Can-Teens, a Coral Springs-based student service organization, has partnered with Million Meals Committee to help struggling low-income Broward residents and to help raise awareness of the resources available to those who are in need of food assistance.

The Broward County Commission has proclaimed June 1 to 7 Broward Hunger Awareness Week. According to the Children’s Services Council of Broward’s communications specialist Andrew Leone, recent statistics show that one in six Broward residents are food insecure and go hungry every day.

Can-Teens is asking residents to skip one meal for the week to better understand the plight of those in need and the discomfort of hunger. The organization is also asking residents to donate $5, the average amount of money spent on that “skipped meal,” to help people who need food. Hundred percent of all money raised will go buying food for Broward food banks and pantries.

Go to www.browardhungerawareness.com or www.millionmeals.org.