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Cooling Unit Donations running low - Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Blue Grass Community Action Partnership is seeking help from the Frankfort community to assist those who have no relief from the summer heat.  Source:  The State Journal  Read more...
 
 
Food and gasoline: Soaring prices hit the poor hardest - Monday, June 02, 2008
All across Kentucky, higher prices for food and gasoline are taking their toll on low-income families who are already stretched to the limit.    Source:  Lexington Herald-Leader.  Read more...
 
Letter carriers pickup 24,800 pounds of food - Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Letter carriers in Madison County collected 24,800 pounds of food from postal patrons on their annual food drive May 10.  Source:  Richmond register read more...
 
Poverty Is About Real People, Not Politics - Monday, May 12, 2008
Machlyn Blair, a 21-year-old eastern Kentucky native talks about growing up in poverty and America's view on poverty.  Source:  NPR  read more...
 
Lean time for Community Action in BG - Friday, May 02, 2008
"A hundred and thirty people who volunteer at Community Action of Southern Kentucky’s senior centers got a thank-you lunch at Living Hope Baptist Church on Wednesday, posing for commemorative pictures and listening to “WVOL Radio Hour” comedy skits modeled on Burns & Allen and Raymond Chandler stories."  Source: Daily News read more...
 
Attitudes on poverty - Friday, May 02, 2008
"How would you define poverty?  Is it having no food or shelter? Not having money to purchase another pack of cigarettes? Is it not having a savings account? Or not having the money to purchase a new coat, even if an old coat is available?" Source:  Tahlequah Daily Press read more...
 
Life often harsh for Kentucky Children - Saturday, April 05, 2008
Kentucky Children are more likely than most other states to face poverty issues. "Weakened federal initiatives and budget cuts to programs across the country to address issues such as health care, child abuse and poverty have eroded the quality of children's lives."
Source: Herald Leader read more ...
 
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