MAKING SURE NO KID IN AMERICA GROWS UP HUNGRY
Share Our Strength® is the leading national organization working to make sure
no kid in America grows up hungry. We weave together a net of community
groups, activists and food programs to catch children at risk of hunger, and
ensure they have nutritious food where they live, learn and play. We work with
the culinary industry to create engaging, pioneering programs that raise funds
to end childhood hunger.
WHY FOCUS ON CHILDHOOD HUNGER?
In the world’s wealthiest nation, no child should grow up hungry. Over the
course of a year, more than 12 million children in America will worry about
when their next meal will come. That’s one in six with limited or uncertain
access to the nutritious foods they need to thrive.
Poverty is complex; feeding a child is not. Despite the good e fforts of
governments, private groups and everyday Americans, too many children
lack daily access to the nutritious meals they need to live active, healthy lives.
Through dedicated, committed volunteers and community organizations,
Share Our Strength finds childhood hunger where it hides and works to end it.
HOW WE WILL END CHILDHOOD HUNGER
Share Our Strength helps close gaps between nutritious food programs and
families in need. Share Our Strength’s national plan to end childhood hunger
fi nds ways to feed the hungry in our communities, funds the most effective
anti-hunger organizations in each state, and makes the most of state, federal,
and local resources.
Through our national plan, Share Our Strength also funds hundreds of the most
successful anti-hunger organizations in the country and builds partnerships state
by state. Currently we have four partnerships: Washington, Florida, Maryland
and the District of Columbia. In each state, we tailor our plan to maximize local
resources and meet local needs to end childhood hunger as quickly as possible.
