America's Second Harvest affiliates and agencies report dramatic increase in families seeking food assistance for their children in the Summer than any other time.
Over the past eight months, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, food banks and food rescue organizations across the nation have struggled to keep up with an increased need for emergency food assistance. At the same time, they have seen a dramatic drop in financial and in-kind contributions, forcing many to consider cutting back on core programs that bring food to the tables of people in need.
"The events of September 11 - along with the economic downturn that those events accelerated so dramatically - have created an emergency situation for America's Second Harvest, for our network of food bank and food rescue affiliates, and most critically for people in need of emergency food assistance," said Robert Forney, president and CEO of America's Second Harvest.
In a recent survey of needs, more than 80 percent of A2H affiliates reported that current demand for food is significantly greater than this time last year, and 27 percent said their regular donors have told them donations would be cut back due to 9-11 or the economy in general. Nine percent of A2H affiliates said they have already had to cut core programs and services because of a shortfall in food and other resources.
Please also see “Hunger in the U.S.A.” in our Health section.
For additional information, please visit the website of America’s Second Harvest:
http://www.secondharvest.org.
Over the past eight months, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, food banks and food rescue organizations across the nation have struggled to keep up with an increased need for emergency food assistance. At the same time, they have seen a dramatic drop in financial and in-kind contributions, forcing many to consider cutting back on core programs that bring food to the tables of people in need.
"The events of September 11 - along with the economic downturn that those events accelerated so dramatically - have created an emergency situation for America's Second Harvest, for our network of food bank and food rescue affiliates, and most critically for people in need of emergency food assistance," said Robert Forney, president and CEO of America's Second Harvest.
In a recent survey of needs, more than 80 percent of A2H affiliates reported that current demand for food is significantly greater than this time last year, and 27 percent said their regular donors have told them donations would be cut back due to 9-11 or the economy in general. Nine percent of A2H affiliates said they have already had to cut core programs and services because of a shortfall in food and other resources.
Please also see “Hunger in the U.S.A.” in our Health section.
For additional information, please visit the website of America’s Second Harvest:
http://www.secondharvest.org.