By Joanne Fagan | Eva’s Village, Paterson New Jersey – May 14, 2013 The Modern Soup Kitchen Has Come a Long Way Soup kitchens rose to prominence in the U.S. during the Great Depression, before WWII, in the early 20th century, though their origins go back to the harsh boom and bust years of the industrial revolution [...]
From 2009 – 2012, the percentage of the homeless with children continued to rise. A vast majority of homeless families have only a single mother. Of all homeless children, close to half are under the age of six. Local effective intervention programs exist everywhere and none are more effective and innovative than Eva’s Village’s Hope [...]
By Joanne Fagan | Eva’s Village, Paterson New Jersey – February 25, 2013 While the Great Recession ended in 2009, Americans across the board are still suffering the effects1. In 2011, 5.7% Americans, or 18 million, up 1 million from 2010, struggled to find enough to eat2. In 2011, the official U.S. poverty rate was 15.1%; a [...]