Fact: 1 in 8 Americans rely on food banks.
Fact: Millions around the world go hungry every day, even in your own back yard.
Fact: 14.9% of households do not always have enough money to buy food.
Fact: In 2012, more than 10,000 students and individuals across the U.S. participated in We Scare Hunger, collecting more than 30,000 pounds of food to support food banks across the country. This year, the We Scare Hunger campaign hopes to collect 1 million pounds of food for food banks across North America.
There are less than 8 days until Halloween this year. Many of us will be out with our children collecting candy that we do not need, while a few families will go the evening without even eating dinner.
This year, collect non-perishable food items along with your candy to help those who do not have enough to eat.
Free The Children’s We Scare Hunger campaign, made possible in the United States by the General Mills Foundation, is an annual campaign to mobilize youth around local hunger issues. Every Halloween, young people across North America, through their schools and local communities, trick-or-treat for non-perishable food items, instead of just candy, and collect canned goods at their school and in their communities to support their local food banks.
You too can participate in this even if your local school does not. Non-perishable food items can be dropped off at local food banks across the country. In Minnesota, you can also drop items off in the specially-marked bin in your Walmart store by November 8th to help your local food banks. Learn more and sign-up at www.freethechildren.com/wescarehunger.
This post is NOT sponsored. We received no compensation for telling you about the We Scare Hunger campaign. It is simply something we believe in sharing with our readers.
