Share Our Strength & FCCLA Join to end childhood hunger in America!
Learn about childhood hunger in your state and how to get involved. We’ve got lots of resources to help you learn more about the issue of childhood hungerand help make your fundraising activities a huge success.
Check out the amazing job FCCLA chapters around the country are doing through the FCCLA National Team Page.
No Kid Hungry
A great first step to helping to end childhood hunger is to take the No Kid Hungry Pledge. By taking the pledge, you are adding your voice to the movement of people committed to ending childhood hunger in America.
Get involved. Get others involved.
Take the No Kid Hungry Pledge
I believe that no child in America should go hungry. By pledging today, I add my voice to the national movement of people committed to ending childhood hunger in America by 2015.
HUNGER AFFECTS 16.2 MILLION AMERICAN KIDS – THAT’S 1 IN 5 – BUT YOU CAN HELP!
Get started by choosing a fundraising activity to complete with your chapter.
Car Wash
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Grab your bathing suits and get ready to wash cars for No Kid Hungry!
Get Started Now!Pancake Breakfast/Spaghetti Night
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Few things are easier to make and more delicious to eat than pancakes and spaghetti.
Get Started Now!Coins (or Dollars) For Kids
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Everyone has plenty of loose change - raise awareness and funds by collecting dollars and coins from friends, family, students, teachers and staff.
Get Started Now!Sell Share Our Strength Pin Ups
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Sell these pin ups in your school for $1 each and help to raise both funds and awareness for our nation's hungry children.
Get Started Now!Great American Bake Sale
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Hosting a bake sale is a fun way to raise money to fight childhood hunger.
Get Started Now!Clean Out for Kids Yard Sale
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This activity takes additional pre-planning but can raise a lot of money with the added bonus of getting rid of or reusing unwanted items.
Get Started Now!Submitting Funds:
All checks should be made payable to Share Our Strength and have your FCCLA Chapter name and ID/City/Zip Code in the memo line.
Mail all checks to Share Our Strength, Attn: FCCLA Fundraising, 1730 M St, Ste. 700, Washington, DC 20036. Or use the return envelope enclosed in your Great American Bake Sale or Clean Out for Kids toolkit. If you are sending funds for several chapters in one check, please attach a spreadsheet with the following information: Total raised by each chapter, Chapter ID number, State and City.
Incentives:
Deadline: May 1, 2012
**Please remember that in order to receive recognition, you must send your check to Share Our Strength’s National Headquarters.**
Each chapter that raises funds for Share Our Strength will receive these fun incentives!
- If your chapter raised $500 – Share Our Strength Wristband
- If your chapter raised $1,000 – Share Our Strength Pin
- If your chapter raised $2,000 – Share Our Strength Sunglasses
- If your chapter raises $4,000 – Share Our Strength T-shirt
If Your Chapter Raises the Most:
Your chapter will be recognized on stage at the National Leadership Conference as well as receive the Share Our Strength trophy. Each year, the winning chapter’s name will be engraved as permanent recognition for their amazing accomplishment! Additionally, the students in the top chapter will also receive additional Share Our Strength incentives.
If Your State Raises the Most Money:
Your state will receive a $1,000 check to use toward any FCCLA expenses. Your state adviser and state president will be recognized and presented with a plaque on stage at the National Leadership Conference in Orlando, FL.
Questions? Get the answers in our Frequently Asked Questions <link to http://www.strength.org/pdfs/fccla/FCCLA FAQ for website.pdf. If you don’t find the answer you’re looking for, please email us at fccla@strength.org or call 888.273.4790.
