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n its newest effort to raise aware-
ness about hunger, Yad Ezra's
Paper Plate Advocacy Project is
in full swing. The hope is to gather
1,000 paper plates decorated with
anti-hunger messages to send to the
State Capitol. Hunger is a growing issue
in Michigan and nationwide, affect-
ing 50.2 million people in the United
States. Currently, 4 million households
in Michigan live at risk of hunger.
"Our goal is to raise awareness about
the growing issue of hunger here in
Michigan in a clever and meaning-
ful way:' said Josh Davidson, Yad Ezra
JOIN intern. "Our hope is to send 1,000
decorated plates to Lansing, alerting
politicians about the issue of hunger.
The plates will send a clear message
that hunger in our state and, certainly
in our country, is unacceptable
A project like this was run by
Forgotten Harvest (another hunger
relief agency), which is what got Lea
Luger, development director of Yad
Ezra, interested in running the project
again.
"Lea and I felt that it would be a
valuable project to do again to remind
lawmakers that there are families
struggling to make ends meet who
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don't know when or where their next
meal will come from:' Davidson said.
With the number of hungry families
growing, this is a project that needs to
grab government officials' attention.
According to Feeding America's National
Hunger Study, the number of individual
emergency food recipients who receive
food each week in Southeast Michigan
has grown by more than 78 percent. In
2006, that number was 56,700 and, by
2010, it grew to 101,200.
The Paper Plate Advocacy Project
began on July 8, and Yad Ezra will be
collecting plates through Friday, Aug. 5.
So far, Davidson has received approxi-
mately 80 plates from clients, volun-
teers and the community at large. He
has distributed more than 600 plates
full swing, with fresh produce being
to the Metro Detroit community and
is currently waiting for the plates to
be sent back. He is continuing to pass
out plates in the community, hoping to
reach the goal of 1,000 plates to send to
Lansing.
To make it even easier for people to
participate, there is also the option of
sending in a slogan and Davidson will
put it on a plate for you.
Davidson is very hopeful about the
success of the project. "We have a great
community here Davidson said, "one
filled with dedicated people who are
committed to helping vulnerable fami-
lies."
Anyone interested in joining Yad Ezra
in this project should contact Josh@
yadezra.org.
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