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Ending Childhood Hunger in America
Join Oprah and Support Share Our Strength
By Pat Nicklin
Share Our Strength is proud to announce that O, The Oprah Magazine, has selected us as one of 10 charities to benefit from their “Live Your Best Life” Walk on Sunday May 9, 2010.
The walk will take place in downtown Manhattan, where 30,000 walkers will join Oprah and a list of top celebrities at a birthday party to celebrate O’s 10th Anniversary.
Each participant in the walk will have the chance to raise money for one of the 10 charities the staff of O has chosen for this exciting event — including Share Our Strength.
March 17, 2010 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: childhood hunger, childhood hunger strategy, No Kid Hungry, oprah
Champions in Our Communities
In America today, nearly 1 out of every 4 kids experiences hunger. According to a recent study in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, nearly half (49.2%) of all kids in this country will be on food stamps at...
March 12, 2010 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: childhood hunger
The Hunger-Obesity Paradox
By Pat Nicklin
Last week I appeared at the Fun and Fit Symposium, part of the Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival. Joining me on the panel entitled No Kid Hungry, Every Kid Healthy were Audrey Rowe, head of Special Nutrition...
March 4, 2010 | 1 comment(s) | Tags: change, child nutrition act, childhood hunger, childhood obesity
We Can End This
This week marks the beginning of the WeCanEndThis campaign, an initiative to shift the conversation about hunger in America and create real, tangible solutions. At the center of the effort is a 15-day digital can drive - every person who...
March 5, 2010 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: activism, childhood hunger, get involved, hunger
Race to the Top
By Billy Shore
On February 23 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack presented key elements of the Administration’s strategy to end childhood hunger in a speech at the National Press Club. The centerpiece is a “race to the top” competition to create incentives for states...
March 2, 2010 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: childhood hunger, childhood hunger strategy, government, USDA
