Hunger Is UNacceptable Photo Gallery

Media Library Amelia shares her experience using SNAP at a Farmers Market for the first time. Alyne visits a pantry for the first time. Bruk shares the importance of soup kitchens. Central Texas hunger activists declare "Hunger is UNacceptable." Daniel explains the tough choices his family makes in balancing food and medical needs.   Food Bankers from across the nation share why Hunger is UNacceptable at the 2010 Feeding America Summit. Henry no longer struggles to navigate the SNAP application process. James and Juanita turns to food pantries as a saftey net after major financial changes.   Community members in Central Texas declare "Hunger is UNacceptable." CAFB's Kids Cafe participants share what the program means to them.   CAFB's CHOICES Nutrition Education program participants share what they're learning.   Hunger is UNacceptable PSA Chef Coleman cooks all the food from scratch, tweaking the menus to accommodate for special dietary needs of some of the children at Kids Cafe.   Volunteer, Sandra McCreery of Kosse, TX sees the face of hunger as a school bus driver.   Gloria and her granddaughter start a backyard garden after attending a CHOICES nutrition class.    Nine-year-old Kaylee, who is waiting to eat Kids Cafe at Dove Springs Recreation Center shares her thoughts about summer vacation.   Louis has a passion for cooking Cajun food. He is a Hurricane Katrina evacuee hailing from the heart of New Orleans.   Community gardener and anti-hunger advocate, Donna Coleman is a  garden mentor for students at Kealing Middle School in East Austin and also maintains her own backyard garden. Lucille shares what it was like during the depression of the 1940s and how the Wheels of Sharing Mobile Food Pantry helps her and her neighbors.

Read personal accounts of hunger by the authors.

Ten Days Without a Glass of Milk, by William Hubenschmidt

How low is low?, by Buster Johnson

I woke up hungry, drove to work, turned on my computer, and began my daily routine… hungry, by Molly Robbins

Austin Food Bloggers Hunger Awareness Project

Wendy Heiges and her family take the Texas Food Stamp Challenge 
Entry 1 | Entry 2 | Entry 3

The Indignity of Poverty, by Pamela U. Wilson

I've been that child… with my special ticket for a free lunch, by Jennie Trower