Myth: Most older adults have their retirement paid off.

Fact: 1 in 3 seniors lives in or on the edge of poverty.

More than 13 million older Americans struggle every day just to pay for food, medicine, and a place to live. They live one health problem, one layoff, one rent increase away from complete financial crisis.

Our elders deserve better.

Let's not let them struggle in silence.

Helpful information for Seniors at http://www.firstfoodbank.org/help.html 





Source: Mother Jones magazine, 5/19/11