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Student Hunger Doesn’t Stop with Summer Break

Our Teens Are Hungry  Nine million children in the U.S. are living with hunger. That’s 1 in 8 young people. Hunger is a serious problem in this country, and although research has shown that households that have older kids experience higher rates of food insecurity than households with younger children,

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Alana Moore July 6, 2023

Hunger Hurts: One Story of Healing from Food Insecurity

Emptiness, gnawing, cramping abdominal pain, dizziness, headache and hopelessness – these are only a few of the symptoms of a grievous, albeit completely preventable, condition known as … hunger.  Maddie is one of those students who was hungry. As a 7th grader, she came to Northmen Dens looking for help.

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Alana Moore December 13, 2022