Hunger in America
Sodexo and the Sodexo Foundation are working every day to fight hunger in America. But there is more work to be done, and you can help.
Working toward a better America.
At the end of every day, men, women, and children across America go to bed hungry. As a part of the world's most prosperous country, Sodexo and the Sodexo Foundation see this as an unacceptable fact and have vowed to help make America a hunger-free nation. Through the efforts of our Heroes of Everyday Life, STOP Hunger Scholarship recipients, countless other volunteers, and programs such as Feeding Our Future®, we are making a positive impact in the fight against hunger. But as the facts show, there is much more work to be done.
- 35.5 million people in the United States are at risk of hunger1
- 12.6 million of those people are children1
- 30.4% of families comprised of single mothers and their children are food insecure
- 1.59 million households with seniors are food insecure
- Nearly 10% of America's seniors live below the poverty line
- More than 11% of the United States' population suffers from food insecurity
Read America's Second Harvest study on Hunger in America 2006 and The Almanac of Hunger and Poverty in America 2007.
1 Nord. M, Andres, M., and Carlson, S. “Household Food Security in the United States. 2006.” USDA Economic Research Report No. (ERR-49). 2007.
