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Help fight the major hunger crisis right here in America.

As major media giants post their obligatory one minute story about the

hunger crisis in Africa, or the famine in other third world countries, the one

country that always seemed to be left off of the list is our very own, The United

States of America. Although hunger in any part of the world is a terrible crisis,

this is the one place that we all fail to look.

No one ever thinks about their neighbor or their neighbor's children as

being hungry. We all seem to notice the car that our neighbors drive or the house

that they live in and use that as the mark of wealth. We would rather believe that

if they are not living in a cardboard box, or walking to work that they must not

have any problems making ends meat. But don't be fooled by appearances.

Along with rising interest rates, energy and oil rates are hitting staggering

highs, making cooling your home or driving to work an expensive commodity. As the

country's real estate market is in a downward spiral into the abyss, more and more

people are losing their homes. Many homes are being lost to foreclosure due to

rising or adjustable interest rates. The very same adjustable interest rates that

lured them into buying that new house is now catching up to many unsuspecting

people. With no way to pay their mortgage much less their electric bill many of

these people are having to make a difficult decision. People are having to decide

whether to pay the bills so that can have a roof over their head for just one more

month or buy groceries. Believe it or not many people chose to pay bills rather

than buy groceries. Many people have no choice when there are children involved

because the street is no place to raise children. Many people continue their

struggles hoping that they can still depend on the generosity of others for food.

Many food banks struggle during the summer to provide food for the needy, because

donations drop dramatically.

We should all be aware of the epidemic that quietly plagues this country.

It may be your neighbors who depends dearly on the neighborhood food bank. People

young and old are suffering from hunger as you read this. Make a difference in

someone's life. If you can just buy one can of food, and set it aside every time you

go to the grocery store, by the end of the month you could possibly have a few weeks

worth of food for one person or a weeks worth of food for a small family. Simply

Take your extra cans of food and donate to your neighborhood food bank now and all

year.

You can also check out this Angel food ministries an organization that

devotes themselves to ending hunger by providing a weeks worth of food to any and

all people in need. www.angelfoodministries.com. Don't forget you can also go to

the red cross's web site www.redcross.org

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