#GivingTuesday – A Special Day for #NoKidHungry
As we come out of the Thanksgiving holiday, it is easy to lose ourselves in the commercial gorging known as Christmas. It’s the reason Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday (or at the very least, my favorite in the second half of the year). Christmas is commercial. Thanksgiving is about feeding the people you love. With that in mind, I’m sharing this with all of you in hopes it will catch your eye. Today is Giving Tuesday, a special fundraising day for No Kid Hungry. And this year, the amazing people at Hickory Farms are matching donations TODAY.
No Kid Hungry connects kids in need with nutritious food and teaches their families how to cook healthy, affordable meals. The campaign also engages the public to make ending childhood hunger a national priority. This year, more than 16 million children in America will face hunger. That’s one in five. NKH is working to connect hungry kids with the food they need to grow and thrive.
Every dollar you donate will make a huge impact for kids. In fact, just $1 can help connect a child with 10 meals. And with the matching gift from Hickory Farms, that’s 20 meals for every dollar. If the number doesn’t do it for you, then imagine you have a dollar, and there are 20 hungry children looking at you for help. And with just that one dollar, you can take care of them. If that isn’t a powerful image, then imagine feeding one hundred with a five dollar bill. Or 400 with a twenty. It doesn’t take much for you to change someone’s life.
If you have children, seen children or have ever been children, you know that there are many things kids cannot do for themselves. Overcoming hunger is at the top of that list. Please consider visiting No Kid Hungry today and making a donation of any amount to help reach the $50,000 goal.
