Action Alert from Food Lifeline: Looming Cuts to Federal Programs to Hurt Most Vulnerable

ACTION ALERT Is your community  ready for $1.1 Million in cuts to senior nutrition programs? Looming Cuts to Federal Programs to Hurt Most Vulnerable This Friday, March 1st, is the rapidly approaching deadline for sequestration. Without an agreement between lawmakers we'll see across the board cuts in programs, including many that help feed our country's most vulnerable citizens. Now is the time to speak out and let your lawmaker know that you oppose automatic spending cuts that harm our country's low income women, children and seniors. If no action is taken by Congress before Friday this means an 8-10% cut in programs like:  The Women, Infants and Children's program (WIC), which provides food assistance for low-income women, infants and children under five Senior nutrition & Meals on Wheels The Low Income Home and Energy Assistance Program Funds that help us safely store & distribute healthy food via The Emergency Food Assistance Program.   All this means that more people in our community will be faced with hard choices, like whether to buy medications or heat their homes or to buy food for their families.   Now is the time to take action and send a message to your lawmakers urging them to protect critical programs that feed vulnerable people in our community. Take Action Now Food Lifeline feeds hungry people. We stock the shelves and fill the tables of 275 food banks, meal programs and shelters throughout Western Washington. The 35 million pounds of nutritious food we secure from restaurants, grocery stores, farmers and manufacturers feeds 745,000 of our hungry neighbors every year. Find out how you can be a part of ending hunger in Western Washington at www.FoodLifeline.org. We value your input. Please share your thoughts and comments at advocacy@fll.org. Food Lifeline thanks MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, for supporting our advocacy program.