I'm Calling on Associated Content Writers to Help Feed the Hungry Children

No child should go to bed or go to school hungry. This is the United States, land of the free and home of the brave. Unfortunately, it is also the home of the hungry and land of the under-nourished. Can you look into the sad eyes of a starving child and not help? Can you imagine not having any food for days? Help feed our children. You can, we all can, help Share our Strength's goal of no child going hungry by the year 2015.

While watching one of my favorite channels last night, The Food Network, there was a commercial that I just caught a few seconds of. The commercial had something to do with hungry children and it gave the website www.foodnetwork.com/hungry. I immediately ran to the computer and went to the website. It was late so I bookmarked it for today.

Following the Food Network's site led me to Share our Strength's site. They are the organization that has vowed to end childhood hunger. Share our Strength is a national organization committed to ending childhood hunger by the year 2015.

What better group of folks to be involved in a program to help feed kids, The Food Network Stars! Domino's sugar and Family Circle Magazine are just two of the corporate sponsors. The program is called No Kid Hungry™ and their goal is to end childhood hunger by the year 2015. This is a program to feed our kids, the kids in the United States of America. People complain that we help others before we help our own. No Kid Hungry is for our kids, so now is the time to help.

What happens to a child that doesn't eat properly? That child is sick more often and won't bounce back as fast as other kids. That child has a good chance of being hospitalized due to the effects of hunger. A hungry child will have a hard time learning. The lack of nutritious food can led to emotional and behavioral problems.

More than 17 million children are hungry and lack nutritious food, many of these kids belong to single moms and they are living below the poverty line. Click here to read all the statistics; they will blow your mind.

Now, what can we do to help? Click here to begin the process. First, take the pledge. Follow the on-screen instructions, it's very simple. Next, click here to find out how you can help. You will see that your $25 donation will provide 3 meals a day for a month to a hungry child. $50 will help 2 children receive nutritious food for the summer when school programs don't provide food. A $100 donation will provide 25 bags of healthy food for food banks.

They make it easy for us to give, use PayPal or donate via text, via mail or via phone call to Share Our Strength at 800-969-4767. There are so many ways to help including bake sales, yes, bake sales can make a huge impact on funds. Click here to learn more about the various ways each one of us can help.

The goal of no hungry child in America by the year 2015 is a very attainable goal. These are our kids, they are the minds and bodies who will eventually take over this great nation and we need to help them be the best that they can, both physically and mentally.

It's up to us to help - Help Feed the Children by donating to Share Our Strength's goal. Visit the website, read how easy it is and be part of the solution. This problem, hunger, can be fixed. Pass the links to your friends, neighbors, church groups, garden clubs and everyone else you know. Let them read about how to help. One person alone can't do it, but all of us together can. Let's help end childhood hunger in America by the year 2015. Let's help Share Our Strength feed the children of the United States.

Sources:

Thefoodnetwork.com/hunger

Strength.org