-An estimated 20.9% (about 220,000) of Tucsonans live at or below the Federal Poverty Level—$22,050 for a family of four (2009). Arizona Daily Star, September 2009

-One in five of Arizona’s children are considered food-insecure, meaning their parents struggle to put food on the table.

-John T. Cook, PhD, June 2009

-One in eight Americans is hungry. Feeding America, October 2009

-Nationwide 3.6 million (9.7%) seniors 65 and older live in poverty. Feeding America, 2007

-31.6% of all client households served by the Feeding America Network have had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care. Feeding America, 2009