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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) –

Two in three Northeast Ohio households seeking food assistance from a food bank have to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities, according to the Hunger America 2014 report.

The study was conducted by Three Northeast Ohio food banks in partnership with Feeding America, the nations’s leading domestic hunger-relief organization.

“The results of this study show us that the face of hunger is one we might recognize,” said Shirley Stineman, Board Chair of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank.

“Many of our neighbors who are seeking food assistance have jobs, raise families, work toward education and struggle with health problems, like all of us. Too often, our clients have to make difficult trade-offs to get enough food for their families. As we look ahead to Hunger Action Month this September, it is important to remember the critical work our food banks do every day, and how much more we can do together to solve hunger in Northeast Ohio.”

 

READ MORE: 19ActionNews.com

Article and Picture Courtesy of WOIO 19 Action News

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