An excerpt from the article by by Bill DeYoung published March 30, 2021 on stpetecatalyst.com:
"Forty minutes into Monday’s Suncoast Tiger Bay Club virtual forum The Face of Hunger: Food Insecurity in Our Community, one viewer’s observation and question seemed to explode one of the most common misconceptions about this hot-button, and critically important, topic.
“Confirming that nutrition inequity exists all across St. Pete and not just on the southern side,” she said, then asked: “This issue affects all communities – unfortunately, though, it’s concentrated in South St. Pete. Correct?”
Mandy Cloninger, Feeding Tampa Bay’s Chief Impact Officer, fielded the query.
Hunger, she said, is “in your back yard. One in four children are hungry; one in six neighbors are hungry … I would imagine there’s even someone on this call who experiences food insecurity and is stretching their budget. So it’s an inner city, rural and urban problem. It’s suburban. It’s literally all across our community.”
Read the entire article: https://stpetecatalyst.com/tiger-bay-panel-talks-alleviating-food-insecurity-hunger-in-st-pete/
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