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2012 BLUE JEAN BASH
Saturday, May 12th
7-11-p.m.
The Red Barn on
Harness Creek
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details and order form.
Check out photos
from the 2011 Bash


Support FoodLink...
drop off cans or bags of
beans and boxes or bags
of rice to the Chevys
Fresh Mex restaurant on
Solomons Island Road
for our "Fill the Bus"
campaign! (When we
have filled a bus with
these donations,
we'll drive it to
Food Link to help
needy families.)

Meet Our Volunteers

Severna Park
Elementary School's
"Big Cheese
Competition" collects
over 2,000 boxes of
macaroni and cheese
for Food Link"
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Read Hunger in
Our Community,
by Prof. Beth Wyler
April 2009

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Compiled by Professor Beth Wyler, Anne Arundel Community College

To underscore the needs of people in our community, here are a few facts about hunger and the financial state of people in our country, our state and Anne Arundel County:

• More than 466,000 Maryland resiidents (8.3% of state population) live below the national poverty line. More than 25,600 residents of Anne Arundel County (5.0% of the county population) live below the national poverty line. (US Census Bureau QuickFacts)
  
  
• According to the USDA, an estimated 36.2 million individuals including 12.4 million children are food insecure (11.1% of population), meaning these households are uncertain of having, or unable to acquire enough food to meet the needs of all their members due to limitations of money and other resources. (USSA/ERS, Household Food Security in the United States: 2007)
  
  
• 30.2% of households headed by a single woman are food insecure. (USSA/ERS, Household Food Security in the United States: 2007)
  
  
• Nearly half of the population (45%) relying on food assistance in Maryland report having to choose between paying for heat and utilities. (Maryland Food Bank)
  
  
• An estimated 17% of all people in need of food assistance and 15% of households with children needing assistance are not receiving it. (U.S. Conference of Mayors, A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities: A 23-City Survey, December 2007)
  
  
• 37% of Maryland's households cannot afford rental units. Even in the state's most afffordable rental housing jurisdictions, a minimum wage worker needs to work 80 hours a week to pay for a two-bedroom apartment. (Maryland Food Bank)
  
  
• The unemployment rate in Marylaand was 6.2% in January 2009. In January 2008, the unemployment rate was 3.6%. January's unemployment rate was the highest since April 1992 (6.9%). (Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics)