Imagine being so broke you only have about $32 to spend on food every week. You'd be pretty hungry, but that's what many Americans go through every day.
The Food Bank of Northern Indiana wants you to try it. It's called the Food Stamp Challenge. Anti-hunger organizations want people to try living on $31.50 a week. That's the average weekly amount of food stamps people get. The Food Bank said the challenge should give people a real wake-up call.
"We have one in four children in Indiana that comes from hunger-insecure homes," said Marijo Martinec, Events and Marketing Coordinator for the Food Bank of Northern Indiana. "And what message we're trying to get out is hunger is really a community health issue."
Several congressmen from Florida, California, and Virginia are doing the challenge.
The Food Stamp Challenge lasts till November 10. For more information, go to http://engage.jewishpublicaffairs.org/c/627/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=6374
