Spread the Sharing

Hunger is prevalent in the U.S. Here are a few stats from America’s Second Harvest, a national food bank.

In 2005, 35.1 million Americans lived in food insecure (low food security and very low food security) households.

In 2005, households with children reported food insecurity at almost double the rate for those without children, 15.6% compared to 8.5%.

In 2005, households that are more likely to experience food insecurity are female-headed households with children, households with incomes below the poverty line, and households that reside in principal cities within metropolitan areas or within non-metropolitan (rural) areas.

Country Crock has teamed up with America’s Second Harvest to help fight hunger in the U.S. and you can be a part of it. It’s really simple. Log onto Spreadthesharing.com and write about a time when you shared something - anything - with someone. For every story shared, Country Crock will donate a meal to America’s Second Harvest. The goal is to share one million meals by Thanksgiving of ‘07. As of today, 114, 344 meals have been donated. Let’s make it one million.