Being “hungry” means your family doesn’t have enough money to provide three meals a day. The...
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Being “hungry” means your family doesn’t have enough money to provide three meals a day. The Food Bank for Westchester estimates that there are 200,000
Being hungry means your family doesnt have enough money to
provide three meals a day. The Food Bank for Westchester estimates
that there are 200,000 Westchester residents hungry or at risk of
hunger.
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36% are kids 28% are kids ages 6-18 30% are senior citizens 71%
have a household income below the federal poverty level ($21,000
for a family of four) 41% have at least one full-time employed
family member
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Kids who are hungry or poorly nutritioned cannot focus in
school, do not have much energy, are more likely to act badly
toward each other, and give themselves low scores when rating
future success.
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The Food Bank of Westchester distributed 780,769 pounds of
fresh garden produce last year, and over 4 million pounds of food
overall. 700 pounds of that food were grown right here.
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We are committed to: Helping our community Helping our
environment Building a caring community Carrying what weve learned
to our future communities
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We Grow Squashes
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We Grow Pod Vegetables
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We Grow Herbs and
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Fruit!!
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Cruciferous vegetables
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Part of our community service is sustaining the ecosystem that
produces our food. We tend to the soil and the worms, plant guard
flowers, and trick the pests right out of their socks.
