Hunger

Now that school's out, a lot of kids in Broome and Tioga Counties will not get the meals they depend on during the school year. Here's where they can get help.

Think of how many times you snap a photo of your food and share it on social media. Now, imagine that photo actually feeding the hungry in our community.

There are people who are literally starving to death, and yet half of the food produced on earth never even reaches a human mouth.

One company is on a mission to combat hunger right here in the United States by reducing food waste while allowing business owners to still make some money.

In times of need, residents of Broome County and beyond come out in full force. These are some of those people.

One popular restaurant is combating hunger in their community by setting up a self serve and free refrigerator for anyone who is hungry to take advantage of.

Canstruction is a national charity which helps hunger on the local level. Since its inception in 1992, Canstruction has helped raise roughly 40 million pounds of food.

I was talking to a woman at the Taste of Home Cooking School last week and as her eyes filled with tears, she told me that she works at a local food pantry and that the shelves are bare.