frontlines SC Aes4 relnalaipier A Plateful Of Awareness A MICHIGAN COMPANY SERVING YOU. Hannah Posen Jewish News Intern I 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 Fresh from the Fields of Michigan Farms Michigan produce season is now in 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. delivered to Busch's from over 30 area farms. 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