Stop Hunger Now

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Stopping Hunger Essay By: Gabriel In America 11.2 percent of children don’t have enough food, that’s about thirteen million children just in the U.S. With that in mind what do you think of when you hear about local children being hungry? I think about a Child going to school early for breakfast and staying afterschool for supper club. What most people and I don’t think of is how children going hungry over the holidays and weekends. My personal connection to this topic is that sometimes when I don’t eat breakfast it is impossible to focus on my school work, so with this in mind I can’t imagine having to focus on school without food for days or even weeks. In this essay I will be stating one easy but effective way to conquer hunger in my community, Lancaster Pennsylvania. I decided to focus on seventh graders at Reynolds middle school. I chose this area of kids because they’re part of my community and school. I believe that kids at school should only be focusing on their education, not worrying about what they’re going to eat when they get home, or if they even are going to eat. My recommendation is food packs. These are backpacks filled with instant food like tuna and frozen pizza. Currently, there are more than 2,200 Food Pack Programs around the country, serving more than 90,000 children each year. If I did this I would ask myself or someone else’s kids what kind of frozen or microwavable food he or she likes. I wouldn’t have to do this but if I Gabriel Anthony-Kemp really wanted to please the child adding food that most kids like might make the kid feel that much more cared for. I would also add some vegetables because most of the canned food is not that nutritious. I would estimate that this would cost around twenty dollars for around five to ten meals. A problem that might occur is how to give a kid the pack without making him or her feel embarrassed. To

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