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of some sort, and according to Feeding America, 16.5
percent of San Diego's kids are food insecure. "Nobody
really understands who the face of hunger is," says Allison
Glader, a former board member of Feeding San Diego who
currently manages the organization's strategic marketing
and communications. "Less than ten percent are homeless.
It's really families working two jobs. It's expensive to live
here, and one thing sets them over the edge."
When we first think of hunger, the cautionary tales we were
told as children about starving people in faraway countries
as a nudge to finish our meals may come to mind. e
reality, unfortunately, is that it is also so much closer to
home. As people in places from school cafeterias to local
food assistance programs can attest, hunger is all around
us, among the people we meet every day. It's estimated
that roughly one-third of San Diegans face food insecurity
Waste Not
A LITTLE EXTRA TURNS INTO A WHOLE LOT FOR SAN DIEGO'S HUNGRY
Feeding San Diego Chief Strategy Officer Bob Kamensky, Chief Supply
Chain Officer Patty O'Connor, Mark Loretta, major league baseball veteran
and FSD board member, and Juan Gil-Ramirez, investor, entrepreneur, and
FSD board member at the Feeding San Diego distribution center
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