May 24, 2005
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ON HUNGER AWARENESS DAY JUNE 7, 2005 PROTECT AMERICA'S NUTRITION SAFETY NET |
The nation's most important weapon against hunger—including childhood hunger—is the Food Stamp Program. [For Food Stamp Program Facts: click here]. Also critically important are the nation's child nutrition programs like school breakfast and lunch, summer and afterschool food, child care food, and WIC.
On this Hunger Awareness Day, help protect the nation's nutrition programs. In particular, Congress is considering cutting funds for or weakening the structure of the Food Stamp Program. Send Congress a message: Don't Cut Funds for or Change the Structure of the Food Stamp Program.
What is Hunger Awareness Day?
National Hunger Awareness Day is an effort to raise awareness of and efforts to help end hunger in America. It was created in 2002 in recognition that millions of Americans are living in households that are hungry or on the edge of hunger.
Tuesday, June 7, 2005 will mark this year's observance, with activities taking place in communities across America. Click on http://www.hungerday.org
What Can You Do on June 7th?
- Call Your Members of Congress (202-224-3121) and urge them to Protect
the Food Stamp Program against budget cuts or weakening structural
changes. Click here for Why
Food Stamps Matter: Talking Points, a paper prepared by America's
Second Harvest-The Nation's Food Bank Network, the Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities, and the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC).
- Ask your Mayor to issue a Hunger Awareness Day proclamation that
discusses hunger in your area and the importance of the Food Stamp
Program and other federal nutrition programs to your community. [link
to sample proclamation].
- Write a letter to the editor.
- Take your Members of Congress to visit programs in your community before or after Hunger Awareness Day (they will be in Washington, DC on Hunger Awareness Day).
Already Have Plans for Hunger Awareness Day? Add a Message to Congress!
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Add "Protect the Food Stamp Program" message to your invitations, literature, proclamations, and press releases.
Prepared by Food Research and Action Center, 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009; 202-986-2200; www.frac.org.
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