Ark., Texas ‘2 worst’ for child hunger

Harvest Texarkana sees ‘high demand’

By: Ashley Gardner - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Evan Lewis Texas-side firefighter/EMT Scott Robertson loads bags of cereal Friday donated by the employees of Fire Station No. 4 and the Red River Federal Credit Union, both on Summerhill Road. The cereal was collected for Harvest Texarkana’s Extinguish Hunger food drive. Arkansas an...

In a recent study released by Feeding America and the ConAgra Foods Foundation, Arkansas and Texas ranked first and second in the number of children who don’t have a reliable source of food.

According to the study, 24.4 percent of Arkansas children and 24.3 percent of Texas children don’t...

Published: 07/06/2010