Happy Thanksgiving

Today is Turkey Day! Happy Thanksgiving.

I am very grateful today for food. I have access to an abundance and variety of delicious foods and this weekend I will celebrate this abundance with family and dear friends. Lately, I have been made more aware of what a great blessing this is.

Information on poverty and hunger in the US for 2007 has recently been released. According to our government, 13% of Americans experience hunger and are unable to meet basic food needs. That number is huge! That means that millions of Americans go to bed hungry every day. That is a staggering number for a country that has the ability to feed the world. It is horrifying to think about.

Thank you to my friend Valerie for reminding me of King Benjamin's sermon to the Nephites where he asks, "For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for both food and raiment . . . O then, how ye ought to impart of the substance that ye have one to another."

For more information on how to help alleviate hunger in the world please check out these organizations:

Heifer International
Salvation Army
Feed the World
Food not Bombs