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Phoenix Charter School Collects More Than 700 Pounds of Food!

January 13, 2017

Elementary school students, as well as their parents and faculty, at Bennett Academy Charter School in Phoenix, Arizona collected more than 700 pounds of food during the food drive they hosted from November 7-December 2! That's enough to provide 585 meals.

The team of students that collected the most food won a week of dress down days, meaning that for a whole week they did not have to wear their school uniform. Not a bad deal!

Our friends at Atlantic Relocation Systems of Phoenix, an Atlas agent, generously donated boxes for the event and volunteered to transport all of the donations to St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance.

There are over 249,000 food insecure children in and around Phoenix, AZ. Food drives like this one help to keep their shelves stocked. Thank you to the entire Bennett Academy comunity, and Atlantic Relocation Systems for recognizing the urgency of the problem and taking action!

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Cuts to SNAP benefits and inflation have had a devastating economic impact and filled the lines at food banks and pantries across the country. More than 47 million Americans including 1 in 5 children are struggling with food insecurity and do not know where their next meal is coming from. 

For people of color and other minorities, the situation is even worse. Hunger disproportionately affects the Black population, the Latinx community, LGBTQ+ individuals, and more. 

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September 22: The USDA announced termination of future Household Food Security Reports USDA, which had tracked hunger nationwide for nearly 30 years. The most recent data revealed that one in seven households — 47.4 million people, including 13.8 million children — were food insecure. For more than three decades, the report was been the gold standard for measuring whether a household lacks consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life. “Eliminating data collection strips away the evidence that proves these programs work, where investment is needed, and who is being left out,” Crystal FitzSimons, president, Food Research & Action Center said in a statement.

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