Every Little Bit Helps in Fight to End World Hunger

Usually in this space, we write about the PR/communications industry or post press releases announcing the latest news from our company. For this entry, we’d like to shed some light on the issue of world hunger.

On May 6, S&A Cherokee staff members participated in a meal-packaging event for Stop Hunger Now at Lonerider Brewery in Raleigh. We are proud to have co-sponsored the event along with RPG Solutions, Citrix ShareFile, Lonerider Brewery and BioResource International.

In a span of about three hours, the group packaged about 20,000 meal packets destined for a third-world country. The event was quite lively, with music blaring and an energized group of volunteers measuring out vitamin mixes, protein, dehydrated vegetables and rice.

The facts behind the need for events like these are quite sobering.

• Every day, about 25,000 adults and children in our world die from hunger or hunger-related causes.
• One in seven people in the world will go to bed hungry tonight.
• More than 60 percent of chronically hungry people are women.
• One out of every four children in developing countries – around 146 million – is malnourished.
• Malnutrition remains the world’s most serious health problem and single biggest contributor to child mortality.

We are grateful for organizations like Raleigh-based Stop Hunger Now for addressing the issue and helping to end world hunger. This nonprofit has helped package more than 97 million meals delivered to 76 countries.

If you’d like to contribute to them, or host a meal-packaging event, visit www.stophungernow.org.