HUNGER: We Can End It

I occasionally volunteer at our local food bank. I love playing “point person.” That’s when I get to be the one who rolls out a shopping cart filled with donated food to recipients’ cars. I see smiles of gratitude and hear heartfelt thank yous as I load shopping bags of food into trunks and back seats. 

Most recipients and their vehicles don’t seem that different. There were a couple times in my youth when I could have been the one receiving the handout. Here in the Philadelphia region, they say about one in five children is food insecure.

My once-a-month act of fighting hunger often reminds me how vulnerable we all are—and how miraculous it is that donors and volunteers always seem to appear when needed. It’s people helping people, and it’s a beautiful thing to see.

Please watch our 6-minute short film Hunger: We Can End It, and consider how you can help be part of the solution. —Jonathan