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By now I am sure that most children are back to school. Little G is no exception. He started kindergarten two weeks ago and we are starting to get used to his new routines. G’s school starts at 8 am and ends at 3:15 pm. It’s a pretty long day for him. To make sure that he has a good school day every day, I give him an ample, nutritious and healthy breakfast. He loves cereal and his favorite is Kellogg’s Froot Loops with a full glass of milk. Other than that, I also pack him Gold Fish as his snack. Every morning I remind him to finish his breakfast and that 1 in 5 children in America lives in households without consistent access to adequate food. Child hunger—unfortunately—is an issue that affects many school children as 10 million children do not receive free or reduced price school breakfast and many students come to school hungry every day. I wanted to instill the thought that he shouldn’t waste food and make him aware of child hunger in America.
I shop all his breakfast and snacks at Albertsons Cypress Village in Irvine. For the entire month of September, I will support participating brands and items of Hunger Is program as it will trigger *at least $0.10 donation up to $1 million. Other than that, I also add a donation to my purchase (it can be any amount) at the register to further support the program.
I strongly urge you to do the same at any of the following stores for this great cause. Click on the links to read more about the Hunger Is program. Together, we can help fight child hunger in America and aid in breakfast programs, providing children with healthy start to their day.
Denver – Albertsons and Safeway
Eastern – Safeway
Houston – Randalls and Albertsons
Intermountain – Albertsons and Safeway
NorCal – Safeway and Vons
Portland – Albertsons and Safeway
Seattle – Albertsons and Safeway
SoCal – Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions
Southern – Albertsons and Tom Thumb
Southwest – Albertsons, Safeway and Vons
Make Breakfast Happen So Kids Can Be Hungry For More! Act now.
*Disclaimer: Look for tags on participating items in store. Purchase of participating items in September will trigger at least $0.10 donation up to $1 million: Bayer, Edgewell, Rubbermaid, GSK, Henkel, Prestige/Medtech, Ferrero, Campbells, Pepperidge Farms, Peet Coffee, Talking Rain, Unilever, ConAgra, Laura Santinni, Kellogg’s, Pepsi, O Organics, Abbott Nutrition and Earthbound.
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Albertsons Companies & Hunger Is. The opinions and text are all mine.
While I, as most Americans, do not want kids to be hungry, I am curious about where that 10 million figure comes from. I walk through the grocery line at Walmart and my local supermarkets and see moms with vouchers from multiple programs for feeding kids, not just food stamps (ie SNAP), but special programs that specifically provide fresh fruits and veggies, plus a couple more that boost nutrition for nursing moms and preschool kids/infants, etc. The food stamp program, while not luxurious, really does meet the financial limits I typically use to feed my family and have always done. We have a local foodbank that has loads of wonderful still fresh foods available for qualified–ie low income or no income, folks who walk in. I worked as an educator for years and the schools provide free food for kids from low income families from age 4-18, not only during the school year, but over the summer. I have to say that most of the kids who were really hungry were so because their parents cashed in all of the benefit stuff instead of using it to feed their kids. So how does this program put spoons in the hands of hungry children?