Food Insecurity

       Food insecurity is defined as lack of access to the necessary amount of food for all members of the household to be active and healthy. This means that families that struggle with food insecurity must often choose between food and other necessities such housing bills, car payments, etc. This issue becomes increasingly harder when school is out. Kids are guaranteed one meal a day at school. Parents are guaranteed that one of their kids' meals is payed for, in school. When there is no school, this guarantee is gone for both the parents and children. Through ensuring that food shelves have the necessary items, many families will gain a meal that would otherwise be lost.

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       Additionally, when a person or family can go to the food shelf to get food, it allows them to focus their money, energy, and worries towards other things. Many of us can only imagine how hard it would be to function without having food. Many of us can only imagine how hard it would be to look at our kids and not know where their next meal will come from, or if will come at all. Let's take a moment to imagine that. Now let's acknowledge that for some people this is not fiction, it is their reality. And finally, let's take action. Lets help those students, parents, and elders get the food they need.

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• 1/11 households in Minnesota are affected by food insecurity

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• 98% of food insecure households worry that they will run out of food before they have the money to buy more, cannot afford a balanced meal, or regularly skip meals

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• The cost of hunger for the state of Minnesota is 1.6 billion dollars

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• Over 500,000 people in Minnesota are food insecure

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