RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Every year one in six of our neighbors receives food from the Greater Chicago Food Depository's network of pantries, soup kitchens and shelters; and
WHEREAS, Increasingly the face of hunger is a person with a job, an older adult, a veteran or a child; and
WHEREAS, The health consequences of hunger threaten our children's potential to learn, develop and grow into the future leaders of our city; and
WHEREAS, Those in need of food assistance make difficult choices between meals and other necessities such as medical care, housing, utilities or transportation; and
WHEREAS, September is Hunger Action Month, a 30-day nationwide campaign to raise awareness for hunger relief; and
WHEREAS, All Chicagoans are urged to join together to support Hunger Action Month by pledging to raise awareness of the fight against hunger in our communities and by striving to improve the lives of those who struggle to put food on the table; and
WHEREAS, The members of the Chicago City Council believe that no one should go hungry and join with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to support the fight to end hunger by wearing orange pins representing Hunger Action Month; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this 10th day of September, 2014, do hereby officially declare that the month of September shall be officially recognized as Hunger Action Month throughout the City of Chicago; and
Alderman - 14th Ward
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable parchment copy of this resolution be presented to Kate Maehr, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Greater Chicago Food Depository.