ConAgra Foods and the ConAgra Foods Foundation
prove that you can make a difference in the fight against child
hunger at any age
When faced with a challenging reality, like the staggering facts
of child hunger in America, it’s inspiring to see how kids jump
into action to help their friends, neighbors and peers. The pure
simplicity of kids helping kids in need is what moved ConAgra Foods
(NYSE:CAG) and the ConAgra Foods Foundation to enlist youth
volunteers to fight child hunger in their own communities by
funding 100 youth service grants through a partnership with
generationOn, the youth service division of Points of Light. The
company and foundation have also provided a series of tools and
resources that encourage families to take action in April, National
Service Month.
Empowering Kids to Fight Child Hunger
In partnership with Soul Pancake, a popular YouTube channel,
ConAgra Foods interviewed kids to get their candid reactions to the
issue of child hunger as well as their ideas on how they would end
hunger in their own backyard. Some of the creative and heartfelt
solutions include: making Thanksgiving every day, building a free
grocery store for families and developing a machine that makes food
for kids who are hungry. “The tiniest ripples make the biggest
waves,” says Gabe Eggerling, 11-yr old video participant. The
interviews were captured in this video, which kicks off National
Service Month, as a way to inspire all ages to get involved in the
fight against child hunger in their community.
“Adults could learn a thing or two from kids and their
incredibly inspirational approach to solving the issue of child
hunger. Their solutions are innocent and simple––do something; do
anything,” says Kori Reed, vice president, ConAgra Foods Foundation
and Cause. “This is why we’ve always believed in the power of kids
to change the world.”
Throughout the month of April, 100 kids and teens from across
the country will take action to fight child hunger in their
community through a service project of their choice. Grant winners,
who span all 50 states, each received a $500 grant from the ConAgra
Foods Foundation as part of generationOn’s Make Your Mark on Hunger
campaign.
“I want to help kids who are hungry because it makes me sad to
know some of my classmates, who I’m with every day, might be
suffering,” says third grader, Joyme Joia of Providence, RI. “My
service project includes a cooking class for kids at my school,
which will help us make a meal for the people in our community who
really need it.”
Other service projects include: packing snack boxes for
afterschool programs, canned food drives and creating a mobile
farmer’s market. By the end of April, the 100 youth volunteers will
have completed more than 230 service projects engaging more than
10,000 individuals across the nation.
How to Join the Fight Against Child Hunger
Kids bring energetic and innovative ideas that can inspire
change and action for people of all ages. Here are a few ways for
families to learn more and support the cause:
- Share the Message: Share this
video by Soul Pancake, highlighting kids’ ideas for making a
difference, to raise awareness of child hunger. People can share
their own ideas for fighting child hunger using the
#FightHungerTogether hashtag.
- Get Involved: Families and youth
across the country can make their mark in the fight against child
hunger. Start by donating meals, volunteering, transporting food,
helping an existing feeding site with food preparation and clean-up
or participating in activities with children. Visit
www.ChildHungerEndsHere.com/End-Child-Hunger-in-the-US for more
tips on fighting child hunger.
- Enter A Code: One easy way to
support the cause is to look for the red pushpin and code on
specially marked ConAgra Foods products. For each eight-digit code
entered at www.ChildHungerEndsHere.com now until January 7, 2016,
ConAgra Foods will donate the monetary equivalent of one meal to
Feeding America, up to 3 million meals.1
You can also follow the discussion at
Facebook.com/ChildHungerEndsHere, or follow along on Twitter and
Instagram at @ChildHungerEnds.
About ConAgra Foods
ConAgra Foods, Inc. is one of North America's largest packaged
food companies with branded and private branded food found in 99
percent of America's households, as well as a strong commercial
foods business serving restaurants and foodservice operations
globally. Consumers can find recognized brands such as Banquet®,
Chef Boyardee®, Egg Beaters®, Healthy Choice®, Hebrew National®,
Hunt's®, Marie Callender's®, Orville Redenbacher's®, PAM®, Peter
Pan®, Reddi-wip®, Slim Jim®, Snack Pack® and many other ConAgra
Foods brands, along with food sold by ConAgra Foods under private
brand labels, in grocery, convenience, mass merchandise, club and
drug stores. Additionally, ConAgra Foods supplies frozen potato and
sweet potato products as well as other vegetable, spice, bakery and
grain products to commercial and foodservice customers. ConAgra
Foods operates ReadySetEat.com, an interactive recipe website that
provides consumers with easy dinner recipes and more. For more
information, please visit us at www.conagrafoods.com.
About ConAgra Foods Foundation
The ConAgra Foods Foundation, through its Nourish Today,
Flourish Tomorrow platform, is dedicated to raising awareness of
the nearly 16 million children in America who are at risk of hunger
and live in food insecure homes where they may not have enough food
to live active, healthful lives. It aggressively pursues
sustainable solutions in the fight against child hunger. And the
Foundation is committed to building a community of people who are
passionate about ensuring that all kids have access to the food and
facts they need to eat nutritiously while living balanced
lifestyles and succeeding in school and life. ConAgra Foods
Foundation invests in national and local partnerships with
high-impact, not-for-profit organizations, such as Feeding America
and 4H that take an innovative approach to addressing needs in
the core areas of hunger and nutrition education. For more
information, please visit www.conagrafoods.com
or www.facebook.com/conagrafoods. The ConAgra Foods
Foundation is primarily funded by ConAgra Foods.
About generationOn
generationOn is the youth service division of Points of Light,
the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service,
igniting the power of kids and teens to make their mark on the
world. generationOn inspires, equips and mobilizes hundreds of
thousands of kids and teens annually to take action through
service, service learning and youth leadership initiatives. It also
provides tools and resources to kids, teens, families, youth
practitioners and educators to help kids change the world and
themselves through service. For more information, visit
www.generationon.org.
1 For every 8-digit code from participating products entered by
1/7/16, ConAgra Foods will donate 10c, the cost for Feeding America
to provide one meal through its network of local foodbanks.
Maximum: 3 million meals. Guaranteed minimum of 1.5 million meals
($150,000). Limit 5 code entries per person/computer each day.
Valid in the United States only.
ConAgra FoodsLanie Friedman,
630-857-1086lanie.friedman@conagrafoods.comorKetchumKatie Heck,
312-228-6881katie.heck@ketchum.comwww.ChildHungerEndsHere.comwww.facebook.com/childhungerendshere
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