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  • 1 in 5 Kids is Going Hungry in NC*

  • Young children in NC among hungriest in US*

  • Of people in NC getting emergency food, 30% are kids under 18*

  • 170,200 North Carolinians get emergency food assistance each week

  • 42% of hungry families have had to choose between buying food and paying for heat

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2012 Progress Report

Learn more about the impact The Food Effect and its supporters had on childhood hunger in North Carolina in 2011. Click below to read the full report.

2012 Progress Report

NCPC

The North Carolina Pork Council (NCPC) is the launch partner for The Food Effect, providing crucial seed money. One of the NCPC’s core values is to “contribute to a better quality of life in our communities,” and this initiative is a concrete action toward that end.More

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