They can be short or tall, with brown hair or red hair, young or old. It could be someone you see every day in your neighborhood or on the the playground. There are a lot of different reasons why people go hungry, but it's not their fault. Luckily, there's a special place people can go to get food. It's called a food bank.
People can come to the food bank to get food to help feed their families.
This is the Cherry Street Food Bank in Seattle. Learn more about the food bank in your town, the people it helps and maybe even bring some food to the food bank, or organize a food drive. Here's a letter from one group of students who decided to do just that. Read about what one second-grader did to fight hunger in his community. If you would like to volunteer to help Northwest Harvest, fill out our volunteer application .