Response to "Share Dr. King’s belief in ‘three meals a day’ for the hungry"(by William Lambers)1/15/2018 The issue that this article refers to is world hunger. It explains how Dr. King's ideals about it are being missed nowadays, and that there is still hope to fix it. Hunger is everywhere. In fact, there are most likely hungry and/or starving citizens in our community right now. According to the article, some kids rely on the school lunches for nutrition and can go hungry over the summer without it. I, until now, didn't think much about hungry and starving people, especially not here, where I live. However, the more I think about it, I realize we are more or less pretending it doesn't exist and we are blocking it from ourselves. To there point where kids like me forgot it could even exist here! If there are starving children out there, who can't gain an education, can't move up in the world, and can't do anything about this, I won't stand for that... And there are kids like that. As explained in the article, costs on healthcare go up when starving children are brought to the hospital constantly. Also, with economic trends nowadays, more starving people will be appearing all around us. And you might end up one of them. If we can manage to feed, and support those in need, we can bring the economy up with a potential workforce long neglected. How many times have you walked past a homeless person, and pretended not to notice? If you became one of them, would you regret not looking over and helping? How do you think others might act when they saw you on the ground, asking for money or food? You wouldn't want them to neglect you. It doesn't take much to help people like these. Do some quick research to find a worthwhile charity if you're into that. If you don't have money to donate or don't want to, try volunteering at a soup kitchen or some other volunteer service. In fact, you could donate food to such things! There are many ways to help those in need. Just remember to think; "what would I want if I were starving?"
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Britt
1/18/2018 03:38:09 pm
It is scary how many people have to skip meals in the modern world. low income families who are living paycheck to paycheck need the more fortunate to get by.
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Thor Dyke
1/20/2018 09:19:27 am
You have to feel bad for these families that don't get enough food because most times fortunate people don't think about what if they were hungry.
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