To: The Arizona State House, The Arizona State Senate, and Governor Doug Ducey
Help End Childhood Hunger!
When kids are hungry, they struggle to learn. When kids don't learn, they struggle in life. Still, 16 million American kids -- in big cities and small towns, in blue states and red states – are at risk of going hungry today. In Arizona, 429,000 children live in poverty and struggle everyday to learn on empty stomachs. We can and we must do better.
It's time to work together to end childhood hunger.
It's time to work together to end childhood hunger.
Why is this important?
Right now, the childhood hunger problem in America is inexcusably big – affecting more than 1 in 5 children. We know that adequate food and good nutrition, particularly in a young child’s life, has a very important impact on a child’s capacity for future learning and on their lifelong economic productivity. But our leaders are not giving this problem the attention it warrants. In the name of deficit reduction, members of Congress are considering deep spending cuts to anti-hunger programs as part of this fall and winter’s budget debate. (In reality, cutting funding for programs like SNAP that alleviate hunger and poverty for children won’t make much of a dent in reducing our deficit: right now children receive less than 8% of federal funding. ) That debate provides and important opportunity for us to demonstrate public support for our vision of a country where everyone gets a fair shot in life. Hunger in America is big and is getting worse as income inequality becomes more extreme. This is a trend that we need to reverse now.
Sign this petition to urge our state legislators to work together to end childhood hunger in Arizona.
Thanks for your help!
Sign this petition to urge our state legislators to work together to end childhood hunger in Arizona.
Thanks for your help!