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$5 a day diet leaves mark on local leaders

The experience of eating just $5 worth of food a day left its mark on Montgomery County officials who said they were left hungry and humbled by what thousands of families in their own community suffer regularly.

Tags: food, food stamps, valerie ervin, Craig Rice, Montgomery County Council, poverty

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Highlighting hunger, leaders take $5 challenge (VIDEO)

Feeding a family on $5 a day is not a challenge for thousands of families, it's a necessity. Even in affluent Montgomery County, thousands struggle to live on the federally funded supplemental nutrition assistance program, or SNAP, known to most people as food stamps.

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Va. deer-for-needy program says donations down

Deer hunters in Virginia are donating less venison to a program that delivers the meat to the needy than they did in 2011.

Tags: deer hunting, hunting, donations, charity,

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Montgomery Co. investigates how to redistribute food to hungry

Tags: poverty, Montgomery County Council

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DC area asked to volunteer to fight hunger

Tags: Vincent Gray, Martin OMalley, Bob McDonnell

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Freerice.com: Play a game, feed the world

Founded in 2007, Freerice lets users donate grains of rice simply by answering educational questions correctly in a game. The site earns money from advertisement banners displayed while users play, and in turn uses the funds to purchase rice.

Tags: freerice.com, free rice, website of the week, lacey mason,

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