Hunger is a harsh reality in the richest country in the world. Even during times of prosperity, schools hand out millions of hot meals a day to children, and desperate elderly Americans are sometimes forced to choose between medicine and food.

Empowering Everyday Women, Inc., a Christian 501c3 nonprofit organization in Western New York which oversees and distributes EEW Magazine Online, is ramping up its COVID-19 hunger relief efforts to help meet the overwhelming need for food assistance during the Thanksgiving holiday.

Actress Viola Davis has joined No Kid Hungry, a national campaign to end childhood hunger, as the newest national spokesperson, alongside Jeff Bridges and spokesfamily Stephen and Ayesha Curry.