Sara Gideon Quotes

The issue I have always felt most strongly about is hunger in America, in particular the children.

This is the richest country in the world. There's no reason kids should be going to school hungry. Food is something that everyone should have. It just is.

We cannot stick our heads in the sand concerning the issue of hunger in America. Even though this subject seldom reaches the front page of our newspapers or is featured on news programs because of its lack of sensationalism, the problem exists in massive proportions and must be defeated.

Being a mom, I am even more inspired to really help make a difference. I can't imagine what it would be like if my child didn't have a meal to eat.

One in four kids in the U.S. faces hunger.

When people can't feed their children, nothing else positive happens. You don't have to look farther than the United States to see that.

One in six people in the U.S. at some point each year don't know where their next meal will come from.

We don't want a country populated by children feeding themselves from garbage dumps.

I certainly didn't grow up ever having to worry about where my next meal was coming from. The fact that so many people, even in our own country, worry about something so basic, it's something I really wanted to help to do something about.

The fact is, even one Maine kid going hungry is one kid too many.

Growing up, I had a lot of family members who worked in the Dallas Independent School District, and they shared stories firsthand with me about kids stepping into the cafeteria hungry before practice, or waiting for the school building to open the next morning just so they could get a meal.

To think that one child would go to bed hungry somewhere in this country is heartbreaking... to know how many do is virtually incomprehensible. This is not only a problem that exists in the far reaches of the globe. It happens right here in our own backyard. Together, as concerned citizens, we must do more to make sure every child's needs are met.

A huge amount still needs to be done. At the moment hundreds of children are still malnourished.

Childhood hunger in America is as much a paradox as it is a tragedy. Why, in the wealthiest country in the world, should hunger darken the lives and dreams of 12 million children and their families? I believe that, when Americans learn the facts and understand how their involvement can make a difference, banishing childhood hunger will be a national, local and personal priority.

You can't expect kids who don't have enough to eat to do well.

We are living in the 21st century, and children are dying of hunger, so how do we fight it?

There is no humiliation more abusive than hunger.

There are teachers in the United States who cry in the daytime because they see a child or children who haven't eaten properly, children who haven't used soap in so long.

One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America.

In Arkansas alone, approximately three quarters of a million people are at risk of going hungry, and one in four children does not get enough to eat, so my goal is to bring awareness to this tragic issue.

I know what it's like not to have food in the fridge or money to buy more.

A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks.

We take food for granted, but it isn't a luxury for many people.

Being a mom, I can't imagine my child not having a meal. That's hard to digest.

The same ten dollars you spend on lunch is all it costs for City Harvest to feed 37 kids who are hungry. That's pretty astounding.