hunger in lake tahoe
Page & Sage Provides Weekly Bag of Food and a Book to South Lake Tahoe Students
Submitted by paula on Wed, 03/19/2014 - 9:27pmThe goal is simple, "Helping the youth of South Lake Tahoe to be well read and well fed."
Hunger isn't just an inner city problem. Hunger isn't just a third world problem. Hunger affects approximately 16 million children in the United States with 3 million rural community households being "food insecure."
How can children focus on solving a math problem or writing an English paper when he or she is trying to ignore the persistent pangs of hunger? School work is forced to compete with hunger.