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SESAME STREET INTRODUCES A NEW MUPPET ON THE BLOCK. MEET LILLY WHOSE FAMILY IS BATTLING HUNGER AND POVERTY (1443 hits)

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MSNBC, October 6, 2011 -- 1 in 4 children under the age of 6 live in poverty. This is not a statistic from a third world nation. This is the United States.

Martin Bashir introduces Sesame Street's newest muppet on the block. Lilly is a young muppet whose family is fighting hunger.

She will be introduced in a new episode on Sunday, "Growing Hope AGainst Hunger". It's stated goal is to raise awareness of this epidemic that has swept across the country.

Posted By: Richard Kigel
Thursday, October 6th 2011 at 2:33PM
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Thursday, October 6th 2011 at 2:50PM
Richard Kigel
YES WE CAN...
Friday, October 7th 2011 at 12:39PM
Siebra Muhammad
Lilly sounds like me when I was growing up and several of my young relatives now. It's really hard these days.



Sunday, October 9th 2011 at 1:48AM
Jen Fad
Funny how muppets and puppets capture our most human qualities.


Sunday, October 9th 2011 at 11:09AM
Richard Kigel
...LETS SEE IF WE CAN'T HAVE NEW LAWS TO HEVE THESE AMERICAN BORNS 'DEPORTED' WE SURE CAN'T KILL THEM , GIVE THEM DRUG TESTED TO GET A LITTLE PUBLIC TAX PAYED MONIES FOODS...AND GET AWAY WITH IT...(NUP)

AND, I BELIEVE CALLING OUR CHILDREN PROGRAM MEMBERS G-A-Y / LIVING IN SIN IS NOT WORKING IN 2-11...LOL!!!

AND, THNNK YOU FOR YET ONE MORE TEACHING MOMENT POST TRYING TO PROTECT OUR 'INNOCENT' CHILDREN, BROTHER COW...AND ENDLESS LOVE AND RESPECT OF YOUR REPRESEANTATION OF A CHRISTIAN, AS WELL AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER FOR YOU EFFORTS TO EDUCATE!!!EDUCATE!!!EDUCATE!!! ON UNITY AND TRUTH. (S-M-I-L-E)
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