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Chicagoland Apartment Association Kicks Off 2019 With a Food Drive

February 8, 2019

This January, the Chicagoland Apartment Association hosted a peanut butter & jelly food drive during their New Year's Kickoff Event at Morgan Manufacturing.

Peanut butter is highly requested by food banks because it's a great source of protein, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a nutritious, delicious meal for people of all ages!

The Chicagoland Apartment Association collected 270 lbs. of food during the event, which is enough to provide 225 meals!  Our friends at MiniMoves and CORT Chicago were also a great help.  MiniMoves donated the collection boxes for the event, and CORT Chicago picked up the food and delivered it to the Schaumburg Food Pantry.

More than 659,000 people in the Greater Chicago area are food insecure. Thank you to the Chicagoland Apartment Association, MiniMoves, and CORT Chicago for making a New Year's resolution to fight hunger!

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Inflation & food insecurity are on the rise

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. 

USDA TERMINATES FOOD SECURITY REPORT 

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.

Read more on the cancellation of food insecurity survey

 

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