Articles tagged with: Hunger Action Week
and made Hunger Action Week 2013 our biggest and best ever.
By the numbers:
5 – Number of dollars generously donated by Car Toys for everyone who participated.
7 – The daily dollar limit for anyone who bravely took the Food Stamp Challenge this week
151 – Rockstar volunteers joining
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During the summer, children who eat meals through the free and reduced meal program at school do not have access to this service. The Summer Meals feeding program was set up to meet this need. The Summer Meals program is already feeding lots of kids, but it could feed even more with your help. Read more for some ideas on how you can get involved.
Host a Site
Do you know of a group of people that would like to host a site? Church groups,…
It is our last day taking the Food Stamp Challenge, and it’s amazing how much this experience has raised our awareness and changed perceptions about food on many levels. It’s been a difficult week, and while I know that the whole family is excited for me to go and do our ‘normal’ grocery shopping trip tomorrow, there are several things we will all take from this going forward.
One thing that became very clear through our experience participating in Hunger Action Week was…
Guest blogger and United Way of King County Campaign Co-Chairs Dan & Annie Wilson share with us their Food Stamp challenge experiences this week – Day 4.
So – the kids are kind of in the routine of Hunger Action Week now. I made pancakes for breakfast today from the huge package of mix we were able to buy at the beginning of the week. That brought smiles for sure and it really felt good to be able to say “Yes, there’s plenty more…
Welcome to Hunger Action Week Day 4!
Many of you have blogged, tweeted, or shared conversations about hunger this week, thanks! Today, we’ve asked our policy experts, Carol and Marlo, to introduce us to the state and federal programs critical to lifting millions of families out of extreme hunger, and how you can advocate for them. They give us the following.
Nationally, 50 million people struggle to put food on the table and 1 in 7 Americans benefit from the…
There has been a lot of discussion around the role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in alleviating hunger, but fortunately, it is not the only program or option available to help those struggling with hunger. Nationwide, aside from SNAP, there are various programs that help folks get more to eat, including Summer and At-Risk Afterschool Meals programs through USDA; the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program; and the Free or Reduced Lunch Program that is offered in schools across the country. Locally, we…
Guest blogger and United Way of King County Campaign Co-Chairs Dan & Annie Wilson share with us their Food Stamp challenge experiences this week – Day 3.
It’s Wednesday morning and the fridge is looking very empty. We have $65 remaining and have had many discussions about how we can best use these dollars. I am going to the grocery store today and the kids all agreed I should shop where I could get the most for our money. They even suggested sacrificing quality for…
Obesity has wide-spread health, economic and quality of life impacts. It is frequently quoted as the most pressing public health issue in America. A few facts about obesity:
- More than in 2 in 3 adults and 1 in 3 children struggle with obesity or being overweight today.
- Childhood obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2000.
- In 2010, the Congressional Budget Office, reported that nearly 20% of the increase in U.S. Health Care spending was due to obesity.
- Low-income neighborhoods are more…
Welcome to day three of Hunger Action Week!
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