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MONTGOMERY AND GREENE COUNTIES
REPORT NEARLY 40-THOUSAND
CHILDREN ARE CONSIDERED "FOOD
INSECURE." THAT MEANS THESE
KIDS AREN'T GETTING THE BASIC
NUTRITION NEEDED TO THRIVE.
BUT A STATEWIDE SUMMIT HELD
THIS WEEK IN CINCINNATI IS
PUSHING TO CORRECT THAT.
MARSHA BONHART SHOWS US WHAT'S
WORKING IN THE MIAMI VALLEY.
3
NAT SOT FOOD BANKMILLIONS OF
POUNDS OF FOOD PASS THROUGH
THE DOORS OF THE LOCAL
FOODBANK EACH YEAR.NATTHIS IS
WHERE FOOD IS SENT TO AGENCIES
IN 3 SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
RELIEVING HUNGER IN THE MIAMI
VALLEY."...THERE ARE SO MANY
FAMILIES STILL STRUGGLING WITH
UNEMPLOYMENT, UNDEREMPLOYMENT
CHRONIC UNEMPLOYMENT..."BUT
MANY OF HUNGER'S VICTIMS ARE
SMALL AND THAT IS THE FOCUS OF
A SUMMIT. HOW TO MAKE SURE
OHIO'S CHILDREN ARE EATING
PROPERLY."...WE NEED TO WORK W
SCHOOLS AND AGENCIES GETTING
THEM TO THE RIGHT PLACES TO
THE CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE
IS SPEARHEADING AN EFFORT TO
CONTINUE TO FEED CHILDREN NOT
ONLY THROUGH SCHOOL BREAKFAST
OFFERING MEALS THROUGHOUT THE
SUMMER. "..IT'S OUR BEST
INTEREST TO MAKE SURE YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE FED..." THE NEW,
STATEWIDE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE
MEALS TO KIDS DURING THE
SUMMER. THAT WILL CREATE A
MORE CONSISTENT WAY TO FEED
OHIO'S CHILDREN."...IT'S THE
LOCAL INDIVIDUALS, COUNCILMEN,
CHURCH GROUPS WHO CAN
DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND
FIND WAYS TO GET KIDS
THERE..." IN DAYTON, MARSHA
BONHART, 2 NEWS.