Susan Berkun
Senior Grants Manager
Share Our Strength
Susan Berkun joined Share Our Strength in 2010 as Senior Grants Manager. In her role she oversees all of Share Our Strength’s grants to more than 300 organziations each year.
Posts By Susan Berkun on Strength.org
- Mini Grants Go a Long Way [ 1 comment]
- June 1, 2011
It's getting hot in DC – a very present reminder that summer “vacation” is nearly here. Unfortunately, for many kids at risk of hunger, the only vacation they are getting is from the breakfast and lunch that they could rely on from school meals. Across the country, of the kids who participate in free and reduced price school lunch, only about 16% participate in a summer meals program.
Tags: No Kid Hungry, summer meals, USDA - Share Our Strength’s Grants at Work [ No comments]
- April 7, 2011
Mark Bittman has quickly become one of my favorite food writers to follow. Some of my favorite recipes came from “The Minimalist” columns in the New York Times Magazine, and I was sad to see them end earlier this year. But it was the end of that column that turned me towards his other inspired writing that goes way beyond cooking to cover complex issues around food and nutrition in our society today, including hunger.
Tags: government, hunger, news - School Breakfast Programs: See them in action [ No comments]
- February 28, 2011
Parents and teachers agree – getting a healthy breakfast is the best way to start the school day off on the right foot. Unfortunately for a lot of children, eating breakfast before school isn’t possible, either because of hectic schedules, or for some, because there just isn’t enough food in the house to eat.
Tags: partners, school breakfast, schools, weight watchers - It’s Summer: Time for Fun, Learning, and Yummy Healthy Food! [ No comments]
- June 14, 2010
Glassboro Child Development Centers in New Jersey is just one of the many creative summer programs in communities across America that combine fun, learning and healthy nutritious food. Last summer,...
Tags: No Kid Hungry, summer meals
