Hunger In Stark County

Stark County Hunger Task Force Sally is a normal girl, like your sister or the girl who lives down the street that you see waiting at the bus stop. Unfortunately, she is also a girl with a sad story, one that is all too common here in Stark County. Let’s meet Sally, a young middle school girl who had enough health, possessions and life circumstances to be happy. She had quite a few friends and every day she ate dinner with her family at their small home. One day, though, Sally arrived home from school and her parents both look frustrated and upset.
“What’s going on?” Sally asked. Her parents then begin to tell her that her father’s company where he worked as a manager had recently experienced losses in sales after a tough economic …show more content…
The definition of hunger according to Merriam-Webster dictionary is a craving or urgent need for food or a specific nutrient, an uneasy sensation occasioned by the lack of food, and/or a weakened condition brought about by prolonged lack of food(Merriam). One reason hunger is such a large problem is that it can lead to terrible diseases, illnesses, and other awful problems. Hunger and thirst go along side by side. If a child doesn't have much food, most likely that child also won’t have a good source of water. If a child lacks a good water source, dehydration and thirst will drive that child to drink water from non-purified sources such as a nearby lake. Drinking this kind of water can cause cholera like the situation in the story above. Other diseases can also result from malnutrition. One of these other diseases is Vitamin A malnourishment, which can lead to blindness, and hurt your immune system. Another health issue is created when hunger leads to iron deficiency. Iron deficiency causes a decrease in red blood cell reproduction, the cells which help a person's body provide oxygen to all the tissues and organs, and so a decrease hurts the whole body system(Nutritional). Hunger in Stark County also ruins the lives of people with bright futures. Hypothetically speaking, let’s say the child from the story was a wonderful student who tried to work on her studies as hard as possible. Everyone knew she would grow up to be successful. But instead, her hunger impacted her ability to study and feel successful and she turned to bad influences at school. Her grades suffered and she stopped caring about improving them. Sally could have been a doctor or a businesswoman. But the extreme hunger and poverty she experienced precluded her from getting the opportunity to live up to her potential. After reviewing the problems that can surround a person experiencing serious hunger, how can you help people in Stark