Steve Lindsley

IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN!

THE 2009 MOUNT AIRY CROP HUNGER WALK IS COMING SOON - NOVEMBER 1, 2009. HERE'S THE SKINNY:

WALKER FORMS CAN BE PICKED UP AT YOUR CHURCH, AT REEVES COMMUNITY CENTER AND AT MOBY'S COFFEE.

REGISTRATION IS AT 2:30 AT VETERAN'S PARK IN MOUNT AIRY. THERE WILL BE MUSIC, CELEBRITIES, T-SHIRTS FOR THE KIDS! WALK COMMENCES AT 3:30.

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT 786.2803. LET'S WALK THE WALK TOGETHER!!!


FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ..CHURCH WORLD SERVICE.., THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO HOST CROP HUNGER WALKS, PLEASE VISIT:WWW.CHURCHWORLDSERVICE.ORG

OTHER GREAT ORGANIZATIONS TO CHECK OUT:


THE ONE CAMPAIGN - a new effort to rally Americans, ONE by ONE , to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty.
BREAD FOR THE WORLD - a nonpartisan citizens' movement of 54,000 people of faith, including 2,500 churches, to end hunger.
SOCIETY OF ST. ANDREW - an ecumenical ministry that feeds the hungry all year long by saving fresh, nutritious produce that would otherwise go to waste because of market reasons and giving it to the needy.
THE HUNGER SITE - enables visitors to click the "give free food" button and help feed the hungry. The staple food is paid for by site sponsors and is distributed to those in need.
FEEDING AMERICA - formerly "America's Second Harvest," this is the nation's largest domestic hunger relief organization, distributing food to 26 million hungry Americans each year through a network of 200 food banks.


..SOME HUNGER FACTS..

..IN SURRY COUNTY..:

47% of children in city & county schools receive either reduced or free lunches.

14.3% of county residents live in poverty ("poverty" defined as four-person household with annual income of $20,000 or less).

20.4% of county's children live in poverty.


..IN THE UNITED STATES..:

Thirty three Americans including thirteen million children live in households that experience hunger or the risk of hunger.

If all 33 million Americans faced with food insecurity stood in line at a food pantry in New York City, the line would stretch to Los Angeles and back. Twice!

The United States spends $10 billion annually on foreign aid. Americans spend $33 billion each year on diet and weight loss products.

“It wasn’t my turn.” The response of a U. S. child whose teacher asked if he had eaten breakfast that morning.


..AROUND THE WORLD..:

Every six seconds, a child in the world dies of hunger.

Over 850 million people are undernourished---nearly three fourths of them live in rural farming communities.

Six million children under age five die each year as a result of hunger.

One in seven children born in countries where hunger is most common will die before age five.

1.2 billion people in developing countries live on an income of $1 per day or less.

“Poverty is like living in jail, living in bondage, waiting to be free.” Quote from poor person in Jamaica.

“What is poverty? To come home and see your children go hungry and not have anything to give them.” Quote from a poor person in Brazil.

“Being poor is being always tired.” Quote from a poor person in Kenya.

“Lack of work worries me. My children were hungry and I told them the rice is cooking, until they fell asleep from hunger.” Quote from a mother in Egypt.