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LA Foodbank Volunteer Day6/19/2010, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Location: 1734 E. 41st Street Los Angeles, CA 90058. The Foodbank is located a block north of the Blue Line's Vernon Station. Come join your Student Council as we volunteer in the fight against Hunger! Receive Service Hours! Pick up waivers from Mrs. Simpson or Mr. Bush. America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s major food bank network, annually provides food to over 23 million people. That is more than the population of the state of Texas. Some 7 million people in the U.S. require food assistance in any given week. In 2002, 34.9 million people lived in households where they were not always sure there would be enough to eat. This number includes 13.1 million children. The USDA recently found that about 96 billion pounds of food, or 27 percent of the 356 billion pounds of the food available for human consumption in the United States, were lost at the retail, consumer and food service levels. Fresh fruits and vegetables, fluid milk, grain products, and sweeteners accounted for two-thirds of these losses. More than enough food is wasted in America than is needed to feed everyone in the country who experiences food insecurity or hunger. http://www.lafoodbank.org/ Calendar View » Monthly View » |
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