Who We Help
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The Feeding America Network provides emergency
food assistance to more than 25 million Americans in need every year.
Our network secures and distributes more than
2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually; and supports
approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies operating more than 94,000
programs including after-school programs, emergency shelters, food pantries,
Kids Cafes and soup kitchens.
FACT: One in four people in a soup kitchen line is
a child.
Americans we help:
- Children (9 million)
- Seniors (nearly 3 million)
- Families
- Homeless
- Newly Unemployed
- Disabled
- Mentally Ill
- Working Poor
- Victims of Disaster
FACT: More than 35
million Americans are food insecure, hungry or at risk of hunger.
What Can You Do?
