Disclosure: This post is brought to you by ConAgra’s Child Hunger Ends Here Campaign for a Hunger-Free Summer with The Motherhood. However, all opinions are my own.
Summer is finally upon us. It’s the time of year to have fun, play all day in the sun, and leave your worries behind. It’s also a time of year when many of our children go hungry. I work as a teacher in an economically disadvantaged area. The majority of the kiddos at our school receive a free or reduced lunch. For many of these kiddos, receiving a free lunch and/or breakfast, makes the difference in whether or not they go hungry that day. Yesterday was the last day of school, and for some of our kiddos it means going hungry because they will not have access to lunch/breakfast. When kiddos are out of school nearly 90 % do not have access to the free/reduced meals.
I’m thankful that there are programs and companies trying to make sure that not one child goes hungry this summer. The Conagra Foundation is continuing to raise awareness of child hunger and ending summer time child hunger.
The Conagra Foundation is helping prevent child hunger by funding 26 food banks in 18 states this summer with 20 to 50 thousand to fund their summer feeding program. Conagra’s Hunger Free initiative with Feed America has a goal of reaching 25% more children during the next five years and it looks like they are not only on track to meet it, but to exceed it! Wohoo!!!!
Here is how you can help! ConAgra Foods has partnered with Kid President to help spread the message. Simply view, like or share this video to help raise awareness for child hunger this summer. For each of these actions, the ConAgra Foods Foundation will donate the monetary equivalent of one meal to Feeding America, up to two million meals.¹
1For every view, like or share of this Kid President video recorded on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr and Google+ from May 22, 2014 through July 31, 2014, the ConAgra Foods Foundation will donate 11.1¢, the cost for Feeding America to provide one meal through its network of local food banks. Minimum donation of 10,000 meals ($11,111). Maximum donation of two million meals ($222,000). Valid in U.S. only.
YOU can make a huge difference in not one, not two, but THREE children’s lives by liking, sharing, or viewing this video. I think we can all do that! If you would like to do more, Summer is the perfect time to volunteer. You can help end Summer hunger by volunteering at food banks and feeding sites. You can help with clean up and distribution at feeding sites or transportation. Head over to feedingamerica.org to find a food site/food bank near you.
To learn more about ending child hunger head here.
