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Announcement for ICOSA April 13th Meeting
Announcement for ICOSA April 13th MeetingFor our April meeting, Jewish members of our group will provide a Passover “Child Nutrition Seder.” Every spring, Jews celebrate the holiday of Passover, declaring in our seders the words from the Haggadah, “Let all who are hungry come and eat; let all who are in need come share our Passover.”
We will join Jewish groups and interfaith leaders around the country who are convening not just to celebrate the Jewish people’s historical escape from slavery, but to highlight this country’s obligation to ensure that all of our children escape the affliction of hunger.
As a nation, we are only as strong as our weakest members, and, surely, we cannot move forward if we fail to care for our children. As the ancient Israelites had to take action in order to achieve their own exodus, so it is today: hunger can only be defeated if we all take on the responsibility.
Today, one in every four families cannot afford enough food for their family.
This translates to 13 million children living in food insecure households. Nearly 80 percent of those children are forced to rely on low-cost, less-nutritious food, and more than half rarely receive a balanced meal. President Obama has set an ambitious goal for the nation to end childhood hunger by 2015. This goal is feasible and is something we should all work together to make into a reality.
Currently, Congress is considering legislation that will put our nation further on the road to meeting the President’s goal, the Child Nutrition Bill. This bill is the most important anti-hunger legislation that Congress will consider this session. In its simplest form, the bill authorizes funding for school breakfast and lunch programs as well as summer and after-school feeding programs for low income students.
Please join ICOSA for this program.
RSVP is required by return email (lackritzj@jfsatx.org) or by calling 302-6960.
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