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• No Kid Hungry

  Join the national movement of people committed to ending childhood hunger in America.

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• Cooking Matters

  Empowers families with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to prepare healthy and affordable meals.

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• Great American Dine Out

  Join us September 16-22, 2012 for the fifth annual Dine Out For No Kid Hungry!

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• Great American Bake Sale

  A national campaign that mobilizes Americans to end childhood hunger by holding bake sales in their communities.

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• Culinary Events

  Fine dining and tasting events that help make sure no kid in America grows up hungry.

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School Breakfast

• Read the Teachers Report
• Assess
• Recognize the Signs
• Assess Hunger
• Educate
• Download the Report
• 7 Reasons to Help
• Barriers to Access
• Advocate
• Take the Pledge
• Share the Report
• Close the Gap

School Breakfast

Help Close the School Breakfast Gap

Assess. Educate. Advocate. Share Our Strength's School Breakfast toolkit has the solution.

Accompanying Hunger In Our Schools: Share Our Strength's Teachers Report, we have provided this School Breakfast Toolkit to help you assess, educate, and advocate in your community. As you learned in the report, breakfast is the most important meal, and so many children do not receive this critical start to their day.

Assess: Learn to Spot the Signs of Hunger

• Recognize the Signs of Hunger [PDF available]
• Assess Hunger in Your Community [PDF available]

Educate: Share These Documents and Learn More

• Download Hunger In Our Schools: Share Our Strength's Teachers Report
• Read 7 Reasons to Help Kids Get Breakfast [PDF available]
• Learn About Barriers that Keep Kids From Accessing Breakfast [PDF available]
• Watch a School Breakfast Video Created by the American Federation of Teachers
• Watch Videos About School Breakfast Created by Share Our Strength

Advocate: The 4 Steps You Can Take (in no particular order)

• Take the No Kid Hungry Pledge from the right column or at NoKidHungry.org.
• Educate Others About the Issue - share the 'educate' documents listed above with others
• Share the Teachers Report -      
• Learn Strategies for Closing the Breakfast Gap [PDF available]