New Britain
We are serving food in New Britain because there are no soup kitchens open on Sundays in the city.
Connecticut is the wealthiest state in the nation, and yet 71.5% of students in New Britain are eligible to receive free or reduced school lunches. The city’s crime rate is twice that of the statewide rate. Likewise, the high school dropout (9.5%) and poverty (12.8%) rates in New Britain are twice what it is elsewhere in Connecticut. The homeless shelter capacity in town is approximately 80, but in 2003 there were between 501 and 1000 requests for shelter, and this number does not include people referred to shelters for battered women.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!
Although we may find it difficult to change these problems on a nationwide scale, we can have a positive effect on the lives of others living in our own communities.
Connecticut is the wealthiest state in the nation, and yet 71.5% of students in New Britain are eligible to receive free or reduced school lunches. The city’s crime rate is twice that of the statewide rate. Likewise, the high school dropout (9.5%) and poverty (12.8%) rates in New Britain are twice what it is elsewhere in Connecticut. The homeless shelter capacity in town is approximately 80, but in 2003 there were between 501 and 1000 requests for shelter, and this number does not include people referred to shelters for battered women.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!
Although we may find it difficult to change these problems on a nationwide scale, we can have a positive effect on the lives of others living in our own communities.
