Hunger in our community?

posted Mar 27, 2011 4:01 PM by Candace Winslow   [ updated Apr 16, 2011 5:40 PM ]
Somewhere in Clinton County right now, there is a child who does not get enough to eat.

There are over 8,000 people in Clinton County who struggle to get enough to eat. Good people with plenty are often unaware of how impossible it is to buy food with low income, rising costs, and reduced public assistance. Jobs like those at Walmart and Meijers do not pay enough to support families at or just above the poverty line. 

  
Somewhere in Clinton County right now, there is an elderly man who cannot buy food because he has to use his $900 Social Security check on rent, utilities and prescriptions.
 
Somewhere in Clinton County right now, a parent is sick with stress and worry about how they will feed their children for the next week until they get paid again; and how their children will be healthy without getting fresh fruits and vegetables.

The following video represents just one community. Michigan has many people including children suffering similar situations. We can only hope our legislators and the large corporations that are influencing them will not turn a blind eye.