In Greenville County
60,000 people do not know where one or more of their meals will come from today1
22% or 19, 548 children under age 18 in the Greenville County live in poverty2
32,974 or 48% of Greenville County School District children are eligible for
free or reduced meals3
35.6% of children receiving subsidized meals rate “below basic” on the English/Language
Arts PACT test4
26.7% of 2008 high school students failed to graduate5
15.3% of those 18-24 years old have not graduated from high school.2
Greenville County has the largest SNAP (Food Stamp) case load of any county in
the state with 63,020 participants receiving assistance in June 2010. 76% of
households receiving food assistance have children under 18 years of age in the
household.10
In South Carolina
Fifth in food insecurity, 14.7% of South Carolinians are “food insecure”1
42.7% of those seeking food assistance own the place they live.7
42.3% of those seeking food assistance are single parents.7
Nationally
1/4 of the food prepared, nearly 96 billion pounds, is wasted8
96 billion pounds represents 189 pounds per person in the US8
If only 5% of the discarded food could be recovered, it would feed 4 million
people a day8
49 million people, including 16 million children, are “food insecure”, that is,
they are uncertain where one or more of their daily meals will come from9
2 http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/bystate/stateprofile.aspx?state=SC&loc=6330
