There is a tremendous need to address the growing epidemic of hunger in and around Chicago. A family of four that is poor by the federal government's definition has an annual income below $22,050. A family that is extremely poor has an annual income below $11,025.
There is a tremendous need to address the growing epidemic of hunger in and around Chicago. A family of four that is poor by the federal government's definition has an annual income below $22,050. A family that is extremely poor has an annual income below $11,025.
We asked walkers at the 26th Annual Hunger Walk why maintaining programs to help the hungry are so vital. Here's what some of them had to say.
The Salvation Army partnered with GoGorilla and Grizzard Communications to help erase hunger in Chicago, using mobile technology that created a unique, street-level interactive experience.
A landmark study released today by the Greater Chicago Food Depository and Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, reports that more than 678,000 people in Chicago and Cook County, including 250,000 children, receive emergency food each year. The findings represent a 36 percent increase since the findings reported in Hunger in America 2006.