Child Hunger Ends Here
My definition of “hunger” is so skewed. Seriously. For me “hunger” is what I experience about 2 hours after a full meal. I have no real concept of food depravity.
Unfortunately, the same is not true for nearly 17 million children in the UNITED STATES that are not getting enough food to live active, healthy lives. That’s correct – not third world countries, the U-S-A. One in four kids who don’t know where their next meal is coming from, right in our own back yards.
Perhaps its your son’s playmate down the street, maybe it’s the sandy blonde little toddler in your church nursery, or the little girl waiting in the chair next to you at the doctor’s office. Odds are you are in regular contact with the hungry.
I’m embarrassed to admit that often my first instinct when faced with an issue so vast is to turn my head. After all, how could I make a difference in a devastated population? It’s honestly difficult for me to wrap my mind around that children in our own communities are suffering.
That’s why this spring, ConAgra Foods is encouraging people across the country to rally together to help end child hunger. I will be teaming up with ConAgra Foods and several other bloggers in the next few weeks to demonstrate some ways we can make an impact in our own communities.(Your probably familiar with ConAgra Food’s top brands like Healthy Choice, Chef Boyardee, Manwhich, Marie Callender’s, Orville Redenbacher’s, Peter Pan Peanut Butter, and Banquet.) I love when corporations reach out to their consumers and get them involved in their efforts!
In partnership with Feeding America, the nation’s leading hunger-relief organization,
ConAgra Foods is launching its Child Hunger Ends Here Neighborhood Rally
campaign. Activities such as bake sales, rummage sales, food drives, school carnivals,
neighborhood picnics or other existing community events can become a Child Hunger Ends Here Neighborhood Rally, simply by donating a portion or all of the proceeds from
the event to Feeding America, which has a network of more than 200 food banks
across the nation. Money raised and food collected locally and donated online will stay in that local community. (Love that!)
So what can you do right now to help fight child hunger in your home town?
~ Check out Child Hunger Ends Here and find the tools and resources to participate in a Neighborhood Rally.
~ Spread the word. Share this post with your friends on Twitter and Facebook.
~ Tweet the following message: “Help the Child Hunger Ends Here campaign. Each RT Donates $1 towards #fightchildhunger in @quatromama ‘s name! http://bit.ly/aW2vdd”
~ Consider a small donation of towards this cause. (100 pennies could make a world of difference if we all work together.)
~ Share with us how YOU are confronting this issue? How are you going to make a difference where you live?
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Let’s quit turning our heads to this reality in America and together start making a difference in the lives of those struggling with hunger!
*This post is a sponsored opportunity via ConAgra Foods. My enthusiasm and heart behind this initiative are my own.
Oh my gosh!!! My friend, coworker, and fellow blogger is the MN blogger for the initiative. (The Synder 5) You two will be meeting in California!!?? Wow. I have been reading you for years I think.. and now you are going to meet one of my friends!
This is so sad. It's amazing to think this is present in our own neighborhoods, rather than always "somewhere else". Good for you for joining the fight. I'll look up food banks in my town and see what I can do, too.
-Holly
Love your enthusiasm and caring heart. (One thing you might want to change in this post: it’s not “food depravity.” That would be depraved food. It’s “food deprivation.” Sorry, I can’t seem to shake my English major roots!)