Staying Healthy In America

The world is not caring about the more important things in life such as being thankful for what they have and where they live, having great support systems, and being educated. All these things are great to have in order to be successful but in the shadows are the ones who don’t have the opportunity to have those things and not having these things lead to those who end being homeless, hungry, or resort to violence. I’m here to talk about the big thing that is constantly on TV but isn’t being taken into action and that thing is world hunger. World hunger is one of the main problems in America and even all around the world. I was watching TV and I noticed the BET awards was on and there were all these rich celebrities who have all this money

The only major political move in the United States to end hunger in recent years was made by president Obama, we simply can’t have that. Although we are a constitutional-republic, we cannot rely on one person or a few activist groups to do what we all know needs to be done. Do you think that we will rid this country of hunger if only a few of us try? We won’t. We may achieve some meaningful progress, but we will not completely destroy the simplistic monster that is hunger if we do not try as a people. So do me a favor, do yourself a favor, do your neighbor a favor, do a starving child a favor and join the fight to end hunger in

How many of you see poverty and hunger as a problem in the world? How many of you think that you cannot possibly help solve this problem?

For a nation of 323.1 billion people, it is astonishing to see the people of America unaware of some situations. According to The Center for Poverty Research, in 2015, an estimated 43.1 million Americans lived in poverty according to the official measure. We are not doing enough to help those in need. Of course there are places for people to get help but so many people are struggling. “In 2015, 12.2% of men lived in Poverty USA, and 14.8% of women lived in poverty” (The State of Poverty). As a nation, we could try to be more considerate to the people that need help. “Overall, the typical American defined as poor by the government has a car, air conditioning, a refrigerator, a stove, a clothes washer and dryer, and a microwave” (How Poor is America’s Poor?). Some people suffer silently. They may have all of these things but they will always be in need of assistance. Our government has ignored the poor people of America and it is time to take action. Already, there are food

In conclusion, hunger in America is at an all time high due to poverty and the economy. The increasingly high number of starving children has gone up over the past years and needs to be stopped. There are government programs set up to help stop hunger in American, such as, SNAP Food Stamps and WIC. We can get involved by volunteering with Feeding America or other non-for-profit organizations set for feeding the hungry. Food donations and monetary donations have always been a great way to help out for those who don’t have the time to donate.

You may think child hunger is only in a certain area or somewhere where it's really poor, but in reality the U.S has some crisis to and child hunger is one of them. Solving child hunger is not an easy thing to accomplish in solving, but in the U.S we can make a change by donating to food programs. Donating to food programs is not the only choice you can join the fight against child hunger, pack groceries, serve a meal, change a life by giving and pledge to volunteer. By helping and donating you just not only help provide plenty of meals for children around the U.S so that no child goes hungry, but change their lives and make them have a food-secure household. These are many ways people around the U.S are solving the problem to stop child hunger

Have you ever thought why it’s good to help starving people in the world? No? Well, the first thing is.. Do you know how many people die of starvation each year? Well, at least 9 million people die of starvation each year worldwide. Also, at least 1 child dies of starvation each 10 seconds of your day. Wouldn't you want to save starving people in the world that need to be fed and cared?

The amount of ways that everyone could help is countless, and it could be simple as selling a chocolate bar. It’s never too late to start helping. Like Barack Obama says “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek”. We have to be the generation that helps our people through this crisis, we have to get on our feets and do something. Now.

Homeless people, all around, are dealing with starvation. Searching recklessly day and night to find food, but all in all, it can change. One way for the homeless to receive this is by packing bags of food. At my church, they do this project called, “The Backpack Project.” A project where each student at a specific school is given a bag of food to have on the weekends. If people do the same for the homeless, giving bags of food would give them a sign of relief. Handing our smallest amount of change can also help with starvation. Whenever there’s a financial situation, it’s always good to have some money. It doesn’t have to

There are many reasons why the poor are our obligation and why we need to step up to help them. People who are living in hunger and poverty are the ones who experience hunger and cold daily. There is neither a place that makes them feel secure nor one that protects them from the unlikely environments. They stay on the roads waiting for a marvel or anyone that might feel their pain and help them out. Depending on where you live and how privileged you are,

“Hunger and World Poverty. About 21,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations. This is one person every four seconds, as you can see on this display. Sadly, it is children who die most often.” info from poverty.com. Sure everyone knows but how many people will stop at nothing to help them? Even in our own country we have kids starving and people

It is time to start treating others the way you want to be treated. We have neighbors that are suffering from poverty, starvation, and hunger. I do not know about you but if I were suffering like that I would love for my fellow American’s to lend a hand. I believe in an America where the citizens help other citizens out.

If everyone would give away to others what they don’t need to survive, the lives of millions, maybe even billions, would drastically change for the better. But it would still not solve the issue of world poverty. Americans have much that is taken for granted and an exorbitant amount of abundance, it is easy to be short sighted and not consider others are barely surviving. Athletes in the sporting industry, for

During my spring semester here at Our Lady of the Lake I had the wonderful opportunity to volunteer with the Greater Baton Rouge Foodbank; I got the chance to be a part of a team that is dedicated to serving those that are suffering from hunger in the Baton Rouge community. Many people in this community cannot afford nutritious meals for themselves or their families every day. With supermarket prices constantly rising everyday makes it even harder for people with low paying jobs to provide for their family. These individuals are struggling to stay afloat in all of the mandatory bills they have to pay. It is not their fault though, most of the people with low paying jobs have these jobs because that is all they qualified for. Many people lack

Extreme poverty is mostly overlooked. Sometimes we see glimpses of extreme poverty on television ads which show children and adults who are clearly lacking nutrition and health care. Often those that are living in extreme conditions like this look alarmingly skinny or show signs of a disease. We look at that on television or maybe newspaper and we feel sorry but most of us don’t take any action. We each could chip in just a little bit and it could go a long way. There has been improvement but it’s not nearly enough. It’s horrible to know that these people are dying because of a lack of resources.