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Trips to the beach, dips in the pool, smoking barbecues, melting popsicles that drip down stick hands, and more are in full swing this summer. Each day, my daughter wonders what fun thing we’ll do together next. For many other children across the nation, something else preoccupies their thoughts – hunger. <\/p>\n
In my state alone, which has some very affluent areas, 2,453,770 children face hunger. Across the U.S. 1 in 5 children are at risk. 1 in 5! That’s a staggering statistic which shows the severity of the problem and that an equivalent of 1\/5 of your child’s classmates not knowing where their next meal would come from. What would it be like to be the ‘1’? <\/p>\n
The concept can be a difficult one for children to grasp. After all, when you say that ‘they shouldn’t waste their food when other children are going hungry’ it likely won’t mean much to them. In the case of my daughter, we did something a little different. We asked her to imagine the worst hunger that she had ever experienced and then told her to times that by a hundred. That really hit home just how horrible it could be for some less fortunate kids that may even be younger than her.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the month I shared the Hunger-Free Summer campaign<\/a> which was designed to help domestic hunger. For each full view of the video featuring spokesperson Chris O’Donnell, one meal would be donated. If you haven’t seen it yet or want to help donate a meal, here it is:<\/p>\n