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The Role Of Hunger In America

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In the central and southeast of Indiana alone, there are one out of eight people that deal with hunger problems. Gleaners works with around two-hundred and fifty charities to help with hunger in Indianapolis and this helps feed over two hundred and sixty thousand people. Most of these people that they serve are children’s and seniors. There is a diversity of people that they help. They serve to about sixty-six percent to white, twenty-two percent are black and six percent are Latino. Not only do they deal with people with different race but also help many people that have low wages or unemployment. There is seventy percent of the people that are served that are living or under the 100% line for poverty and more than half of the people they serve food to make less than ten thousand dollars for them annul income. …show more content…
Nine percent of the people they serve are currently in school rather that could be full-time or part-time. Not only do they have to make a decision about education, but other things that can affect their lifestyle greatly. They often have to make hard choices that have such a big an impact in their life. They have to decide rather they would want to pay for food or rather that they should pay for their transporting, medicine/medical bills, utilities, and housing. More than sixty-five percent of the people they serve have to make these decisions. This percent is very high and these decisions will have a huge impact on their lives. People should not have to make the decisions between rather they starve or be healthy or have place to stay. I think it is hard to imagine that many people have to make such hard decisions in their