No Kid Hungry
More than 16.2 million children struggle with hunger. They live in families that lack the means to regularly put enough nutritious food on the table for everyone to live healthy, active lives.
A great way to begin talking about childhood hunger in America with your children or students is to pick out a couple facts about hunger and talk about it with them. And be sure to join the Team No Kid Hungry supporters and pledge to end childhood hunger in America by 2015.
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.
Also, click on the State of Hunger bar below to learn about what hunger looks like in your own community.
State of Hunger
Fundraisers
Bingo Night
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N 16 is for the 16 million kids in America who struggle with hunger!
Get Started Now!No Kid Hungry, Every Kid Healthy
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Help students learn how to make healthy food choices while also helping hungry kids across America.
Get Started Now!Sharing my special occasion with No Kid Hungry
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Encourage your kids to dedicate their Communion, Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah, or other special occasion to No Kid Hungry by asking for donations instead of gifts.
Get Started Now!Birthdays for No Kid Hungry
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Encourage your children to dedicate their birthday to No Kid Hungry by asking for donations instead of presents.
Get Started Now!Bake Sale for No Kid Hungry
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Hosting a bake sale is a fun way to raise money for No Kid Hungry.
Get Started Now!Clean Up for No Kid Hungry
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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!Potluck Dinner
Earn Points! hour
It's easier for all - and more fun - when you spread out the cooking.
Get Started Now!Lemonade Stand
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Hosting a lemonade stand is a great fundraising activity for younger kids on a warm day!
Get Started Now!Coins (or Dollars) for Kids
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Everyone has plenty of loose change in their pockets or purse.
Get Started Now!A Cooking Demo Toolkit
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This toolkit will provide guidance for students who wish to lead cooking demonstrations as a service learning activity for families in their communities.
Get Started Now!For more resources to help with your activities, click here. Teachers, check out our resources just for teachers including curriculum ideas.
Awareness
Sodexo Foundation Presents:
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"Hunger Affects a Growing Population." Show your kids this PSA and use the viewer's guide to teach them about the issue of childhood hunger in America.
Get Started Now!“Hunger Hits Home”
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Watch a 40 minute Food Network documentary about hunger in America.
Get Started Now!YSA Grants
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Whether you’re a kid, teen, teacher, or adult mentor, YSA Grants power youth-led service and service-learning projects with funding, training, and resource support.
Get Started Now!Create a paper chain garland
Earn Points! ten
Cut out long strips of colored paper (1-2" wide and 8-11" long) Ask your children to write their favorite foods or what they are grateful for. This is a great activity for the holiday season.
Get Started Now!The Food Stamp [SNAP] Challenge
Earn Points! hour
Try living on just $4 per day for a week.
Get Started Now!For more resources to help with your activities, click here. Teachers, check out our resources just for teachers including curriculum ideas.
Fundraisers
Bingo Night
hour
N 16 is for the 16 million kids in America who struggle with hunger!
Get Started Now!
No Kid Hungry, Every Kid Healthy
hour
Help students learn how to make healthy food choices while also helping hungry kids across America.
Get Started Now!Coins (or Dollars) for Kids
hour
Everyone has plenty of loose change in their pockets or purse.
Get Started Now!Sell Share Our Strength Donation 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!Sell No Kid Hungry Gear
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Sell these fun orange sunglasses for $5 or more each and help to raise both funds and awareness for our nation's hungry children.
Get Started Now!
Bake Sale for No Kid Hungry
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Hosting a bake sale is a fun way to raise money 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!Clean Up for No Kid Hungry
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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!Potluck Dinner
hour
It's easier for all - and more fun - when you spread out the cooking.
Get Started Now!Lemonade Stand
hour
Hosting a lemonade stand is a great fundraising activity for younger kids on a warm day!
Get Started Now!Gather your students and host a car wash, fun run, carnival event, talent show, raffle or silent auction
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Get creative and plan your own fundraiser!
Get Started Now!For more resources to help with your activities, click here. Teachers, check out our resources just for teachers including curriculum ideas.
Awareness
Sodexo Foundation Presents:
Earn Points! thirty
"Hunger Affects a Growing Population." Show your students this PSA and use the viewer's guide to teach them about the issue of childhood hunger in America.
Get Started Now!Triva Game
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Teach your students about No Kid Hungry and use this fun trivia game to test how much they learned.
Get Started Now!Food Drive
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Collecting items for your local food bank is a great activity for all ages.
Get Started Now!
Fuel up For Breakfast
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Eating breakfast is the most important meal, yet millions of kids across America don't get the food they need to start their day off on the right foot.
Get Started Now!“Hunger Hits Home”
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Gather your students and watch a 40 minute Food Network documentary about hunger in America.
Get Started Now!YSA Grants
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Whether you’re a kid, teen, teacher, or adult mentor, YSA Grants power youth-led service and service-learning projects with funding, training, and resource support.
Get Started Now!Protect SNAP
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As Congress reviews the Farm Bill, urge your Congressman to protect federal nutrition programs.
Get Started Now!Pledge Information Table
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Have your students solicit new No Kid Hungry team members and share information about childhood hunger in America with their classmates in your school.
Get Started Now!For more resources to help with your activities, click here. Teachers, check out our resources just for teachers including curriculum ideas.
