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Collection of Share in Hope Grocery Bags and Donations
Hunger is an ever-present reality in our community. Local food pantries are experiencing a great demand for food. To help replenish supplies, Catholic Charities and the Archdiocese of Washington are sponsoring the Share in Hope Food Drive this Lent. Iast weekend grocery bags were distributed after all Masses. We ask that you turn in your donations of nonperishable food items this weekend, March 2-3. Our collection will be donated to the Capital Area Food Bank. Thank you for all you do to help the needy among us.
Poverty Statistics in our Community
The term "Food-insecure households" refers to any family which had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members due to a lack of resources. Can you imagine what it is like not to know if you will have enough food for yourself and your family to eat- the stress and anxiety that goes along?
- Household Food Security in the United States (PDF)- Read a U. S. Department of Agriculture report on food access and adequacy, food spending and sources of food assistance for the U. S. population.
- Food Hardship in America - Read this report by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) on the rates of food harship (rates of households answering "yes" over the course of a year to the question whether there were times over the past year "when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed").
Maryland:
- 12.5% of the population is food-insecure
- 20% of households with children are food-insecure
The District of Columbia:
- 13% of the population is food-insecure
- 37.4% of households with children are food-insecure
The US as a whole:
- 14.5% of the population is food insecure
- In 2010, 48.8 million people lived in food-insecure households
- 11.3 million adults lived in households with very low food security
- 16.2 million children lived in food-insecure households in which children, along with adults, were food insecure
- 20.2% of households with children were food-insecure
Collection of Grocery Bags of Food
Hunger is an ever-present reality in our community. Local food pantries are experiencing a great demand for food. To help replenish supplies, Catholic Charities and the Archdiocese of Washington are sponsoring the Share in Hope Food Drive this Lent. Last weekend grocery bags were distributed after all Masses. We ask that you turn in your donations of nonperishable food items this weekend, March 2-3. Our collection will be donated to the Capital Area Food Bank. Thank you for all you do to help the needy among us.
Poverty Statistics in our Community
The term "Food-insecure households" refers to any family which had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members due to a lack of resources. Can you imagine what it is like not to know if you will have enough food for yourself and your family to eat- the stress and anxiety that goes along?
- Household Food Security in the United States (PDF) - Read a U. S. Department of Agriculture report on food access and adequacy, food spending and sources of food assistance for the U. S. population.
- Food Hardship in America - Read this report by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) on the rates of food harship (rates of households answering "yes" over the course of a year to the question whether there were times over the past year "when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed").
Maryland:
- 12.5% of the population is food-insecure
- 20% of households with children are food-insecure
The District of Columbia:
- 13% of the population is food-insecure
- 37.4% of households with children are food-insecure
The US as a whole:
- 14.5% of the population is food insecure
- In 2010, 48.8 million people lived in food-insecure households
- 11.3 million adults lived in households with very low food security
- 16.2 million children lived in food-insecure households in which children, along with adults, were food insecure
- 20.2% of households with children were food-insecure