Fabulous work distributing desperately needed food by the Rotary Club of South Everett-Mukilteo. (‘Lending a helping hand’ by Beacon Staff, Mukilteo Beacon, May 7, 2021 https://bit.ly/3nYHBnQ). It definitely begs the question, why are millions of people in the world’s richest country in need of food?

This hunger crisis hits people of color, children, and the elderly disproportionately, like it does in the ongoing housing and homelessness crisis. The recently passed relief bill in Congress is beginning to address these problems of poverty. Each of us can be inspired to lend a helping...