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To: peter gucker who wrote (9053)	3/30/1998 6:24:00 AM
From: Bobby Yellin	Respond to of 116759

35 million hungry americans Thanks Peter..glad you had such a gut reaction of once again *SHOOTING THE MESSENGER..PRETTY NAUSEATING ARTICLE.. it is too close to home...who would want to believe this could happen here..when times are so very wonderful..(North Korea,Africa,Indonesia yes..good old US no way!!!) 35 million ..article written by Cokie Robert,cohost of ABC's This Week and Steven Roberts..analyses politics for CNN and ABC.. contributing Cesar Soriano and Dennis McCaffery "Nearly 35 million americans live in hungry or "food-insecure" households says Tufts University Center on Hunger,Poverty and Nutritional Policy* "26 million americans received foord from food banks last years, says Second Harvest"((37.6 were male,62.4% female. Nearly 38% were 17 or younger. 47.1% were white) "60% of food bank clients have a high school diploma or better, according to Second Harvest. Nearly 19% have at least some college education" "requests for emergency food assistance rose 16% in 1997, the highest rate of increase since 1992,according to the mayor's conference. One-fifth of those requests were unmet because of lack of resources" I don't think "USA Weekend" would mind my using some of their quotes since part of the article is enlisting the help of fellow Americans..