Fighting hunger and food insecurity is a year-round battle, but during the month of September, Hunger Action Month, we ask our supporters to raise awareness on food insecurity.
For college students, being food insecure has become a stigmatized norm. Many students across Los Angeles County will head to class with empty stomachs, causing a distracted mind, and preventing them from learning in the classrooms.
Well over half of Cerritos College students are faced with the daunting decision of having to choose between purchasing food or buying school textbooks, or even foregoing higher education to be able to put food on the table for themselves or their families.
With more than two million people facing food insecurity in Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank has turned into a lifeline for many people in Los Angeles County Angelenos.
One in five people in Los Angeles County experience food insecurity. These are the food bank’s answers to the 10 most common asked questions by residents.
King’s Hawaiian held an employee giving campaign and volunteered to help fight hunger in their community.