ORANGE COUNTY NONPROFIT WORKS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER WITH CHILDREN IN OC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MORE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE GOING TO FOOD BANKS
ORANGE COUNTY NONPROFIT WORKS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER WITH CHILDREN IN OC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
BUENA PARK, Calif. (May 28, 2008) – The Today Show aired the segment “Middle Class Misery”: More Families Headed to Food Banks” this week about how more middle class families are struggling to buy groceries and end up at food banks to get by.
In some parts of the country, the Today Show reported, “the public school system has found students hoarding their free and reduced-price lunches so they can bring them home and have something to eat at night.”
Giving Children Hope is working to reduce the hunger in children in Orange County by providing backpacks full of nutritious food. The “We’ve Got Your Back” program is a local program that serves children in Orange County elementary schools that are enrolled in a free or reduced lunch program and have been identified as homeless or having food insecurity. Elementary students ages 5 to 11 are enrolled in a Nutrition Club and learn about healthy diet and wellness in addition to taking home well-balanced meals to sustain them over their weekends.
There are over 16,000 homeless children in Orange County. More than 5,000 of these children are under the age of 5 and 10,000 are between the ages of 6 and 17, according to the 2006 Orange County Community Indicators Project. According to the report, Orange County has the highest proportion of families that are homeless.
Giving Children Hope is an Orange County, California faith-based nonprofit organization engaged in domestic and international poverty alleviation through disaster relief, medical development, vocational training and advocacy.
Media Contact:
Harmony Trevino
Giving Children Hope
Communications Coordinator
Ph: 714-523-4454 x. 112
htrevino@godaid.org
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ORANGE COUNTY NONPROFIT WORKS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER WITH CHILDREN IN OC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MORE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE GOING TO FOOD BANKS
ORANGE COUNTY NONPROFIT WORKS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER WITH CHILDREN IN OC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
BUENA PARK, Calif. (May 28, 2008) – The Today Show aired the segment “Middle Class Misery”: More Families Headed to Food Banks” this week about how more middle class families are struggling to buy groceries and end up at food banks to get by.
In some parts of the country, the Today Show reported, “the public school system has found students hoarding their free and reduced-price lunches so they can bring them home and have something to eat at night.”
Giving Children Hope is working to reduce the hunger in children in Orange County by providing backpacks full of nutritious food. The “We’ve Got Your Back” program is a local program that serves children in Orange County elementary schools that are enrolled in a free or reduced lunch program and have been identified as homeless or having food insecurity. Elementary students ages 5 to 11 are enrolled in a Nutrition Club and learn about healthy diet and wellness in addition to taking home well-balanced meals to sustain them over their weekends.
There are over 16,000 homeless children in Orange County. More than 5,000 of these children are under the age of 5 and 10,000 are between the ages of 6 and 17, according to the 2006 Orange County Community Indicators Project. According to the report, Orange County has the highest proportion of families that are homeless.
Giving Children Hope is an Orange County, California faith-based nonprofit organization engaged in domestic and international poverty alleviation through disaster relief, medical development, vocational training and advocacy.
Media Contact:
Harmony Trevino
Giving Children Hope
Communications Coordinator
Ph: 714-523-4454 x. 112
htrevino@godaid.org
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