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Web Sites of the Week - Hunger and Poverty Resources, Links and Statistics
Check back  each week for a new list of interesting and informative Web Sites selected by the Charleston County Public Library.

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Lowcountry Food Bank
According to The Lowcountry Food Bank, the organization's mission is “to feed the poor and hungry of the ten coastal counties of South Carolina by soliciting and distributing healthy food and grocery products to nonprofit agencies serving the poor, and to educate the public about the problems of and solutions to domestic hunger.”

Shocking Need: American Kids Go Hungry

Hunger and Poverty Statistics and Hunger Study 2010
Information from Feeding America 

Feeding America
Feeding America is the nation's largest charitable hunger-relief organization with a network of more than 200 regional member food banks and food rescue programs.

Nutrition Assistance Programs
Information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Hunger, Homelessness and Poverty Task Force: Resources from the Social Responsibilities Roundtable of the American Library Assoociation