Hello, my name is Anna Katherine Kimbrough and I have been given an amazing opportunity to work on Auburn University’s Beat Bama Food Drive as Director of Committee this year.
Today in America, 23 million people are hungry. But it’s not just a national problem. Hunger exists right here in East Central Alabama. Food insecurity is closely linked to poverty. People suffer from hunger and food insecurity when they do not have the money to purchase nutritionally adequate food. More than 15 percent of Alabama residents live in poverty. In some counties in our service area, the number rises to almost 30 percent – one out of every three residents.
From now until November 16th we are working to collect donations and cans of food to help support the Food Bank of East Alabama. Each dollar raised buys 7 pounds of food for a family in need. Please help me in fighting food insecurity and beating Bama!