The Million Meals Committee was founded by The Coordinating Council of Broward in 2001. In 2004, the Children's Services Council of Broward County provided funding to support committee staff and activities. This ambitious countywide effort is driven by a five year strategic plan designed to fill and maintain the food pantries throughout the county. During the first year of CSC support, the Million Meals Committee exceeded its goal by collecting enough food to provide Broward’s needy residents with a total of 1,021,493 meals!
Million Meals List of Food Banks & Pantries
Million Meals Map of Food Banks & Pantries
FEEDING FLORIDA'S HUNGRY KIDS
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Food stamps: 1.2 million people get food stamps; Florida ranks 48th among states on eligibles receiving food stamps (45-51 percent of eligibles enrolled)
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School breakfast: 430,275 students eat free or discounted breakfasts
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School lunch: 984,164 students eat free or discounted lunches
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Source: Food Research and Action Center, State of States 2005 report, http://www.frac.org/
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Summer lunch: 161,808 students eat free or discounted lunches in summer
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HUNGER INITIATIVES
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 A Blueprint To End Hunger
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At The Table USDA FNS Newsletter Southeast Region
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Broward Food Security Survey Executive Summary
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Broward Hunger Survey Report
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Broward Million Meals Food Drive Collection Schedule
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Churches That Are Clients of Broward County Food Banks
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Community Nutrition Project For Seniors In Fort Lauderdale
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Food Research & Action Center Weekly News Digest
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Seeds Of Change Newsletter
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What's MOO At The Clearinghouse
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Who's Eligible For Food Stamps in Florida?
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PRODUCERS AGREE TO SEND HEALTHIER FOODS TO SCHOOLS
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From New York Times: Former President Bill Clinton, who announced an agreement with snack producers to put healthier items in school, talked with students at A. Philip Randolph High School in Manhattan after the announcement.
In an effort to fight the rise in childhood obesity, five of the country's largest snack food producers said yesterday they would start providing more nutritious foods to schools, replacing sugary, fat-laden products in vending machines and cafeterias.
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Click here for entire article
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SUMMER IS NO PICNIC FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN MISSING SCHOOL MEALS
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About 2.8 million children received meals at parks, schools, religious congregations, recreational programs, and other community sites through U.S. Department of Agriculture summer meals programs on an average day in July 2005. Unfortunately, that represented only 18 children for every 100 who receive a free or reduced-price school lunch in the regular school year, according to the new report "Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation" from the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC).
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Click here for entire article
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MORE THAN 13 MILLION CHILDREN FACE FOOD INSECURITY
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The Children's Defense Fund released a report on the effects of child hunger and food insecurity, which is defined as the lack of consistent access to enough food to ensure active, healthy living. CDF's report shows that hunger is leaving many of America's families and children behind, with effects that range from health problems to academic achievement delays and social difficulties. According to the most recent figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 13.3 million American children were food insecure in 2003; of these, 420,000 lived in households where someone had to go hungry. Overall, 36.3 million Americans experienced food insecurity in 2003, 1.4 million more than in 2002, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Childrens Defense Fund - Food Insecurity
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Childrens Defense Fund - Press Release
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FACTS ABOUT HUNGER
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Lack of dietary diversity and essential minerals and vitamins also contributes to increased child and adult mortality. Vitamin A deficiency impairs the immune system, increasing the annual death toll from measles and other diseases by an estimated 1.3 million-2.5 million children.
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Malnutrition can severely affect a child's intellectual development. Malnourished children often have stunted growth and score significantly lower on math and language achievement tests than do well-nourished children.
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More than 153 million of the world's malnourished people are children under the age of 5.
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More than 840 million people in the world are malnourished — 799 million of them live in the developing world
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Most of the widespread hunger in a world of plenty results from grinding, deeply rooted poverty. In any given year, however, between 5 and 10 percent of the total can be traced to specific events: droughts or floods, armed conflict, political, social and economic disruptions.
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Six million children under the age of 5 die every year as a result of hunger.
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While every country in the world has the potential of growing enough food to feed itself, 54 nations currently do not produce enough food to feed their populations, nor can they afford to import the necessary commodities to make up the gap. Most of these countries are in sub-Saharan Africa.
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HUNGER RELATED LINKS
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America's Second Harvest
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Bread For The World
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Broward's Cooperative Feeding Program
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CDC's Nutrition & Physical Activity
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Center On Hunger & Poverty
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Community Nutrition Awareness Project (CNAP) Through NSU
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Cross Road Food Bank, Inc. of Broward
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Cross Road Food Bank, Inc. of Broward Video
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Florida's DCF: Food Stamps, Medicaid, etc.
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Food Research & Action Center
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The Jubilee Center of South Broward
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USDA Food Assistance
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World Hunger Year
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