46 Million on Food Stamps

According to government records, there are more than 45 million people on Food Stamps in the U.S. at this time.

For quite some time now, anti-hunger activists have participated in the Food Stamp Challenge. In the program, participants are given $30 to survive off of for a week - the amount of money they are given is determined by national estimates of what a single person receives in SNAP benefits per month.

Participants are finding it hard to meet the challenge (no surprise), and so to are actual Snap Benefit recipients.

Tiffany White is a 21 year old, part-time cashier whose 30-hour-a-week job earns her $900 a month, from which she spends about $150 to $160 on food. Without food stamps, she said, "it would be really hard to eat."

One of the anti-hunger program participants has taken to blogging to try to tell her story of what its like to try to live off of government aid.

Her name is Cathy Demeroto, and she writes "Not having the necessary funds for food not only negatively impacts on your mood and health, but also on your social life, and can lead to isolation."

Don't we know it....