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DESCRIPTION:TUESDAY, JUNE 5 IS HUNGER AWARENESS DAY\n\nRally at Union Square, web site 
 www.EndHungerinSF.org   Featured in City-wide Campaign to End Hunger 
 \n\n(San Francisco) A city-wide poster campaign and noon rally at Union 
 Square and will mark San Francisco's observance of National Hunger 
 Awareness Day, Tuesday, June 5.  One of every 5 San Franciscans faces 
 hunger every day, according to hunger experts - and one of every four 
 children.  As poverty expands, the problem of hunger has grown with it. 
 \n\nThe faces of hunger include the elderly woman whose Social Security 
 check doesn't cover her expenses; the man living with AIDS who has just 
 enough money to pay for rent and medications but not enough to buy food; 
 the homeless family that relies on meal providers like St. Anthony's Dining 
 Room for the nutritional support they need to survive; the child whose 
 working mother has "too much month at the end of the money." \n\nThree 
 prominent "hunger fighters" will be available at Union Square to discuss 
 this issue and put a human face on hunger in San Francisco and the Bay 
 Area:\n\n* Father John Hardin, OFM, Executive Director, St. Anthony 
 Foundation. Every day, Saint Anthony's serves more than 2,500 plates of 
 food to poor, disabled, elderly and working poor patrons - an increase of 
 more than 25% in just the last five years. \n\n* Paul Ash, Executive 
 Director, San Francisco Food Bank.  Every day, the San Francisco Food Bank 
 distributes more than 108,000 pounds of food through neighborhood food 
 pantries, community organizations and after school snack programs - enough 
 food for more than 55,000 meals. \n\n* Tom Nolan, Executive Director, 
 Project Open Hand.  Every day, Project Open Hand delivers more than 2,600 
 meals to people living with HIV/AIDS, homebound with a critical illness, 
 and senior citizens, and distributes around 500 bags of groceries to people 
 living with HIV/AIDS. \n\nIn addition, their three organizations have 
 created billboards and bus signs   that will be appearing across the city 
 for observing Hunger Awareness Day.  The billboards show a stylized figure 
 with an empty stomach and feature the website, www.EndHungerinSF.org  , 
 which recommends actions to help end hunger in our city.  For more 
 information on San Francisco's Hunger Awareness Day, go to 
 www.EndHungerInSF.org  .\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/31/18423202.php
SUMMARY:Hunger Awarness Day
LOCATION:Union Square in San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/31/18423202.php
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