WFHB FireHouse Broadcasting

In November WFHB brought you extended coverage of a social experiment called the Food Stamp Challenge, in which local participants agreed to live for one week on a food budget of just twenty-one dollars per person. The producers of the annual “Homelessness Marathon” radio program invited WFHB News Director Chad Carrothers to submit a feature story for broadcast on hundreds of stations across the country as part of this live radio marathon. His report juxtaposes the experiences of a family that tried the challenge for one week with the everyday struggles of a family for whom the Food Stamp Challenge is a Food Stamp Reality.