| Can't view this message? Read it online |  | | | Get Ready for Hunger Action Month September is Hunger Action Month and in just a few short weeks Feeding America, and our nationwide network of food banks, will unite to urge supporters like you to take action in your local community.
The goal of Hunger Action Month is to mobilize the public to act on behalf of Feeding America and our food bank network. It is our opportunity to create a movement throughout the month of September that has a real and lasting impact on our mission to help end hunger in America.
This September, join us and take action because together, we can solve hunger.
|  | | | | Farm Bill Update
Last month, the House of Representatives decided to split the Farm Bill in two and vote separately on an agriculture bill, which would include funding for all agriculture programs, and a nutrition bill, which would fund anti-hunger programs. The House passed the agriculture bill on July 11 on a strictly party-line vote and began work on the nutrition bill. Now, details are emerging about what’s included in the nutrition bill, and it doesn’t look good for Americans struggling with hunger. While nothing is official, it is expected that the nutrition bill will cut SNAP (formerly known as Food Stamps) by $40 billion, DOUBLE what was included in the previous House Farm Bill. That means we need supporters like you to help us weigh-in with your Members of Congress about how important anti-hunger programs are to your community.
You can start by sending a simple email to your Members of Congress urging them to visit their local food bank during the August recess so they can learn more about hunger in their community.
Email your Members of Congress today»
| | | |   | According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 16.7 million children under 18 in the United States live in households where they are unable to consistently access enough nutritious food necessary for a healthy life.
Learn more about the impact of hunger on Child development »
| | Share this |  |  | | | | | | | | Real Story of Hunger - Dawn  | Want to know why SNAP is so important? Watch this short testimonial of Dawn--a mother and nurse from Idaho who relied on SNAP to feed her and her son after she was laid off from her nursing job. Watch Dawn’s video now» | | | |   | Tell Congress to visit their local food bank. The best way to help legislators understand the scope of hunger in America is to see it for themselves. Our goal is to have every member of Congress visit a food bank in 2013, and we need your help to make that happen. Please act today to send a message to your members of Congress to ask them to schedule a visit to a food bank in 2013. | | | | | | |  A Note from Bob Aiken, Feeding America CEO
For many of the families and individuals we serve at Feeding America, receiving groceries through the local food bank is just one way they cope with food insecurity. Government-funded programs are an essential part of the hunger-relief system in your community. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly food stamps, is the cornerstone of the federal nutrition safety-net. SNAP helps protect 47 million people from going hungry, nearly half of whom are children. The average monthly SNAP benefit per person is $133.85, or less than $1.50 per person, per meal. Unfortunately, all SNAP participants will see their benefits reduced on November 1, 2013.
This September, during Hunger Action Month, I will take the SNAP Challenge to help raise awareness about the need to protect SNAP and the positive impact the program has on millions of families nationwide. I want to send a message that food assistance programs like SNAP are critical to our nation’s prosperity. For one week, I will budget $1.50 per meal—or $31.50 for the week—and share my experience via social media. I would like to invite you to join me in this challenge. Together, we can help educate people about SNAP, fight the stigma too often wrongly associated with the program, and ultimately raise awareness that many of our neighbors continue to need assistance to put food on the table.
For more information on how to participate in the SNAP Challenge or on Hunger Action Month, please visit feedingamerica.org/hungeractionmonth.
| | | | Share Your Voice
“ Hunger is real. I work at a local food pantry that gives over 8,000 pounds of food each month. It shocks me day in and day out how many new faces we see. People who work and still cannot get by; they face the choice of feeding there kids or paying the light bill.” | | | | HUNGER QUIZ
True or False: When they are in school, children who are food insecure may experiences increases in an array of behavior problems including: fighting, hyperactivity, aggression, anxiety, mood swings, and bullying.  | | True | | | False | | | | | | |  |  | | FeedingAmerica.org | Donate Now | Our Privacy Policy | Forward this Email | Unsubscribe Feeding America is the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger. Feeding America is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit recognized by the IRS. You are receiving this message at ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. If you have any questions about this message or any other Feeding America issue, contact us or call 1-800-910-5524 | | | Feeding America
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