, lost job or a read more
The middle class is becoming the working poor. If they have one tragic event -- illness, lost job or a death -- they have need for the food bank.
Of the 36,000 that were served by the food bank last year, food insecure was about 87 percent.
Of the 36,000 that were served by the food bank last year, food insecure was about 87 percent.