A roof over your head. A warm meal to eat. The comforts of home we sometimes take for granted are often unaffordable luxuries for many Americans and their families. Did you know that 36 million Americans are food-insecure, meaning they have limited or uncertain access to nutritionally adequate and safe food. This very second, millions of Americans are struggling with hunger. We all know and are in contact with people affected by hunger, even though we might not be aware of it.

Victims of hunger are often hard-working adults, children and seniors who simply cannot make ends meet and are forced to go without food for several meals, or even days. Most of us simply have no idea. It’s time to educate ourselves about America’s hunger problem.