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Individuals from all backgrounds face hunger in Pierce County. Food Lifeline recently released the key findings for Western Washington from the study, "Hunger in America 2006". America's Second Harvest, the largest not-for-profit domestic hunger relief network in the United States, commissioned the study. Of those surveyed in Western Washington:
• 62% count a job, social security, SSI, or unemployment as a main source of income
• 4.5% count welfare as their main income source
• 51% of food bank customers choose between food and paying for heat
• 40% choose between food and paying for medicine or medical care
• 40% must choose between food and rent
• 45% of food bank customers have some form of post-secondary education
FISH is made up of 7 organizational food banks. In 2008, we will serve over 230,000 Pierce County residents in need.
