Do we have poverty in Central Ohio? Are there people who go hungry in Columbus and the surrounding counties?
The Mid-Ohio Foodbank is the 11th largest foodbank in the United States. Mid-Ohio Foodbank serves Central and Eastern Ohio.... requests to them for food are up 14% from a year ago.
"Mid-Ohio Foodbank is dedicated to feeding hungry people by collecting and distributing food and grocery products, advocating for hunger-relief programs, and collaborating with others who address basic human needs."
Members of the Central Ohio community volunteer time, food and money to feed the hungry people served by the Mid-Ohio Foodbank. Local restaurants, kitchens and farmers work with the Mid-Ohio Food bank to provide food for hungry people. Mid-Ohio Foodbank supplies 500 local pantries, soup kitchens, etc. in Central and Eastern Ohio. Every dollar collected by Mid-Ohio Foodbank allows them to provide $8 dollars in food to local people who need it. Many of the hungry people in Central Ohio are children.
Mid-Ohio Foodbank is a part of Feeding America (formerly known as America's Second Harvest), which they say is "the nation's largest non-governmental, domestic hunger relief organization."
Mid-Ohio Foodbank is raising funds to move to a larger facility in Grove City. Mid-Ohio Foodbank has raised $10 Million of the $16 Million required to make that move. Mid-Ohio Foodbank is presently on West Mound Street in Columbus.
Today is Blog Action Day. This years theme is poverty. I wrote about it today... I contributed money today... trying to find some time to contribute...
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Bless you for doing this! I volunteer at www.cityteam.org in San Francisco. Budget cuts (20%) have hit them and requests are up 30% this year.
Hi Maureen! Kudos! This is a worthwhile effort and Feeding America is a great organization. When I worked in the soft drink bottling business I used to donate quite a bit of product to America's Second Harvest.
Maureen - One person can make a difference
Maureen- Thank you....it is people like you that not only wrote about it, but contributed, and finding time to help that makes a difference. People that are hungry don't have the energy to make life choices...they can only think towards the next meal. Once people are fed, then you can work on changing other behaviors.
Thanks all for the comments.
I am a slug when it comes to action, giving the time.
There is someone who was blogging from the streets yesterday, visiting the soup kitchen, he slept outside? I saw something about it via Twitter yesterday. I want to say he was in Austin TX? For Blog Action Day, immersion.