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“Hunger is a basic need. Everyone has to eat. Unfortunately, sometimes you’re faced with the decision of whether you eat or take care of other things. We don’t want that to be a decision anyone has to make.”
- Summer Jenkins, The Corner Table executive director
What does it look like for the 20,000+ Catawba County residents living in poverty?
- Not enough food?
- Not enough income?
- Not enough hope?
It’s all of this and more.
And no single non-profit or public agency can tackle all these issues, but the Catawba County United Way addresses many of them through the support of its community partners.
This November, the CCUW is taking the time to talk to some of its partners and learn what poverty looks like for the individuals and families they help – what are the key issues their programs address and what areas of improvement are needed to address this concern in Catawba County.
This series will tell the story of poverty from the point of view of those working on the front lines of this issue every day.
Guests at The Corner Table face poverty for a wide range of reasons.
“A lot of the people we serve, they are low income, elderly on a fixed income or single parents,” Jenkins said. “We don’t see as many homeless guests, but those we do, what’s gotten them in the situation they’re in is either substance abuse or a mental health condition.
“But then again, we had one guest who was homeless, who was working two or three jobs, struggling just to make ends meet.”
Read more at THIS LINK.
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