http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/index.php?id=10256
For all the complaints conservative Americans have against President Obama and his new administration, there honestly should be no complaints against this new "Neighbor" campaign.
President Obama is proposing that each and every American donate in some way to relieve hunger. Different ways that this can be accomplished are donating food to food banks and other organizations that provide food to groups of people unable to obtain it, volunteering to serve a meal in a soup kitchen or donating your time working in a food bank. Of course, cash donations to charitable organizations are always nice and eternally welcome.
Most Americans have enough to eat every day. However, in 2008, 14.6 percent of American citizens went without food at some point. For the wealthiest country in the world, it is pitiful that anyone should ever go hungry. If every person took a small amount of what they have (and usually have too much of, leftovers, anyone??) and donated it, there is no way this hunger crisis would still exist.
It's not that there should not be greater focus on hunger relief in other places, such as third-world countries, but in order to solve a problem globally, Americans must first act locally to counteract this basic human need.
President Obama is doing great things to help the super-rich of this nation learn that there are poor people out there and they desperately need help, even with such small things as a meal.
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