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May is
OLDER AMERICANS MONTH Among all client households with at least one member 65 or older, 28.7 percent indicated that they have had to choose between food and medical care and 30.8 percent had to choose between paying for food or heat/utilities. Elderly households are much less likely to receive food stamps than non-elderly households, even when expected benefits are roughly the same. TOO MANY SENIORS DO NOT GET ENOUGH TO EAT Read the Executive Director's letter
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Be An Advocate
Times were tough enough for area families before the economic downturn and 14,000 persons in NE Indiana make use of the services of a Community Harvest partner agency EACH WEEK. Contact your representatives in government to encourage them to act on behalf of your fellow Hoosiers.
CANSTRUCTION
Community Harvest thanks the 11 area high schools, the students and mentors, and team sponsors, and Three Rivers Federal Credit Union, the event sponsor. Many area families will have nutritious meals as a direct result of CANSTRUCTION. |
