Feeding Children in Portage County

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Feeding Children in Portage County 




Food insecurity is a harrowing problem for many families and communities around the world. According to Feeding America, 9 million children are hungry. But, food insecurity hits even closer to home. The food insecurity rate in Portage, Stark and Summit county is around 20% of children.

Programs such as School Lunch Program, WIC, SNAP and other government benefits are helpful to providing support to families, but at Kent State, we wanted to take it a step further.

A graduate student focused their master's project on discovering the severity of food insecurity for children in Portage County. Since then, Mighty Pack was born. A food insecurity service for children in Portage County, this service provides a weekend bag of food for children. Two breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack items are provided each week to various school and child development centers around Kent.

With the supervision of Dr. Natalie Caine-Bish; Graduate Assistants organize, plan and coordinate the Mighty Pack program. Weekly volunteers help to heat seal, pack and delivery the bags to various locations. It is with many people that this program is made possible.

If you or anyone else is interested in providing a helping hand or monetary donations, please contact Dr. Natalie Caine-Bish at ncaine@kent.edu.


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https://www.bencurtisfoundation.org/how-to-help/spread-the-word/#:~:text=The%20child%20food%20insecurity%20rate,22%2C570%20children%20in%20Summit%20County.

https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america#:~:text=Facts%20about%20hunger%20in%20America,United%20States%20are%20food%20insecure.

Comments

  1. McKenna PetersNovember 30, 2023 at 3:50 PM

    Food insecurity is such a big problem and I love how a graduate student focused on how they can make a difference locally to help! This article was really informative and I love how you provided the steps we can take to be part of the change and help out ourselves.

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  2. Leah LisleDecember 2, 2023 at 12:38 PM

    We love and appreciate the work done by many of our Graduate Assistants for Mighty Pack!!

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