Save the Date for Hunger Walk/Run!!!Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Turner Field

HWR 2010 was a tremendous success, and we are looking forward to another great event! Many thanks to our runners, walkers, volunteers, supporters and sponsors who helped us break all prior records. With your help we raised over $500,000 for hunger relief in metro Atlanta and north Georgia.

Hunger Walk|Run Fight Hunger! Hunger Facts

• Georgia’s unemployment rate increased significantly from 6.2% to 10.3% between July of 2008 and 2007. (Georgia Dept. of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis. 2009)
  
  
• 20.1 percent of Georgia’s children live in poverty – that’s nearly half a million children under age 18. (U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Profile. 2007 and 2008)
  
  
• Nearly 1.4 million Georgians (14.7%) are living in poverty. This is the equivalent of 26 sold out games at Turner Field. (U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Profile. 2007 and 2008)
  
  
• The percentage of Georgia households receiving food stamps jumped from 7.9% in 2007 to 9.2% in 2008 – 320,926 households. (U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Profile. 2007 and 2008)
  
  
• 11.9 percent - more than one in every ten senior citizens in Georgia - is living in poverty. (U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Profile. 2007 and 2008)
  
  
• 12.6% of Georgia households experience low food security. Food Security is defined as access to enough food for an active, healthy life. (USDA. 2007)
  
  
• When the Federal minimum wage rate went from $6.55 to $7.25/hour in July of 2009, Georgia once again did not increase its minimum wage rate. (It remains at $5.15/hour.) Georgia is currently one of only five states with minimum wage rates lower than the Federal minimum wage rate. (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Employment Standards Admin. 2009)