To the Editor:
Hunger is a silent crisis in the USA. Every day, children in every county in the United States wake up hungry. They go to school hungry. They turn out the lights at night hungry."I thought, if I wasn't hungry during class I'd be able to actually focus on what we were learning,'' said Kathy, 10. As many as 17 million children nationwide are struggling with what is known as food insecurity. To put it another way, one in four children in the country is living without consistent access to enough nutritious food to live a healthy life. The consequences and costs of child hunger make addressing this issue an economic and societal imperative, in addition to an obvious moral obligation. I hope this article enlightens you and would love to see you all serving the poor and striking out the hunger in our country.
Boyapati Srita
Fairfax