Dennis Streets, the executive director of Chatham County's Council on Aging, spoke Friday about the issues of loneliness and lack of income that many seniors face. Street was a panelist at the Faces of Hunger forum at the Chatham Community Library.
The Faces of Hunger forum included a panel discussion and breakout sessions.
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Melissa Driver Beard, the executive director of CORA — Pittsboro's nonprofit food pantry — was a panelist at Friday's forum.
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Tamara Cox Baker, of No Kid Hungry NC, said one of every five children in North Carolina is food insecure.
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Participants at Friday's hunger forum, sponsored by Carolina Public Press, meet in one of the afternoon breakout sessions at the Chatham Community Library in Pittsboro.
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At Friday's hunger forum, sponsored by Carolina Public Press, Chatham residents filled the Chatham Community Library in Pittsboro to discuss ways to address food insecurity.
