Hunger in America 2010 Results

The Second Harvest Food Bank has released results of a hunger study conducted in early 2009. The study was commissioned by Feeding America, the national food bank network that Second Harvest belongs to. This network is the country’s leading domestic hunger-relief organization.

Here are a few key findings:

• An estimated 72,600 different people receive emergency food each year through Second Harvest. This is a 40 percent increase from a study released in 2006.
• Of the 72,600 people, 30 percent are children under 18 years old, and 11 percent are seniors age 65 and older.
• In any given week, about 20,700 different people receive emergency food assistance through Second Harvest member food pantries, soup kitchens and short-term shelters.

Read more about the findings for northwest Pennsylvania. The full national report is available on Feeding America’s Web site.
 

The Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA is the largest nonprofit food distribution organization in northwest Pennsylvania. We solicit and distribute food to 254 member agencies, which serve 52,000 individuals in 11 counties.