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 What is poverty? Poverty is lacking the certain amount of material possession or money. What if you were one of the people living in poverty? What if you had a family member living in poverty? Would you help your family member? What would you do to help? How will you help them? Well, I'm going to tell you about poverty and organization that can help people in poverty. Did you know that Overall Poverty Rate in my state 17, but the overall poverty rate in the U.S.A is 14.5. This surprises me because that's a lot of people. However, The poverty line is a family of 4 that earns less than $23,021.Poverty line is the estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life. Did you know In 2011, nearly 46.2 million Americans were living in poverty. This bothers me because this means a lot of people can barely afford to pay for shelter, food, water, and clothing (I nteractive Poverty Map) .

Do you know any organization that help people in poverty? The CCHD helps people in poverty. The CCHD means Catholic Campaign for Human Development. They is found all across the United States. The CCHD was founded in 1969 as the charitable arm of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The purpose of this organisation is to support the ministries of bishops. The CCHD is a organization funded by donations( Two Feet of Love in Action) .

If you are trying to find a organization that helps people with housing is habitat for humanity, they provide low-cost house production by building and rehabilitating houses, frequently using volunteer labor. Habitat for humanity also offer housing-related technical assistance by training families to build, maintain and pay for housing. The organization was founded in 1976 at Americus, Georgia. The organization was founded by Millard Fuller and Linda Fuller. They get donations and supplies for their organization and they also get volunteers for their projects. Habitat for humanity help people outside of the United States. They help people in Africa and in places where people need better houses. Even though the headquarters is in Americus, Georgia it is a worldwide organization. You can contact this organization 121 Habitat Street Americus, GA 31709-3498 USA 1-800-HABITAT or 1-229-924-6935( Habitat's Vision)

Another organization that helps people in poverty is Feeding America. They are a social justice organization. Do you know what the food insecurity rate is in the United States? It is 15.9% in the U.S. In Florida it is 17.9 %. This means that 48,966,000 people in the United States are hungry. In Florida there are 3,448,220 hungry people. Even worst there are 15,898,000 children that are starving right now. The statistics surprises me because that is a lot of children starving right now and children should be able to eat without wondering when their next me is coming from. On the bright side Feeding America helps kids and people get the food they need.They have food banks, soup kitchens, and food for shelters. They feed over 47 million people. It was founded in 1979 and it was founded by John Van Hengel. Right now the CEO of Feeding America is Bob Aiken. The headquarters is in Chicago, Illinois. They are funded by donation money and food. They use volunteers and people that work for the organization to help feed the people that need food(Map the Meal Gap) .

How do you walk humbly with God? How do you help the people in poverty? Do you help organizations in your local area? Well, I do. Every Thanksgiving my family and I go downtown to the kids and the homeless people that don't have food or clothing and we buy them things they need. We also go to the orphanage and buy the kids shoes and some clothes. Another way I walk humbly with God is every year my school does a canned food drive and a pet food drive. We donate the food we've collected and the dog food too. The last way I walk humbly with God is that all the clothes my sister and I grow out of we donate it to Goodwill, Plato's Closet, and or any other thrift shop. We also give the clothes we grown out of to Metropolitan Ministries. Now you know more about poverty and I hope that you go out and hep the people in poverty.


 * The rate of poverty in Florida is shocking for children with 1 in 4 children living in poverty (Interactive Poverty Map) **

"Interactive Poverty Map | State and County Level Poverty Information." //Poverty USA //. CCHD, n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2014. <[]>.
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"Two Feet of Love in Action." //Two Feet of Love in Action //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2014. <[]>
 * <span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Information provided by the U.S. Catholic Bishops

<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Habitat's Vision: A World Where Everyone Has a Decent Place to Live." //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Habitat for Humanity Int'l //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2014. <http://www.habitat.org/>.
 * <span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;">This is a valid source of information because habitat for humanity help people and have pictures of it while wearing the uniform.

<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Immigration & Diversity News Headlines - Oct 15, 2013." //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Actively Passive //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2014. <span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;"><http://www.activelypassive.com/2013/10/immigration-diversity-news-headlines-oct-15-2013/>.
 * <span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;">this is a valid source of information because they use information from the census

<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Map the Meal Gap, Food Insecurity in Your County." //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hunger In America //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2014.
 * <span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> This is a reliable source of information because they use facts from the census.

<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Poverty Tour | Watch a Video on the State of Poverty USA." N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2014. <http://www.povertyusa.org/the-state-of-poverty/poverty-usa-tour/>.
 * <span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;">This is a valid source of information because they used info from the census.