America's Second Harvest Hunger in America is not a myth: - 11%
of Americans are hungry or at risk of hunger. - 1 in 4 people in
a soup kitchen line is a child. - 39% of emergency food
recipient households have at least one adult working. - 35
million Americans are unsure where their next meal will come
from. America's Second Harvest is leading the fight to end
hunger. With its network of more than 200 food banks and food-
rescue organizations, it helps feed more than 23 million
Americans annually, including 8 million children. It secures
donations of food and grocery products and helps get them to
hungry people across America. Of emergency clients served by
America's Second Harvest, between about a third and a half
report having to choose between buying food and paying for
utilities or heat, medical care, or rent or mortgage payments.
(Meanwhile, more than 260 million pounds of food are thrown away
in America every day - 96 billion pounds every year!) America's
Second Harvest's operating efficiency was cited