http://www.hungernetohio.org/

http://www.eocumc.com/church_society/2cents_a_meal.html

PersuasionPenniesPrayer

Prayer: Embrace the larger human family as part of our own

Pennies: Immediate service & long-range remedies to reduce hunger

Persuasion: Impact public policy

40th District House Representative :Fred Strahorn

50% to Church Hunger Project50% to Hunger Network Ohio

Working for additional State funding for food banks

Hunger Network in Ohio82 East 16th Avenue

Columbus, Ohio 43201

www.HungerNetOhio.org

In any given week, 207,700 different Ohioans receive emergency food

assistance.

35% are children under the age of 18, with one out of 10, under 5 years old

9% are seniors, often on fixed income and

deciding between meals, utilities, and

medications

1/2 choose between paying for food or

heating/utilities and 1/3 between food or

rent/mortgages

Committing to Long-term Remedies

• The mission of the Hunger Network is to end hunger in Ohio

• The method is to change conditions which cause poverty

• The ministry is to advocate for personal compassion and economic for “the least of these” our brothers, sisters, and children in need

C r e d i t s : C o m m u n i c a t i o n D e p a r t m e n t

o f T h e E a s t O h i o C o n f e r e n c e

o f T h e U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h

E d i t e d b y : J e s s i c a S t e w a r t

P h o t o s P r o v i d e d B y : H u n g e r N e t O h i o