fact that proper nutrition is vital to the growth and development of healthy children.

Statistics on Childhood Hunger in the United States:

According to the USDA, over 17 million children lived in food insecure (low food security and very low food security) households in 2009. ii

20% or more of the child population in 16 states and D.C. are living in food insecure households. The states of Arkansas (24.4 percent) and Texas (24.3 percent) have the highest rates of children in households without consistent access to food.(Cook, John, Child Food Insecurity in the United States: 2006-2008. iii

In 2009, households that had higher rates of food insecurity than the national average included households with children (21.3 percent), especially households with children headed by single women (36.6 percent) or single men (27.8 percent),Promote

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

A Company of Monsters Book Blast, Excerpt, and Giveaway

Here we have a fantasy book being released today from author Shami Stovall. You also get an excerpt from the book and a giveaway for an Amazon gift card. Open worldwide, you have through 12/19 to enter. Good luck.

Fantasy

Date Published: 11/19/19

Publisher: Capital Station Books

A secret war of sorcerers threatens to tear the world apart.

The year is 1917, and the Russian Empire is on verge of collapse.

Florence Cavell—codename Geist—takes her special forces team of sorcerers into allied territory in an effort to hunt down spies and keep the Russian royals alive. If the Russian Empire falls, the Germans and Austro-Hungarians will turn their full attention to France and Britain. That can't be allowed to happen.

Unfortunately for Geist, the