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Ending Childhood Hunger in America

SXSW Takes on Hunger –We Need You to Join Conversation

By Amy Zganjar

We Can End This logoI’m just back from the 2010 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin – long recognized as the place to be for the world’s most creative web developers, designers, bloggers, and new media entrepreneurs. It’s also been the launching pad for top social media tools like Twitter, Foursquare, and other sites and mobile apps.

I must admit that I was a little nervous entering the conference center with the secret that I had only tweeted four times in two years, and that the only photo on my Facebook page is from 2008. I wondered: would I trigger some sort of alarm when I entered the building?

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March 19, 2010 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: childhood hunger, No Kid Hungry, social media

Join Oprah and Support Share Our Strength

By Pat Nicklin

Share Our Strength is proud to announce that O, The Oprah Magazine, has selected us as one of 10 charities to benefit from their “Live Your Best Life” Walk on Sunday May 9, 2010. The walk will take place in...

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March 17, 2010 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: childhood hunger, childhood hunger strategy, No Kid Hungry, oprah

We Can End This

By Margie Fleming Glennon

This week marks the beginning of the WeCanEndThis campaign, an initiative to shift the conversation about hunger in America and create real, tangible solutions. At the center of the effort is a 15-day digital can drive - every person who...

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March 5, 2010 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: activism, childhood hunger, get involved, hunger

Champions in Our Communities

By Margie Fleming Glennon

In America today, nearly 1 out of every 4 kids experiences hunger. According to a recent study in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, nearly half (49.2%) of all kids in this country will be on food stamps at...

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March 12, 2010 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: childhood hunger

The Hunger-Obesity Paradox

By Pat Nicklin

Last week I appeared at the Fun and Fit Symposium, part of the Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival. Joining me on the panel entitled No Kid Hungry, Every Kid Healthy were Audrey Rowe, head of Special Nutrition...

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March 4, 2010 | 1 comment(s) | Tags: change, child nutrition act, childhood hunger, childhood obesity