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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=ruglucia@PAHO.ORG
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face=Arial color=maroon
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">HUNGER
IN AMERICA 2006<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face=Arial color=maroon
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">National
Report Prepared for America’s Second Harvest<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN></FONT></I></B><I><FONT
face=Arial color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Final
Report</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">March
2006<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">America</SPAN></FONT></B></st1:country-region><B><FONT
face=Arial color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’s
Second Harvest—The Nation’s Food Bank Network, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">IL</st1:State></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mathematica
Policy Research, Inc. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Princeton</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NJ</st1:State></st1:place>
</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-
</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">MPR
Reference No.: 6100-500<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Summary: <A
href="http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/finalhungerexecsumm.pdf"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399">http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/finalhungerexecsumm.pdf</SPAN></FONT></A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Full
report PDF file [306p.] at <A
href="http://www.hungerinamerica.org/export/sites/hungerinamerica/about_the_study/A2HNationalReport.pdf"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399">http://www.hungerinamerica.org/export/sites/hungerinamerica/about_the_study/A2HNationalReport.pdf</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 11.25pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"><FONT
face=Arial color=#333399 size=2><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“……a comprehensive
profile of the incidence and nature of hunger and food insecurity in the
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region><BR>The study provides extensive
demographic profiles of emergency food clients at charitable feeding agencies
and comprehensive information on the nature and efficacy of local agencies in
meeting the food security needs …..”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“……..</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Despite America's
great wealth, millions of Americans do not have enough food to eat each day,
according to the largest and most comprehensive study to date of this issue.
More than 25 million people use food banks and food-rescue organizations in the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s Second Harvest network each
year. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This
paradox of hunger amid plenty is a threat to our national prosperity and
collective well-being. Mathematica coordinated this comprehensive survey of over
30,000 charitable agencies and 52,000 needy individuals across the country. The
findings show that 36 percent of those served by the network are working poor.
In addition, nine million children and three million senior citizens use
emergency food assistance each year.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><I><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">America’s
Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">is
the largest domestic hunger-relief charity in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">
</SPAN></FONT>States</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The Network consists of
more than 200 food banks and</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">food-rescue
organizations. The Network, in all, is comprised of</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">approximately
80% of all food banks in the nation, according</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">to
USDA. The America’s Second Harvest Network secures and</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">distributes
more than 2 billion pounds of food and grocery</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">products
to 44,000 charitable feeding agencies, including</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">pantries,
kitchens, and shelters. Those agencies in turn feed an</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">estimated
25 million Americans in need each year</SPAN></FONT></I><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">…..”</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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