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What is one OKS club that helps fight food insecurity locally?
What is Bridges
The region that the majority of food deserts in NJ are in
What is South Jersey
The basic definition of a food desert
What is "a place with no grocery stores nearby" or "an area where little fresh produce is available for sale."
Does the Church classify access to food as a right?
Yes
What is the best way to personally help the community fight hunger?
What is volunteering (local food drives, pantries, soup kitchens)
The percentage or fraction of families affected by food insecurity in NJ.
What is 14% or 1/8 families
How many food-insecure families in the US do not have a car?
What is 2.3 million
What does the Church believe is the largest cause of food insecurity?
What is poverty
What is a simple way for communities to collectively help low-income communities with food insecurity?
What are community gardens or food drives
What percentage of children in NJ are food insecure?
low-income Americans
What does the church do to help?
What is parish-organized food collection and volunteering
What is a way to get local officials to help fight food insecurity?
Sending letters and signing petitions
The number of food deserts in NJ
What is 134
How many times more likely are black and latinx Americans not have access to a chain supermarket?
What is 1/2x as likely (black Americans), and 1/3x as likely (Latinx Americans)
What is a way that the church helps poverty and hunger globally?
What is a way to remotely help organizations that fight food insecurity?
What is donation
How much is food insecurity projected to increase due to COVID-19?
What is 56%
How a food desert is characterized distance-wise
What is: by a 1 mile radius in urban areas, and a 10-mile radius in rural areas
What is a way that Churches raise awareness and help from kids our age?
What are conformation volunteer hours