Stop Hunger Now

Doing Something About Hunger

South United Methodist Church and Stop Hunger Now teamed up for a meal packaging event this weekend. .

The need is great. There are still many people going hungry. 805 million people continue to struggle with hunger every day. 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty — on less than $1.25 per day. Each year, 2.6 million children die as a result of hunger-related causes.

Think nothing can be done about it?

There's a lot more latitude than you think. The global retail ice cream industry revenue is estimated to reach $74 billion by 2018. Favorable demographic factors, rising consumer disposable income, and consumer's awareness toward frozen dessert mainly drive the demand. The disposable income is there.

Still not getting the connection? 

We do not need to do this alone. Today we volunteered time to Stop Hunger Now. In about 90 minutes we put together 10,000 meals to be shipped to hungry people in places like Hatii and the Dominican Republic. The cost was a few thousand dollars.

When Christ said, "The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me." He meant it is up to us to do something about it. A little less ice cream and a little more generosity can make a huge difference. Stop Hunger now serves people in 65 countries and to date has assembled almost 193 million meals.