This is not a symptom of hunger.
a) Obesity
b) Stomach aches
c) Leg cramps
What is leg cramps?
100
True or False: Teachers never buy food for their students using their own money.
What is False.
4 in 10 teachers spend an average of $25 per month of their own money on extra food for their classroom.
100
You can donate $1 to NoKidHungry.org to end childhood hunger and provide (4?) (6?) or (10?) meals for one child.
What is Ten.
100
46.2 million Americans live in poverty. That's the entire population of this country.
**HINT: It's in Europe**
What is Spain
100
Definition: The uneasy or painful sensation cause by a recurrent or involuntary lack of access to food.
What is Hunger.
200
1 in 4 children who live in this type of area suffer from hunger. While it is most common in this area, hungry kids can be found anywhere.
What is urban areas
200
True or False: Children who regularly do not get enough nutritious food to eat have significantly higher levels of behavioral, emotional and academic problems, are more aggressive and anxious, and are sick more often.
What is True.
200
This color signifies hunger awareness. In addition, September is National Hunger Action Month.
What is Orange.
200
19 million American children get free or reduced price school lunch. That's the same as the population of this U.S. State.
What is Florida
200
Definition: Not having enough money to pay for the food you need to be healthy.
What is Food Insecurity.
300
Hunger affects 16.2 million kids in America. That's 1 in ___.
What is 5.
300
True or False: Sometimes meals at school (lunch and/or breakfast) are the only meals that children will eat all day.
What is True.
300
This bake sale program helps raise money to end childhood hunger and can be put on in your community any time of the year.
What is Great American Bake Sale.
300
There are 16.2 million children in America facing hunger. That would take (5,000?) (50,000?) (100,000?) or (200,000) school buses to transport all of these children.
What is 200,000.
Actually it would take 205,218 school buses.
300
Definition: Local, non-profit organizations that collect and distribute food to needy families.
What is Food Pantries.
The Store House Food Pantry is one that can be found in Grand Forks along Washington St.
400
SNAP (commonly known as food stamps) helps 46.2 million Americans each year. Nearly ____% of those who participate are children. Cuts to SNAP means more children in America are affected by hunger.
What is 50%
400
True or False: Almost every child who participates in the free or reduced price school lunch program also participate in the free or reduced price school breakfast program.
What is False.
20 million kids get free/reduced lunch on an average day. Only 9.5 million eat free/reduced breakfast.
400
The SNAP challenge challenges you to live off this amount of money per day for an entire week.
What is $4.00
400
18.6 million American children get help from SNAP. That's more than twice the population of (Miami?) (New York City?) or (Los Angeles?)
What is New York City.
New York City has a population of 8,405,837 people.
400
This bill is going through Congress and attempting to cut almost $16.5 billion from the SNAP Program. This will eliminate the SNAP Program for 3 million Americans, most of which are families with children.
What is The Farm Bill.
500
True or False: Low income families eat fast food, on average, 4 nights per week.
What is False.
8 out of 10 families make food at home 5 times a week. Nutrition is still a top priority for low income households.
500
Stigma, Facilities, Transportation, Awareness, and Business are all reasons why students can't participate in which of the free or reduced price meal programs.
What is Breakfast.
500
These two National Programs help fight child hunger. One provides after-school meals to children at community locations (Boys and Girls Club, Churches, Public Schools) and the other provides nutritious and easy-to-prepare foods for the weekend that are sent home with children at the end of the week.
What are Kids Cafe and BackPack Program.
500
10.6 million kids who are eligible for free or reduced price school breakfast do not get it. This is (1,580?) (2,780?) (6,250) or (8,890?) times the number of football players in the NFL.
What is 6,250.
There are 1,265 players in the NFL.
500
SNAP, formerly and more commonly known as Food Stamps, helps over 40 million Americans buy food each month. SNAP stands for...
What is Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.