"My mom works very hard to support our family, but last month we were running low on food. Some days we would only eat once a day. My mom got her paycheck. We were very happy. Then the bills started coming and we weren't able to buy food because a house was more important."
- Wichita girl, age 11
"When I am hungry and I don't eat for a long time I feel dizzy. So imagine how the people who don't eat for a few days feel? To have to steal from stores. Nobody even wants to help them out. Because they could not eat because they were poor... it's not right."
- Wichita girl, age 11
"My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving because that's the only night you don't go to bed hungry."
- 13-year-old Wichita boy held back two grades
"In March my mom lost her job and those weeks really we had no food. All we had to eat were beans. I used to like beans but now I hate them."
- Wichita girl, age 11
"Maybe someday I will help the Kansas Food 4 Kids program help all the kids in poverty because it really helped me!"
- Wichita girl, age 12