Food insecurity — not having enough food to eat — causes drastic and unhealthy coping solutions for many high school athletes in and around Philly, yet students have overcome its consequences. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Dr. Robynn Cox, Assistant Professor of Social Work Dept. of Social Change and Innovation, and Volunteer Director at the Pennsylvania Prison Society, John Hargreaves, discuss food security in the prison system. | From: EcoWURD Foodlab (Read more.)
The Ford Police Athletic League Center on Snyder Avenue is, for the first time, serving lunch to its 27 camp kids this summer, thanks to food from Philabundance, the hunger-relief agency. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Malnutrition is “an under-recognized problem” that may be on the rise among the elderly here and throughout the country as hunger increases, according to the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA) and other health professionals. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Rebel Ventures was one of five finalist teams vying for a $5,000 prize to pilot a project designed to tackle the city’s growing problem of hunger. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
The community leader organizes block parties, feeds the hungry and encourages neighbors to register to vote. | From: Generocity
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Five teams will vie for a $5,000 prize to help solve Philly’s hunger issues. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Local orgs are scrambling to help with food, housing, safety and cash. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
From WURD: Joel Berg is CEO, Hunger Free America, and author of “America, We Need to Talk” and Glenn Bergman is the CEO of Philabundance. They both join Wake Up With WURD to talk about their programs and to discuss the rise of hunger in Philadelphia. (Read more.)
Hundreds of hungry and food insecure college students turned up to campus food pantries this summer to supplement where financial aid, meal plans and part-time jobs fell short.
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