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Last year I had the opportunity to share with you the Fighting Hunger Together initiative and I am very pleased to be do so again. According to the USDA, more than 50 million Americans live in food insecure households, and more than 16 million of those impacted are children.
This year Fighting Hunger Together is focused on hunger relief across the nation. Walmart is teaming with Feed America and 10 of the most well known food companies in America to bring $3 million dollars in grants to hunger programs and generate millions of meals for local Feeding America food banks and their partner agencies across the U.S. between April 1 and April 30.
Over the holiday season I took several opportunities to discuss hunger and the less fortunate with my children. It really helped them become grateful for what they have, as well as learn the importance of giving to others in need. I am grateful that writing about the Fighting Hunger Together initiative has given me another opportunity to sit down with my children to talk about hunger and how we can help.
I think the best way to teach kids about important subjects is to keep it simple and short. My kids are 7 and 5 so I lose their attention if I don’t keep it at their level. To teach them about hunger, I did a little social experiment with them.
I set down two covered bowls in front of them. One had popcorn, and the other one was empty. The photo below is not staged at all, I just snapped away as I told them to remove their covers.
We talked about how this made them feel and then I asked them how we could fix the problem.Of course they decided everyone would be happy if we just shared the food. I could see the internal struggle on my sons face. It was a sacrifice to share, but I could also see how good he felt when he saw how happy his sister was.
It was a very simple but powerful experiment. I highly recommend you give it a try.
There are two ways that you and your family can get involved in the fight against hunger.
1. Go to Fighting Hunger Together and vote for your local foodbank. The 100 winning food banks will share $3 million in grants.
2. You can volunteer at your local hunger relief organization and really help. You can find information about volunteering at Fighting Hunger Together.
I really encourage you to Vote and volunteer to fight hunger this spring with Walmart. Every little bit helps!
I love your example. Kids love to share and helping others is just an extension of sharing. My kids love to drop off food at the food pantry.
I am going to do this with my kids! Such a great lesson. It is so awesome that Fighting Hunger Together is donating like this. Thank you for sharing this, and especially for spreading the word of the donations that they will do with just a small amount of effort from each of us!
I definitely plan on giving this a try. I try to set a good example for my kids. We buy food for our local food bank. I think it’s important to remind them how lucky they are, but how unfortunate others are, even in their own neighborhood.
Love the idea of teaching children early in life to give. It helps make them compassionate.
Love this and I may just have to try it with my 5! 🙂