"The report confirms what America's Second Harvest has struggled with over the past year," said Robert H. Forney, President and CEO, America's Second Harvest, the nation's largest domestic hunger relief organization, who joined the mayors today. "To meet the growing demand for food assistance, we'll need a commitment from every American who can afford to help, our elected leaders, the business community, as well as our network of hunger-relief agencies."
The mayors released the report at DC Central Kitchen, which converts donated food into meals for the hungry while providing food preparation job training to unemployed individuals. Several mayors in other cities held their own events today to mark the release of the report and draw attention to the problems of hunger and homelessness.
The mayors of the 25 cities included in the survey are members of the Conference's Task Force on Hunger and Homelessness. They are Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Burlington Mayor Peter Clavelle, Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley, Charlotte Mayor Patrick McCrory, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell, Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes, Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn, Louisville Mayor David Armstrong, Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim, Philadelphia Mayor John Street, Phoenix Mayor Skip Rimsza, Portland Mayor Vera Katz, Providence Mayor John Lombardi, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, San Antonio Mayor Ed Garza, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly, Trenton Mayor Doug Palmer, and Washington Mayor Anthony A. Williams.
The mayors released the report at DC Central Kitchen, which converts donated food into meals for the hungry while providing food preparation job training to unemployed individuals. Several mayors in other cities held their own events today to mark the release of the report and draw attention to the problems of hunger and homelessness.
The mayors of the 25 cities included in the survey are members of the Conference's Task Force on Hunger and Homelessness. They are Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Burlington Mayor Peter Clavelle, Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley, Charlotte Mayor Patrick McCrory, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell, Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes, Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn, Louisville Mayor David Armstrong, Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim, Philadelphia Mayor John Street, Phoenix Mayor Skip Rimsza, Portland Mayor Vera Katz, Providence Mayor John Lombardi, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, San Antonio Mayor Ed Garza, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly, Trenton Mayor Doug Palmer, and Washington Mayor Anthony A. Williams.