How ironic is it that just a few days before we sit down to a feast in which he recount the things we are grateful for, we learn that is not exactly the case for lots of needy children in Delaware County.
Call it Delco's own version of the 'The Hunger Games.'
A report from the child advocacy group Public Citizens for Children and Youth issued their second troubling report about Delaware County in two weeks.
Their findings indicate that the number of children living in poverty here is skyrocketing. You can read all the details here.
PCCY estimates there are now more than 21,000 children living in poverty in Delco, that's up 30 percent from 2008. An astounding 16.7 percent of children under the age of 17 fall into the poverty category. It's the highest rate among the four suburban Philadelphia counties. Of those 21,000, nearly half of them are living in what PCCY deems 'deep poverty,' households where the annual income is less than $11,755 for a family of four.
Think about that before you sit down to that Thanksgiving feast on Thursday.
It's the shame of Delaware County.
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