Today, Rabbi Bennett tipped me off that an article very relevant to this week's SNAP Challenge, The New Face of Food Stamps: Working-age Americans, was published in today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Instead of children and the elderly comprising the majority of national food stamp recipients, that title now belongs to working-age Americans. Many of these recipients have some college education. Read the Story Online
Additionally, according to the article, President Barack Obama's State of the Union address is expected to focus in part on reducing income inequality. You can see his 2014 State of the Union Address live tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, at 8 p.m. C.S.T., on television. Or, watch it online for what the White House is calling an "enhanced viewing experience." State of the Union Online
Can You Imagine What Hunger Feels Like?
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From Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2014, members, staff and clergy of Congregation Shaare Emeth will take the SNAP Challenge and try to live on the average food budget of a Missouri SNAP recipient – just $29.25 per week or less than $1.40 per meal. SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as Food Stamps). Why are we doing this? To raise awareness about the struggles faced by millions of food-insecure households, to experience first-hand how difficult it is to afford nutritious foods, and to renew our commitment to do what we can to put an end to hunger.Please join us by attending one of our hunger events, following our blog as we document our experiences (subscribe by email in the box on the right, subscribe to the blog feed, or check back daily), joining as SNAP Challenge participant and blog author, or participating in an alternate way. Let's all learn a little more about what it's like to live solely on food stamps.
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