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2 Cents A Meal - A Shared Hunger Ministry
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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
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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
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