Each one of us can do something to fight hunger in our community. Start a food program. Make a financial contribution. Fight for legislation that supports those struggling to make ends meet. Learn more about hunger.
Most people accessing charitable food assistance are women.
Los Angeles Regional Foodbank clients need food assistance for one basic reason - poverty. An equal number did not buy needed medicine in order to buy food. Other factors associated with hunger and poverty compound the problem, making it difficult for clients to achieve economic independence and an adequate standard of living. Other Hunger Organizations America's Second Harvest National Food Bank Network feeds hungry people by soliciting and distributing food and grocery products through a nationwide network of certified affiliate food banks. It also works to educate the public about the nature of and solutions to the problem of domestic hunger.