Cohen, Story 5

I want to write about Winston-Salem’s food shortage problem. Winston-Salem is a food desert, meaning that its citizens are not getting access to the fresh produce they need. I find it fascinating that a school as wealthy as Wake Forest, where 22% of the student body comes from a household income of over $600,000, is located in such a devastatingly poverty-stricken city. H.O.P.E, or Helping Other People Eat, is a Winston-Salem based non-profit organization that delivers food to members of the Winston-Salem community who are unable to feed their families. Some Wake Forest students participate. I would like to talk with them, as well as the adult volunteers. I would also like to interview Wake kids, because I doubt many of them are aware of how truly impoverished Winston-Salem really is.