#bag decorating

Brown Bag Decorating Poverty within the United States may be mentioned quite frequently, but what I have not seen to be mentioned enough is the hunger issue that often coincides with it. The fact that so many people blindly like to assume that the United States of America is the best and most developed country. However, whenever a child goes back to a home after school and he doesn't know when, where or what he will eat next, we have failed this child. As a nation we need to join in solidarity, not just to end the hunger crisis among poverty stricken communities, but also to protect the mental health of children who suffer because of poverty. I decorated several bags that were to be donated to schools. These brown bags will be packed with food for children who qualify for the free meal plan in their schools and the kids will be able to take them home so that they have food to eat over the weekend. As part of a service project that was being done throughout Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, I decorated several bags. Although it is only a small thing to do, it is my hope that the silly pictures and borderline cliche inspiring messages will be able to brighten the day of some children who deserve to smile and who deserve to dream.