A student presentation for Mass Media and the Popular Arts at Humboldt State University.

1. Food for the Holidays
An informational powerpoint/slideshow

2. The Holidays
¡ For most, the holidays are a time of cheer where
food and gifts are at every turn.

4. The Holidays
¡ For many however, the holidays are a time of
additional stress and worrying about where their
next meal might come from.

5. The Effects of Hunger are
Widespread
¡ The USDA defines food insecurity
as “limited or uncertain availability
of nutritionally adequate and safe
foods or limited or uncertain ability
to acquire acceptable foods in
socially acceptable ways”
¡ In the U.S. alone:
¡ 48.1 million Americans live in food
insecure households
¡ 32.8 million adults and 15.3 million
children
¡ One Sixth of Americans don’t
know where their next meal is
coming from and subsequently
often do not have enough to eat

6. Effects of Food Insecurity
• When people have a low
income, they have to
decide how to budget their
money.
• Often, it is easier to go to a
fast food restaurant than to
budget money to shop at a
grocery store.
• You may not be able to tell
who doesn’t have enough
food just by looking at them.

7. What does the average
hungry person look like?
¡ The majority of hungry households are white
¡ Households with children report higher levels of
food insecurity, especially households headed by
single parents

8. ¡ Working families: Over 60% of hungry households
with children have at least one parent in the
workforce (usually in a full time job).
¡ Suburban hunger is on the rise with more and
more traditionally well-off families facing hunger

9. But you can help!

10. Resources
¡ Feeding America:
¡ https://youtu.be/zx2o2huVm2o
¡ Redwood Empire Food Bank in
Sonoma County
¡ Attempting to end food insecurity
through hunger relief initiatives
¡ Every Child Every Day
¡ Senior Security
¡ Neighborhood Hunger Network
¡ Many local grocery stores hold
food drives during the holidays,
please donate food to the boxes
located outside the entrances.

11. References
¡ http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-
america/impact-of-hunger/hunger-and-poverty/
hunger-and-poverty-fact-sheet.html
¡ http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-
assistance/food-security-in-the-us/
measurement.aspx
¡ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/food-
shorts/ten-dollar-dinner/
¡ http://www.refb.org/html/hunger_initiative.html
¡ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/
hunger/