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Music and Meals Heal!
A Thank You from the community of Maneadero, Baja California Mexico in 2015 for the food collected at Blues Against Hunger in Punta Banda. |
BLUES AGAINST HUNGER SOCIETY
MUSIC AND MEALS HEAL!The Blues Against Hunger Society is dedicated to feeding the hungry. Our mission is to produce blues concert food drives that promote the donation and distribution of non-perishable food. The food donated to support the community food bank or charitable service provider feeding those in need. Blues Against Hunger Society believes hunger and blues come from the same origin - poverty. Blues overcame being a music of the impoverished to become an inspiration and element of all western music since. It's with this power of the blues, that we fight to overcome hunger.
Photo: A Thank You from the community of Maneadero, Baja California Mexico in 2015 for the food collected at Blues Against Hunger in Punta Banda.
WHERE TO DONATE:
- Come out to any and all BAHS event, food donations are collected at all BAHS events.
- Review the organizations and/or food banks the BAHS have partnered with.
- Read all about the organizations and/or food banks BAHS SUPPORT
According to the USDA, in 2015, 14.5 million or approximately 20 percent of children in the U.S. lived in households where they are unable to access enough nutritious food necessary for a healthy life.
- According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2014 more than 45 million people or 14.5 percent of all Americans, lived below the poverty line. In 2015 in Mexico, 46.2% of the population were living in food poverty.
- A third of all families headed by single women were in poverty last year -- that's 15.6 million such households.
- Poverty causes hunger. Not every poor person is hungry. Millions live with hunger and malnourishment because they simply cannot afford to buy enough food or cannot afford the farming supplies they need to grow enough good food of their own.
WHY DONATE FOOD?
- 795 million people – or one in nine people in the world – do not have enough to eat.
- 60 percent of the worlds hungry are women.
- Nearly half of all deaths in children under 5 are attributable to under-nutrition. This translates into the unnecessary loss of about 3 million young lives a year.
- Every 10 seconds, a child dies from hunger-related diseases.
WHAT TO DONATE:
Some examples of non-perishable foods include peanut butter, crackers, canned fruits, canned vegetables, dried fruits, and powdered milk. Canned meats, such as tuna, salmon, turkey, and chicken, are non-perishable foods that are excellent sources of protein. Canned soup and chili adds variety to an emergency food supply. Examples of donated non-perishable food include peanut butter, canned vegetables, canned fruit, rice, prepared dinners, canned tuna, cold drinks, powdered milk, coffee and tea, canned soups and stew.