facts
who has a higher poverty rate?
Maryland or Baltimore City?
Baltimore City
what is food insecurity?
A. Being insecure about what foods you eat
B. Being without reliable source of food or not knowing where you next meal will come from
c. having a diet of only plato
D. having a diet of little to no food
B. Being without reliable source of food or not knowing where you next meal will come from
What is poverty?
the state of being extremely poor
Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter.
These Mugs of Love will be given to whom?
A. abandoned children
B. poor and homeless adults
C. the isolated or homebound seniors
D. Winnie the pooh
C. isolated or homebound seniors
what is hunger?
isolation can lead seniors to feel...what?
depression
How many seniors in Maryland struggle with hunger?
A. 1 in 6
B. 1 in 300
C. 500, 567
D. 1 in 30
A. 1 in 6
what does Hiddur Pnei Zaken mean?
A. helping the poor
B. going to Disneyland
C. honoring the elderly
D. being jewish
C. honoring the elderly
If you are socially active as a senior their life is most likely what?
A. happy and healthy
B. fun and energetic
C. lonely and sad walks in the park
D. okayish
A. happy and healthy
what percent of seniors, in Maryland, live below the poverty rate?
8%
This Jewish value means to repair the world?
A. Shalom
B. Ochevet
C. Gledah
D. Tikkun Olam
D. Tikkun Olam
(women/men) are twice as likely as (women/men) to be poor.
women are twice as likely as men to be poor.
In Maryland, how many seniors live alone?
267, 740 seniors live alone
The elderly commonly have to choose between:
A. paying for medications or food
B. visiting their grandchildren or food
C. getting medical attention or not getting medical attention
D. coloring a mug or playing magong
A. paying for medications or food
" You shall rise before the aged and show deference to the old." Which book of the Torah is this from?
A. Numbers
B. Leviticus
C. Exodus
D. Deuteronomy
E. Genesis
B. Leviticus