Youth Advisory Council
Join the FIND Food Bank Youth Advisory Council
Represent your high school by sharing your voice, gaining experience, and forming informed opinions on hunger. The purpose of this council is to educate the next generation on the realities of systemic hunger and to reduce the stigma associated with it. Come learn about the hunger in our community, valley, state, and world. Be the change of tomorrow!
Hunger in the Valley
Over 80% of students across the Coachella Valley’s three school districts qualify for free and reduced price lunch.
Hunger in the County
17.1% of kids 0-18 in Riverside County experience food insecurity.
Hunger Statewide
1.6 million children don’t know where their next meal is coming from.
Hunger in the US
Almost 13 million kids nation wide are at risk of hunger.
What does hunger look like?
Hunger is what you feel when you do not have enough to eat. Food insecurity is the set of circumstances that prevent your access to food. Right now, thousands of our area residents and neighbors struggle with hunger; some go without food for several meals or even days at a time.
Hunger does not discriminate. It affects about 4 out of 5 kids in yourr school. The problem is it is also silent. Your peers could be skipping meals and no one, not even their teachers will know.